September 8, 2025, Beijing time – The 6th Mustafa Prize was announced in Tehran, Iran. Professor M.K. Nazeeruddin, Visiting Professor at the School of Integrated Circuits, Southeast University, received the Mustafa Prize in Science and Technology for his pioneering contributions to perovskite solar cells. The award recognizes top-tier scientific achievements that have a significant impact on human society or expand the frontiers of human knowledge.
Professor Nazeeruddin is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), and the Swiss Chemical Society. Appointed as Visiting Professor at Southeast University’s School of Integrated Circuits in 2024, he also serves as Director of the Perovskite Optoelectronics Innovation Center, where he is committed to advancing the integration of perovskite science theory with industrial practice. As a leading scientist in the fields of perovskite solar cells, dye-sensitized solar cells, and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs), Professor Nazeeruddin holds 103 patents, has published 890 high-impact papers, with over 195,000 total citations and an h-index of 197. Owing to his outstanding academic influence, he has been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for ten consecutive years, recognized by Times Higher Education as one of the world’s top five most influential chemists, and ranked among the world’s top ten scientists in the perovskite field. He has repeatedly set world records for the efficiency of small-area perovskite modules and has published numerous papers in Nature and Science.
Through the Optoelectronic Integration Innovation Team at Southeast University’s School of Integrated Circuits, Professor Nazeeruddin has been awarded a “Cooperative Innovation Research Team Project” under the Global Science Research Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). The approval of this major national-level research grant marks a new breakthrough and significant progress for Southeast University in attracting top-tier international talent and fostering international collaboration.