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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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

Albena Ivanisevic

Uses microscopic tips to deposit precise patterns of peptides directly onto tissues in the body.

Global

LÆtitia Delmau

Helped solve fundamental problems in nuclear-waste treatment

Global

Shu Yang

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