Nanotechnology & materials
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
Marcel Bruchez
Cofounded Quantum Dot to market the new imaging tool to biologists and drug developers
Global
Yu Han
Synthesized nanoscale particles with tiny, precisely defined pores.
Global
Tyler McQuade
Creates catalysts to reduce the number of steps needed to synthesize drugs, diminishing environmentally hazardous by-products.
Global
Leroy Ohlsen
Replaced fuel cells plastic membranes with porous silicon.