Nanotechnology & materials
Selena Chan
Designs nanotechnological tools to detect viruses, bacteria, and, for the first time, single molecules of DNA in medical samples.
Global
Shu Yang
Designs "smart" photonic devices for lightning-fast computers and communications networks.
Global
Leroy Ohlsen
Replaced fuel cells plastic membranes with porous silicon.
Global
Kinneret Keren
Exploits biology-based self-assembly to build molecular electronics. She created a self-assembled molecular-electronic device -- a carbon nanotube transistor -- using a DNA template.
Global
Tyler McQuade
Creates catalysts to reduce the number of steps needed to synthesize drugs, diminishing environmentally hazardous by-products.