Harold Craighead, Chair
Cornell University, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5675-3955
Harold received his B.Sc. in Physics, from the University of Maryland in 1974. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University in 1980. From 1979 until 1984 he was a Member of Technical Staff in the Device Physics Research Department at Bell Laboratories. In 1984 he joined Bellcore where he formed and managed the Quantum Structures research group. Harold joined the faculty of Cornell University as a Professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics and Director of the National Nanofabrication Facility in 1989. He served as Interim Dean of the College of Engineering from 2001 to 2002 after which he returned to the Nanobiotechnology Center as Director until 2009. Harold has been at the forefront of nanofabrication and application of nanosystems for research and device manufacture throughout his career, with experience spanning both industry and academia. His research group at Cornell University focuses on the study and development of new methods for nanostructure formation, integrated fluidic/optical devices, nanoelectromechanical systems and single molecule analysis.
Dirk Guldi, Scientific editor
Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3960-1765
Dirk completed both his undergraduate studies (1988) and PhD (1990) at the University of Cologne (Germany). Following postdoctoral appointments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (USA), the Hahn-Meitner Institute Berlin (1992), and Syracuse University, he joined the faculty of the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory in 1995. Since 2004, he has been Full Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen. In his current position, Dirk is one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of charge transfer and nanocarbons. His group is involved in the designing, devising, synthesizing, and testing of novel nanometer scale structures as integrative components for photoelectrochemical devices.
Xiaodong Chen, Scientific editor
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3312-1664
Dr Xiaodong Chen is a Professor at the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Dr Chen obtained his BS degree in Chemistry from Fuzhou University in China and his MS degree in Physical Chemistry from the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. After that, he moved to University of Münster in Germany and obtained his PhD degree in Biochemistry. Before joining NTU in 2009, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. His research focuses on nanobioelectronics, bioinspired assembly and nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage.
Yves Dufrêne, Scientific editor
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7289-4248
Professor Yves Dufrêne is a Research Director of the National Fund for Scientific Research and a Professor at the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium. He obtained his Bioengineering degree and Ph.D at UCL, and then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Naval Research Laboratory, USA, before returning to UCL. He is interested in nanobioscience and nanobiotechnology, specifically in the development and use of advanced nanoscale techniques for analysing biological systems. His research focuses on studying the nanoscale surface architecture, biophysical properties and molecular interactions of living cells - particularly microbial pathogens - using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The goals are to further understand key cellular functions, like cell adhesion, and to contribute to the development of nanoscopy techniques for the life sciences.
Anna Fontcuberta i Morral
EPFL, Switzerland
Anna is an Associate Professor at the Institut des Matériaux, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Anna received her BA in Physics from the Universitat de Barcelona and went on to receive her PhD in Materials Science from École Polytechnique in France working with Pere Roca i Cabarrocas. She then moved to work with Harry Atwater at Caltech as a postdoctoral fellow, where she also co-founded the company Aonex Technologies. She was also a group leader in the Walter Schottky Institute of the Technical University of Munich. Anna joined the faculty at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in 2008. Her research activities are centered on the materials science and engineering of semiconductor nanostructures, specifically nanowires.
Jang-Kyo Kim
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5390-8763
Jang-Kyo is the Chair Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Jang-Kyo received his Ph.D in composite materials from the University of Sydney. He was on the faculty at Australian National University before joining HKUST in 1994. He is currently the Director of the Finetex-HKUST R & D Center and the Advanced Engineering Materials Facilities; he served as Associate Dean of Engineering (2007-2011). Jang Kyo’s research is centered on the development, synthesis, characterisation of structure-property relationships and fracture of advanced materials, ranging from nanocomposites containing graphene and carbon nanotubes to multiscale composites, and to nanostructured materials for energy conversion and storage devices and multi-functional applications. He is a fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry.
Stefan Maier
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
Stefan holds the Chair in Hybrid Nanosystems at the newly formed Nanoinstitute Munich of Ludwig-Maximilians -University of Munich. He is further Lee-Lucas Chair in Experimental Physics at Imperial College London. He obtained his PhD in Applied Physics from the California Institute of Technology, before joining the Physics Department of the University of Bath as a lecturer in 2004. In 2007 he moved to Imperial College London, where his research group works on nanophotonics, plasmonics, and metamaterials. In January 2018 he took up his new position at LMU Munich. He is a Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit award holder, and a fellow of the Optical Society of America and the Institute of Physics.
Michael Sailor
University of California, San Diego, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4809-9826
Michael is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Northwestern University, and he performed post-doctoral studies at Stanford and the California Institute of Technology under the direction of Nathan S. Lewis. He joined UCSD in 1990 holding Affiliate Appointments in the Bioengineering and Nanoengineering Departments, and the Materials Science and Engineering program. Sailor is an Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an Elected Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.
Zhiyong Tang
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0610-0064
Zhiyong is a Professor at the National Center for Nanoscience and Technology in China. He received his B.S. and M.S. from the Department of Environmental Chemistry at Wuhan University before receiving his PhD from the Changchu Institute of Applied Chemistry in Dr Erkang Wang’s group. Zhiyong was a research Fellow in the Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Oklahoma State University and University of Michigan, respectively, working with Nicholas Kotov. He joinged the National Center for Nanoscience and technology in 2008 and his research interests are centred on the fabrication and application of functional inorganic nanomaterials in the fields of energy and the environment.
Sarah Tolbert
University of California, Los Angeles, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9969-1582
Sarah is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. Sarah received her B.S degree from Yale University in 1990 and went on to receive her PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. Research in her group focuses on self-organized nanoscale materials and includes both organic templated inorganic phases and colloidal materials. Professor Tolbert's honors include a National Science Foundation Early CAREER Development Award, the Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, a Beckman Young Investigator Award, and an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship.
Miqin Zhang
University of Washington, USA
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8974-1494
Miqin is Kyocera Professor in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Professor in Department of Neurological Surgery, and adjunct Professor in Departments of Radiology, Bioengineering, and Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, University of Washington. Dr. Zhang received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of California at Berkeley and joined the University of Washington in 1999, and has been a full Professor since 2008. Dr. Zhang’s research focuses on nanomaterials for cancer diagnosis and therapy, biomaterials for regenerative medicine and stem cell research, and cell-based biosensors for anti-cancer drug screening and toxin detection.
