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
William Taylor
Spearheads efforts to commercialize the "plasmatron," a pollution control device that converts diesel fuel to hydrogen, cutting nitrogen oxide emissions by up to 90 percent.
Global
Leroy Ohlsen
Replaced fuel cells plastic membranes with porous silicon.
Global
Teri Odom
Patterned silicon to create minuscule "beakers" that hold only zeptoliters.