February 26, 2020
John A. Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery(and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry); Northwestern University
“Semiconductor Nanomaterials for Electronics that Dissolve in Your Body”
4:10 PM, 4327 Stevenson Center
Refreshments served at 3:45
Bio. John A. Rogers is the Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Medicine at Northwestern University, with affiliate appointments in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chemistry, where he is also Director of the recently endowed Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics. He has published more than 700 papers, is a co-inventor on more than 100 patents and he has co-founded several successful technology companies. His research has been recognized by many awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship (2009), the Lemelson-MIT Prize (2011), the Smithsonian Award for American Ingenuity in the Physical Sciences (2013), the MRS Medal (2018) and the Benjamin Franklin Medal (2019). He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Medicine, the National Academy of Inventors and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
For more information about John Rogers visit: http://rogersgroup.northwestern.edu/
Members of the 2020 Graduate Student Selection Committee:
- Janna Eaves, Mechanical Engineering (committee chair)
- Sophia Click, Chemistry
- Joshua Passantino, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Elena Kovalik, Interdisciplinary Materials Science
- Ben Hacker, graduate student Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Previous speakers include:
Naomi Halas, Rice University, 2019
George Whitesides, Harvard University, 2018
Michael Strano, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018
Paul Weiss, University of California, Los Angeles, 2016
Ted Sargent, University of Toronto, 2015
Mostafa El-Sayed, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014