Louis E. Brus

Louis E. Brus
Louis E. Brus
	Brus in 2008
Born	August 10, 1943; Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Died	January 11, 2026 (aged 82); Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, U.S.
Education	Rice University (BS); Columbia University (PhD)
Known for	Quantum dots; Brus equation
Awards	Irving Langmuir Prize in Chemical Physics (2001); National Academy of Sciences (2004); R. W. Wood Prize (2006); Kavli Prize (2008); Willard Gibbs Award (2009); NAS Award in Chemical Sciences (2010); Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science (2012); Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2023);
	Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry; Chemical physics; Nanotechnology
Institutions	US Naval Research Laboratory Bell Telephone Laboratory Columbia University
Thesis	Lifetime Shortening of Na(32p) and T(72S) Quenched by Halogens (1969)
Doctoral advisor	Richard Bersohn

Louis Eugene Brus (August 10, 1943 – January 11, 2026) was an American chemist, and the Samuel Latham Mitchell Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University. He was the co-discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.