Past Plenary Speakers

2010

Matteo Pasquali (Rice University): Fluid Phases of Nano-Carbon

Bartosz Grzybowski (Northwestern University): Self-Assembly of Nanostructured Materials

Y. L. Lynn Loo (Princeton University): Deconstructing Plastic Solar Cells

Kurt Rindfusz (Eastern Research Group, Inc.): Taking Nanotechnology Into the "Real" World

Paul Nealey (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Directed Assembly of Block Copolymers on Lithographically-Defined Chemically Nanopatterned Substrates

Bionanotechnology Plenary Speakers

Hamid Ghandehari (University of Utah): Drug Delivery for Cancer Therapy: Emerging Importance of Definition at the Nanoscale

Arup K. Chakraborty (MIT): Understanding Adaptive Immunity: From Statistical Mechanics to Elite Controllers of HIV

Jonathan S. Dordick (RPI): Functionally Organized Hierarchical Nanobiomaterials

Patrick S. Doyle (MIT): Applications of Encoded Gel Particles In Biosensing

Melody A. Swartz (EPFL): Lymphatic Targeting with Nanoparticles for Immunomodulation

Carlos Rinaldi (University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez): Application of Magnetic Nanoparticles In Cancer Treatment: Magnetic Fluid Hyperthermia

2009

Nicholas L. Abbott (U. Wisconsin - Madison): Principles for Nanoscale Science and Engineering using Liquid Crystals

Brian A. Korgel (UT Austin): Semiconductor Nanowires: From Conception to Practice

Anna C. Balazs (U. Pittburgh): Using Coarse-grained Computer Simulations to Probe Interactions between Nanoparticles and Lipid Bilayers

Alan Weimer and Michael Masterson (U. Colorado): Particle ALD, Academic Invention to Commercial Development

Zhenan Bao (Stanford): Carbon Nanotube Networks

Bionanotechnology Plenary
S. Daunert: Genetically Diverse Biosensors and Bionanoanalytical Methods

R. Tu: Dynamic Peptide Assemblies for Sensing Applications

T. M. Squires: Micro-Rheology of Biologically Relevant Interfaces

2008

One Dimensional Nanomaterials and Their Applications

M. Meyyappan (Forum Award Seminar): The Design of Nanoscale Polyvalent Therapeutics

Ravi S. Kane (Young Investigator Award Seminar): Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery
Samir Mitragotri: Colloidal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications

Darrell Velegol: Nanoporous Membranes:  Fabrication, Analysis, and Applications

Sankar Nair: Microplasma Techniques for Nanoparticle Synthesis

R. Mohan Sankaran

2007

Enabling Novel Technologies through Nano- and Meso-Scale Designed Materials

Joerg Lahann (Young Investigator Award Seminar): Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience – Emerging Tools for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Peter T. Cummings (Forum Award Seminar): Simulation-Based Design of Nanoscale Building Blocks for Self- Assembly: The Shapes of Things to Come

Sharon C. Glotzer Single Molecule Force Spectroscopy for Nanoscience and Technology: What :
Stefan Zauscher: Nanoparticles and Proteins: How Similar Are They?
Nicholas A. Kotov: Nanoparticles and Proteins: How Similar Are They?
Paula T. Hammond: Nanolayer Assembly Routes to Functional Thin Films, Hybrid Nanomaterials and Devices

2006

Ronald Andres (Forum Award Seminar)
Michael Wong (Young Investigator Award Seminar)

Juan J. De Pablo: Theory and Simulation for the Advancement of Nanoscience and Technology

Michael Tsapatsis: Nanoporous Thin Film Technology

Eray S. Aydil: Nanostructured Materials for Solar-to-Electric Energy Conversion

Michael S. Strano: The Chemistry of Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes

2005

Mihail Roco (Forum Award Seminar)

Michael Strano (Young Investigator Award Seminar): Engineering Materials and Processes for Manufacturing at the Nanoscale

Paul F. Nealey: Deposition and Templating Techniques for Nanostructured Devices

James J. Watkins: Molecular Engineering of Layered Nanoparticle Composites

Nicholas A. Kotov: Using Biology for the Synthesis and Assembly of Commercially Important Materials

Michael A. Spaid