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Mercouri G. Kanatzidis

Professor of Chemistry

Northwestern UniversityUSPhysics

Mercouri G. Kanatzidis is a Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University with a background that includes a B.S. from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki obtained in 1979 and a Ph.D. from the University of Iowa...

Materials scienceChemistryCrystallographyCondensed matter physics
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2.8K
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Peter J. A. Nordlander

Wiess Chair and Professor, Physics and Astronomy Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering Member, Ken Kennedy Institute

Rice UniversityUSMaterials Science and NanoEngineering

Professor Peter J. A. Nordlander is the Principal Investigator of the Nordlander Nanophotonics Group at Rice University. His research focuses on condensed matter theory, electronic and optical properties of...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyPhysics
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94.9K
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660
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Naomi J. Halas

University Professor and Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Member, Ken Kennedy Institute

Rice UniversityUSMaterials Science and NanoEngineering

Naomi J. Halas is the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical & Computer Engineering and also holds professorships in Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics & Astronomy. She is the Director of the Laboratory for...

Materials scienceNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsOptics
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122.2K
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640
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Joseph Berry

Associate Professor • Senior Fellow - RASEI • Senior Research Fellow - NREL

University of Colorado BoulderUSPhysics
Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyChemical engineering
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376
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Stephan Link

Charles W. and Genevieve M. Walton Endowed Professor of Chemistry, and Professor of Chemistry

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUSChemistry

Professor Stephan Link is the Charles W. and Genevieve M. Walton Endowed Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois. His research focuses on coupled...

Materials scienceNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsOptics
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35.2K
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273
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Shuji Nakamura

Nobel Prize in Physics, NAE, NAI, NIHF Royal Academy of Engineering CREE Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays, Materials

University of California, Santa BarbaraUSMaterials

Shuji Nakamura is a professor in the Materials Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is widely recognized as a pioneer in light emitters based on wide-bandgap semiconductors and has made...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsOpticsCondensed matter physics
119
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72.2K
citations
1.1K
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Steven P. DenBaars

NAE, NAI Mitsubishi Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays, Materials Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

University of California, Santa BarbaraUSMaterials

Steven P. DenBaars is a Mitsubishi Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsOpticsCondensed matter physics
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65.8K
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Sriram Krishnamoorthy

Associate Professor, Materials

University of California, Santa BarbaraUSMaterials

Sriram Krishnamoorthy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research group operates at the intersection of materials, electrical engineering, and...

Computer scienceMaterials scienceOptoelectronicsParallel computing
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12K
citations
449
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Deji Akinwande

Professor

University of Texas at AustinUSElectrical and Computer Engineering

Deji Akinwande is a professor and holds the TCockrell Family Regents Chair in Engineering #8 at The University of Texas at Austin Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He received his PhD in...

Materials scienceNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsComputer science
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28.1K
citations
467
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Matteo Rinaldi

Professor

Northeastern UniversityUSElectrical and Energy Engineering

Matteo Rinaldi is a Full Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northeastern University. He is a leader in the fields of semiconductor devices and microsystems, with a focus on MEMS, piezoelectric, and...

Materials scienceElectronic engineeringElectrical engineeringAcoustics
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4.9K
citations
591
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Shanhui Fan

Professor

Stanford UniversityUSApplied Physics

Shanhui Fan is the Joseph and Hon Mai Goodman Professor in the School of Engineering at Stanford University. He holds the positions of Professor of Electrical Engineering, Professor of Applied Physics (by courtesy), and...

PhysicsOpticsMaterials scienceOptoelectronics
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99.8K
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1.4K
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Moungi Bawendi

Lester Wolfe Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSChemistry

Moungi Bawendi is the Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry at MIT and an advisor for the Minor in Energy Studies within the MIT Energy Initiative. His research focuses on the science and applications of nanocrystals,...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyChemistry
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145.5K
citations
755
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Pulickel Ajayan

Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering

Rice UniversityUSChemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dr. Pulickel Ajayan is the leader of the Ajayan Research Group at Rice University, which focuses on advanced nanomaterials with applications in alternative energy, multifunctional nanocomposites, and electronics/sensor...

Materials scienceNanotechnologyChemical engineeringOptoelectronics
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165.4K
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1.5K
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Seth Marder

Professor • Chemical and Biological Engineering • Director of RASEI

University of Colorado BoulderUSChemistry

Seth Marder is a Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder and serves as the Director of RASEI. He holds a BA in Chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Materials scienceChemistryOptoelectronicsPhotochemistry
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105K
citations
1.3K
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Andreas Beling

Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of VirginiaUSElectrical and Computer Engineering

Andreas Beling is a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia. He received his Diploma in physics (M.Sc.) from the University of Bonn, Germany, in 2000, and his...

OptoelectronicsMaterials scienceOpticsPhysics
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4.3K
citations
291
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Costas Grigoropoulos

Professor

University of California, BerkeleyUSMechanical Engineering

Professor Costas Grigoropoulos is the advisor of the Laser Thermal Lab at UC Berkeley. The lab has supported the research of 38 doctoral and 5 MSc students, and has advised 27 post-doctoral researchers and 31 visiting...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyOptics
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27K
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Aditya Mohite

Faculty Director, Rice Engineering Initiative for Energy Transition and Sustainability (REINVENTS) William M. Rice Trustee Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Chemistry

Rice UniversityUSChemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Aditya D. Mohite is an associate professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University, beginning his appointment on July 1. He has been a staff scientist at...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyCondensed matter physics
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Jeehwan Kim

Associate Professor

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUSMaterials Science & Engineering

Professor Jeehwan Kim is an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and a joint faculty member of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. His research encompasses a broad range of topics,...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsNanotechnologyComputer science
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8.8K
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165
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Kunal Mukherjee

Assistant Professor

Stanford UniversityUSMaterials Science and Engineering

Kunal Mukherjee is an assistant professor in Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University. He previously served as an assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara from 2016 to 2020, and held postdoctoral...

Materials scienceOptoelectronicsCondensed matter physicsCrystallography
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1.3K
citations
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Long-Qing Chen

Donald W. Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Pennsylvania State UniversityUSDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering

Long-Qing Chen is the Donald W. Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, as well as a Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Mathematics at Pennsylvania State University. He received his B.S. in...

Materials scienceCondensed matter physicsThermodynamicsNanotechnology
150
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101.9K
citations
1.6K
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