Nanotechnology & materials
Albena Ivanisevic
Uses microscopic tips to deposit precise patterns of peptides directly onto tissues in the body.
Global
Marcel Bruchez
Cofounded Quantum Dot to market the new imaging tool to biologists and drug developers
Global
Darrell Irvine
Crafts nanoparticles that would release chemicals inside the body to "program" immune cells to combat viral infections like HIV, to tolerate transplants, or even to destroy malignant tumors.
Global
Teri Odom
Patterned silicon to create minuscule "beakers" that hold only zeptoliters.
Global
Tyler McQuade
Creates catalysts to reduce the number of steps needed to synthesize drugs, diminishing environmentally hazardous by-products.