Alan T. Waterman Award

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）选择加州大学伯克利分校的化学家杨培东获得2007年Alan T. Waterman奖（DMR-0738331）。作为一名材料化学家和纳米技术专家，杨在纳米线的研究方面处于领先地位，从微型激光器和计算机电路到廉价的太阳能电池板和生物传感器，纳米线有望用于一系列高科技设备。一年一度的沃特曼奖旨在表彰由美国国家科学基金会支持的任何科学或工程领域的杰出青年研究员。候选人年龄不得超过35岁，或在获得博士学位后7年，并且必须在个人成就方面脱颖而出。除奖章外，获奖者还将获得50万美元的资助，为期3年，用于在其领域的科学研究或高级学习。该项目旨在推进基于纳米线的科学和技术。它包括处理生物纳米界面，以及开发基于纳米线的光学纳米探针，这种探针可以以高度局部化的方式传递和提取光信号，以探测单个细胞。其目的是利用这些纳米探针将基因和蛋白质传递到细胞中，从细胞中提取化学物质，以高空间分辨率从细胞内传递光和提取光信号，并最终建立电刺激单个细胞的能力。电刺激将被用来检验以非侵入性方式引导干细胞分化的可行性。更广泛的影响本研究项目包括材料合成和表征、表面化学、设备制造和生物样品处理的元素。该项目将为研究生和本科生提供这些领域的核心培训。学生们将利用杨教授实验室和伯克利校园内最先进的微纳米制造、材料合成、结构、光学和电学表征基础设施。这些学生尤其会从研究项目的跨学科性质中受益。多学科研究将包括强大的教育组成部分，这将对本科生和研究生产生广泛的影响。它不仅将向具有不同背景和兴趣的学生介绍生物纳米界面这一充满活力的技术领域，而且还将为这些研究生和本科生提供所需的实验和分析技能，以便在纳米科学和工程领域建立强大的未来职业。该研究项目开发的基于纳米线的科学技术将对许多不同的技术领域产生重大影响，包括固态照明、集成光子学、能量转换、生化传感、成像和光谱学。

DMR-0738331 Peidong Yang University of California at BerkeleyThe National Science Foundation (NSF) has chosen Peidong Yang, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley, to receive the 2007 Alan T. Waterman Award (DMR-0738331). A materials chemist and nanotechnology expert, Yang has pioneered research on nanowires that show promise for a range of high-technology devices, from tiny lasers and computer circuits to inexpensive solar panels and biological sensors. The annual Waterman award recognizes an outstanding young researcher in any field of science or engineering supported by NSF. Candidates may not be more than 35 years old, or 7 years beyond receiving a doctorate and must stand out for their individual achievements. In addition to a medal, the awardee receives a grant of $500,000 over a 3-year period for scientific research or advanced study in their field.Intellectual MeritThis project aims to advance nanowire based science and technology. It includes addressing the bio-nano interface, and developing nanowire based optical nanoprobes that can deliver and extract an optical signal in a highly localized fashion to probe individual cells. The aim is to use these nanoprobes to deliver genes and proteins into cells, to extract chemicals from cells, to deliver light and extract optical signals from within the cells with high spatial resolution, and finally to establish the capability of electrically stimulating individual cells. Electrical stimulation will be used to examine the feasibility of guiding stem cell differentiation in a non-invasive manner.Broader ImpactThis research project includes elements of materials synthesis and characterization, surface chemistry, device fabrication, and biological sample processing. The project will provide core training in these areas for graduate students and undergraduates. The students will utilize state-of-the-art micro- and nanofabrication, materials synthesis, structural, optical and electrical characterization infrastructure available in the Professor Yang''s laboratory and throughout the Berkeley campus. These students in particular will benefit from the interdisciplinary nature of the research project. The multidisciplinary research will include a strong educational component that will have a broad impact on undergraduate and graduate students. It not only will introduce students with different backgrounds and interests to the technologically vibrant field of the bio-nano interface, but it also will provide experimental and analytical skills needed for these graduate and undergraduate students to build strong future careers in nanoscience and engineering. The nanowire based science and technology developed in this research project will have a significant impact in many different technology areas ranging from solid state lighting, integrated photonics, and energy conversion, to biochemical sensing, imaging and spectroscopy.