Dear All,
NCL Technology & Entrepreneurship Club presents
An wonderful opportunity for research fellows, research associates and projects staff to listen to and interact with *Prof George Whitesides* of Harvard University!!
Date: 18 June 2008, Wednesday
Time: 10 am -12 noon
Venue: will be announced soon
Agenda:
9.45 am - 10 am: Tea and snacks
10-11 am: ""Commercializing New Science " - Talk by Prof Whitesides
11-12 noon: Interaction and discussion with students
Action:
Those interested in this opportunity are requested to send an email to
nk.varshney@ncl.res.in by Monday (16 June 2008), 6 pm registering for the event. Your registration will help us plan for the event and ensure a place for you.
Please register only if you are sure you can attend so that somebody else is not denied a chance to attend this event.
About Prof George Whitesides
Prof George Whitesides in the Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor at Harvard University, USA ("University Professor" at Harvard is a special honor limited to only 17 highly distinguished professors at Harvard University). He is a highly respected and high decorated chemist with outstanding contributions to science, technology, technology based enterprises, education and public policy.Whitesides has had a profound impact on the field of materials science by drawing on a broad scientific perspective ranging from fundamental chemistry to applied technology. His efforts in nanostructured materials (at the level of the single molecules), and the techniques he created to produce them, are being applied widely in areas such as biotechnology, electronics, optical networks, circuitry, and computer science. He is best known for his work in the areas of NMR spectroscopy, organometallic chemistry, molecular self-assembly, soft lithography, micro fabrication, microfluidics, and nanotechnology.Whitesides is the author of more than 950 scientific articles and is listed as an inventor on more than 50 patents. He ranked 5th on Thomson ISI's list of the 1000 most cited chemists from 1981-1997. As of March 2008, he has the highest Hirsch index rating of all living chemists.Whitesides has co-founded over 12 companies with a combined market capitalization of over $20 billion. These companies include Genzyme, GelTex, Theravance, Surface Logix, Nano-Terra, and WMR Biomedical. Whitesides has mentored more than 300 graduate students, postdocs, and visiting scholars. He serves on the editorial advisory boards of several scientific journals, including Angewandte Chemie, Chemistry & Biology, and Small. Among other awards, Whitesides is the recipient of the American Chemical Society's Award in Pure Chemistry (1975), the Arthur C. Cope Award (1995), National Medal of Science (1998), the Kyoto Prize in Materials Science and Engineering (2003), the Dan David Prize (2005), the Welch Award in Chemistry (2005), and the Priestley Medal (2007) , the highest honor conferred by the ACS.Whitesides is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Engineering. He is also a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
with regards
Elangovan
Mr.Sarvesh reading some of the Prof. Whitesides achievements
About 150 of Research Students and Scientists gathered to listen Prof Whitesides
Students and Faculties listening to Prof. Whitesides
Students listening to Prof. Whitesides's explanations
Prof. Whitesides interacting with Students
