Naomi J. Halas, halas@rice.edu. Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Professor of Chemistry, Nanoengineering, Plasmonics, Nanophotonics. B.A. (1980) La Salle College, M.A. (1984) Bryn Mawr College, Ph.D. (1986) Bryn Mawr College. She was a graduate fellow at IBM Yorktown. Following her postdoctoral research at AT&T Bell Laboratories, she joined the faculty at Rice University. She is best known for her invention of nanoshells, a new type of nanoparticle with tunable optical properties especially suited for biotechnology applications. WEB: Halas Nanophotonics Group | Nanophotonics pioneer honored for contributions to nanoparticle synthesis HOUSTON, Sept. 3, 2008 -- Rice University nanophotonics pioneer Naomi Halas has won one of nanotechnology's top academic honors, the Research Excellence Award from the University of Pennsylvania's Nano/Bio Interface Center (NBIC). Halas is being honored for her numerous contributions in the innovative synthesis of nanostructures. She will accept the award and give a keynote address at NBIC's NanoDay@Penn ceremonies Oct. 29 in Philadelphia. Halas is the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, professor of chemistry and the founder and director of Rice's Laboratory for Nanophotonics (LANP), an international research community focused on the development of light-matter interactions, tools and applications at nanoscale dimensions. Halas is best known for her invention of nanoshells, a new type of nanoparticle with tunable optical properties that are especially suited for biotechnology applications. |
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