Keynote Speakers

Jeff Brinker, Sandia National Laboratories
Brinker's work in self-assembly -- the spontaneous organization of materials into complex three-dimensional nanoscale architectures -- is routinely published in the most outstanding scientific journals. Brinker says he would like to create a materials program that focuses on nanomaterials that interface between biology and electronics. "We will have the national labs participate; that's the only way forward."

Miquel Salmeron, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The research in the group of Dr. Salmeron is centered on the nanometer scale mechanical, chemical and physical properties of surfaces and interfaces. Their main topics include:

  • manipulation of matter at the atomic scale
  • studies of friction, adhesion and wear in nanometer size contacts
  • structure of thin liquid films, wetting
  • catalytic and chemical properties of surfaces
  • electronic, mechanical and chemical properties of nanoclusters

James Lee, Ohio State University
Dr. Lee is the Helen C. Kurtz Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The Ohio State University. He established the NSF I/UCR Center for Advanced Polymer and Composite Engineering (CAPCE) at Ohio State in 1997. He now serves as the Director of NSF Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center for Affordable Nanoengineering of Polymer Biomedical Devices (CANPBD), the Director of NSF IGERT Program on Molecular Engineering of Microdevices, and the Director of Ohio Center for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials and Devices (CMPND) at Ohio State. He received a BS degree in chemical engineering from National Taiwan University in 1972, and a Ph.D. degree in chemical engineering from University of Minnesota in 1979. Before joining The Ohio State University in 1982, he worked as a research scientist at General Tire and Rubber Company for four years. His research interest includes BioMEMS/NEMS, polymer and composite processing, and micro- and nanofabrication of polymers. He has more than 190 refereed journal publications, 11 patents and 8 book chapters. Dr. Lee is a Fellow of Society of Plastics Engineers.

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