Nano/Bio Interface Center
The Nano/Bio Interface Center is a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center at the University of Pennsylvania. It specializes in bionanotechnology, combining aspects of life sciences and engineering,[1] with a particular focus in biomolecular optoelectronics and molecular motions, including developing new scanning probe microscopy techniques.[2][3] It offers a master's degree in nanotechnology. The center was established in 2004 with a US$11.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation, and received an additional $11.9 million grant in 2009.[4] By 2013, it had constructed a new facility, the Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology.[5]
Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology
The Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology is given by the Nano/Bio Interface Center each year to an outstanding researcher in nanotechnology.[6] The award is given each year at the center's NanoDay outreach event.[5]
Year | Recipient | Institution | Rationale |
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2005 | Horst Störmer | Columbia University | 2D electron sheets in semiconductors[6] |
2006 | Steven M. Block | Stanford University | Optical tweezer studies of biomolecules[6] |
2007 | Charles M. Lieber | Harvard University | Synthesis, characterization, and assembly of nanomaterials[6] |
Christoph Gerber | University of Basel | Scanning probe microscopy[6] | |
2008 | Naomi J. Halas | Rice University | Nanoshells with tunable optical properties[6] |
2009 | Harold Craighead | Cornell University | Nanofabrication[6] |
2010 | Angela Belcher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | [7] |
2011 | Don Eigler | IBM Amalden Research Center | Low temperature scanning tunneling microscopes[6] |
2012 | Toshio Ando | Kanazawa University | High-speed atomic force microscopy of protein molecules[6][8] |
2013 | Joseph W. Lyding | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Scanning tunneling microscopy of charge density waves and silicon surfaces[6][9][10] |
2014 | Charles Marcus | University of Copenhagen | Electomagnetic control of nanomaterials, fractional quantum Hall effect, and Majorana fermions[6][11] |
2015 | Xiaowei Zhuang | Harvard University | Super-resolution imaging for the studies of biological systems[12] |
2016 | Catherine J. Murphy | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Gold nanocrystals with tunable optical properties[13] |
References
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- "NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology: Xiaowei Zhuang, 2015 Recipient" (PDF). UPenn Nano/Bio Interface Center. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
- "NBIC Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology: Catherine J. Murphy, 2016 Recipient" (PDF). UPenn Nano/Bio Interface Center. Retrieved 2016-10-22.