Marc Porter

Marc Porter is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Utah, whose research examines chemical, physical, and biological phenomena at liquid-solid interfaces, with a strong emphasis on Raman spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS)-based immunoassays, and plasmonic surface design. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed papers and delivered over 430 invited lectures, and his honors include the 2003 R&D 100 Award for Extrinsic Raman Labels, the 2011 ANACHEM Award, and the 2025 Charles Mann Award for Applied Raman Spectroscopy. The ACS Award in Spectrochemical Analysis, given by the ACS Division of Analytical Chemistry, recognizes outstanding contributions to the field and has previously gone to researchers including Ji-Xin Cheng and Weihong Tan.