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Inspiring the Coalescence of Fundamental and Application Specific Functional Nanomaterial Development
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Mark C. Hersam is currently a Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Northwestern University . His research interests include single molecule devices, nanofabrication, scanning probe microscopy, semiconductor surfaces, and carbon nanotubes. Since joining Northwestern University , Dr. Hersam has received several awards including the Beckman Young Investigator Award (2001), NSF CAREER Award (2001), ARO Young Investigator Award (2005), ONR Young Investigator Award (2005), Sloan Research Fellowship (2005), Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2005), TMS Robert Lansing Hardy Award (2006), and AVS Peter Mark Award (2006) . Dr. Hersam completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000 under the support of a NSF Graduate Fellowship and an IBM Distinguished Fellowship. In 1997, Dr. Hersam received his M.Phil. in Microelectronic Engineering and Semiconductor Physics from the University of Cambridge (UK) under the support of a British Marshall Scholarship. Prior to graduate school, Dr. Hersam graduated with Highest Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1996 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Besides his educational training, Dr. Hersam has also been employed by Argonne National Laboratory and IBM where he performed research on surface acoustic wave sensors and carbon nanotubes respectively. |
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