Nanotechnology & materials
Selena Chan
Designs nanotechnological tools to detect viruses, bacteria, and, for the first time, single molecules of DNA in medical samples.
Global
Marcel Bruchez
Cofounded Quantum Dot to market the new imaging tool to biologists and drug developers
Global
Leroy Ohlsen
Replaced fuel cells plastic membranes with porous silicon.
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
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo
Invented nano transfer printing