Nanotechnology & materials
Vladimir Bulovic
Uses organic and nanostructured semiconductors in devices such as light-emitting diodes, lasers, photodetectors, and chemical sensors.
Global
Tyler McQuade
Creates catalysts to reduce the number of steps needed to synthesize drugs, diminishing environmentally hazardous by-products.
Global
Yi Cui
Demonstrated the possibility of building new structures using the basic ingredients of nanotech.
Global
Ravi Kane
Created a highly potent anthrax treatment in which each drug molecule blocks multiple toxin molecules rather than just one.
Global
Yueh-Lin (Lynn) Loo
Invented nano transfer printing