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Dr. Fred Wudl is most widely known for his work on organic conductors and superconductors. He discovered the electronic conductivity of the precursor to the first organic metal and superconductor. In the recent past he has been interested in electronically conducting polymers, where he discovered the first transparent organic conductor and the first self-doped polymers. Wudl received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1967 and was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1989. Wudl has received many awards from all over the globe including the Italian Chemical Society, Rome, Italy (1994), American Chemical Society Award for Chemistry of Materials (1996), Doctor Honoris Causa, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (2004), and the Tolman Medal (2006). Dr. Wudl is a professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. | 