Louis E. Brus
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Louis E. Brus is a professor of chemistry at Columbia University. He is the discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots.
He will receive the Franklin Institute's 2012 Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science,[1] and was chosen for the 2010 NAS Award in Chemical Sciences. He received the inaugural Kavli Prize for nanoscience in 2008,[2] and was co-recipient of the 2006 R. W. Wood prize of the Optical Society of America.[3] He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Association of Rice University Alumni in 2010.
He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2004 and is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ "2012 Laureates". Franklin Institute. http://www.fi.edu/franklinawards/index.html. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
- ^ "Columbia Professors to Receive Kavli Prizes in Norway Ceremony". 2008. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/research/kavli.html. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ "R. W. Wood Prize". 2006. http://www.osa.org/Awards_and_Grants/Awards/Award_Description/rwwood/default.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
- ^ "Gruppe 4: Kjemi" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. http://www.dnva.no/c26849/artikkel/vis.html?tid=40122. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
[edit] External links
- Brus group homepage
- Brus faculty profile
- Biography from the National Academy of Sciences
- 2010 Distinguished Rice Alumni Award Recipients
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