Language

Nanotechnology & materials

Ravi Kane

Created a highly potent anthrax treatment in which each drug molecule blocks multiple toxin molecules rather than just one.
Year Honored
2004
Organization
Assistant professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Region
Global

He's extending the concept to anti-HIV therapies.

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Selena Chan

Designs nanotechnological tools to detect viruses, bacteria, and, for the first time, single molecules of DNA in medical samples.

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Tyler McQuade

Creates catalysts to reduce the number of steps needed to synthesize drugs, diminishing environmentally hazardous by-products.

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Shu Yang

Designs "smart" photonic devices for lightning-fast computers and communications networks.

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LÆtitia Delmau

Helped solve fundamental problems in nuclear-waste treatment
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