Dr. Charles Lieber Sunday, February 25, 2007 Location: Room S100BC Time: 4:30 p.m. Nanowire Nanoelectronic Devices for Detection of and Interfacing to Biological Systems

In 1999, Dr. Lieber was appointed in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology as the Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry and the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.  He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

His academic training includes a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University in 1985 and Postdoctoral Research from the California Institute of Technology, 1985-1987.

Dr. Lieber is the Mark Hyman Jr. Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University.  He holds joint appointments in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences.  He is best known for his pioneering experimental work in molecular nanotechnology including the synthesis and characterization of the unique physical properties of carbon nanotubes and nanowires.  With his broad focus on science and technology at the nanoscale, Lieber is exploring a variety of devices including nanocomputers, sensors, and other devices at the interface between biology and nanotechnology. 

Dr. Lieber’s research interests are chemistry and physics with an emphasis on low dimensional and nanoscale materials. Rational synthesis of new nanoscale materials and nanostructured solids; development of methodologies for hierarchical assembly of nanoscale materials into complex and functional systems; investigation of fundamental electronic, optical and optoelectronic properties of nanoscale materials; design and development of nanoelectronics and nanophotonic systems, with emphasis on electrically-based biological detection, digital and quantum computing, and photonic systems.  Dr. Lieber is also the co-editor of Nano Letters, one of the most reknown journals in nanoscience and nanotechnology

His professional awards are numerous and include such recent honors as the:

• Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 Award (2005)
• World Technology Award in Materials (2004)
• Fellow of the Institute of Physics (2004)
• Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (2004)
• ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials (2004)
• Scientific American 50 Award in Nanotechnology and Molecular Electronics (2003)
• The World Technology Award in Materials (2003)
• Nelson W. Taylor Award, Pennsylvania State University (2003)
• New York Intellectual Property Law Association Inventor of the Year Award (2003)
• APS McGroddy Prize for New Materials (2003)