The IIN Frontiers in Nanotechnology Seminar Series showcases renowned researchers who are making an impact in the broad area of nanotechnology. Seminar speakers meet with IIN faculty and students to foster inspiration and potential collaborations. There is no registration required to attend the seminar. Coffee will be served 15 minutes prior to the start of the event.
Friday, March 3Ryan Hall, 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Matt Jones joined the Chemistry faculty at Rice in 2017 and is the Norman and Gene Hackerman Junior Chair. He received B.S. degrees in materials science and biomedical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and completed his Ph.D. at Northwestern University as an NSF Fellow.
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Ryan Hall, 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Professor Chen Xiaodong is the President’s Chair Professor in Materials Science and Engineering, Professor of Chemistry (by courtesy) and Professor of Medicine (by courtesy) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU). He is the Director of Innovative Centre for Flexible Devices (iFLEX) at NTU and the Director of Max Planck – NTU Joint Lab for Artificial Senses.
Thursday, April 27Ryan Hall, 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Adam B. Braunschweig is a Professor in the Nanoscience Initiative team at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Center. He was formerly an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Miami and at New York University before deciding to take his talents to Manhattan. He earned his B.A. in Chemistry at Cornell University (2001) and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry at the University of California – Los Angeles (2006). He later served as a postdoctoral researcher in nanotechnology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and as an NIH postdoctoral researcher in cancer nanotechnology at Northwestern University.
Thursday, May 11Ryan Hall, 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Professor Vegas received his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University working with Stuart Schreiber. He then did postdoctoral studies with Robert Langer and Daniel Anderson at MIT in the fields of chemical and biomedical engineering. Since joining the faculty at BU in 2015, projects in the Vegas lab are focused on developing novel chemical tools, materials, and approaches for targeting therapeutics to diseased tissues, with an emphasis on cancer and diabetes.
Thursday, May 23Ryan Hall, 4003
2190 Campus Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
Khalid Salaita, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Emory University and Program Faculty in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Emory University and Georgia Institute of Technology. Dr. Salaita is a member of the Cell and Molecular Biology Research Program at Winship.