NSEF 2007 Winners

"Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience – Emerging Tools for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology"

The NSEF Forum Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the advancement of nanoscale science and engineering in the field of chemical engineering through scholarship, education or service.  Peter Cummings, the John R Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering at Vanderbilt University, receives the award for his outstanding research accomplishments and national leadership in the emerging field of computational and theoretical nanoscience.  He is the Principal Scientist at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and established and lead the largest theoretical nanoscience center, the CNMS Nanomaterials Theory Institute.

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

The NSEF Young Investigator Award recognizes outstanding interdisciplinary research in nanoscale science and engineering by an engineer or scientist in the early stages of their professional career (within 10 years of completion of highest degree).  Joerg Lahann, the Dow Corning Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, receives the award for his significant and original contributions to the design, synthesis and fabrication of interfaces between abiotic materials and biological systems, including smart nanobiointerfaces.