Klavs F. Jensen
Warren K. Lewis Professor Klavs F. Jensen | |
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Born | 1952 |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of Wisconsin Technical University of Denmark |
Known for | Flow chemistry Microfluidics Chemical Reaction Engineering |
Awards | National Academy of Engineering (2002) National Academy of Sciences (2017) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chemical engineering |
Institutions | University of Minnesota Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Doctoral advisors | W. Harmon Ray |
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Klavs Flemming Jensen[1] (born August 5, 1952)[2] is a chemical engineer who is currently the Warren K. Lewis Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).[2] From 2007 to July 2015 he was the Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT.[3]
Education and career
Jensen received his chemical engineering education from the Technical University of Denmark (M.Sc., 1976) and University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD, 1980).[2][4][5][6][7] Jensen's PhD advisor was W. Harmon Ray.[7] In 1980, Jensen became assistant professor of chemical engineering and materials science at the University of Minnesota, before being promoted to associate professor in 1984 and full professor in 1988.[8] In 1989, he moved to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[8]
At the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Professor Jensen has been the Joeseph R. Mares Career Development Chair in Chemical Engineering (1989-1994), the Lammot du Pont Professor of Chemical Engineering (1996-2007), and the Warren K. Lewis Professor of Chemical Engineering (2007- present). [9] Klavs served as Head of the MIT Department of Chemical Engineering from 2007-2015. [10] In 2015, Professor Jensen became the founding Chair of the scientific journal Reaction Chemistry and Engineering by the Royal Society of Chemistry focused on bridging the gap between chemistry and chemical engineering.[11]
Research
Jensen's research revolves around reaction and separation techniques for on-demand multistep synthesis, methods for automated synthesis, and microsystems biological discovery and manipulation.[5] He is considered one of the pioneers of flow chemistry.[12]
Jensen, Armon Sharei and Robert S. Langer were the founders of SQZ Biotech.[13][14] The trio, together with Andrea Adamo, developed the cell squeezing method in 2012.[15] It enables delivery of molecules into cells by a gentle squeezing of the cell membrane.[15] It is a high throughput vector-free microfluidic platform for intracellular delivery.[15] It eliminates the possibility of toxicity or off-target effects as it does not rely on exogenous materials or electrical fields.[15]
Jensen, along with Timothy F. Jamison, Allan Myerson and coworkers, designed a refrigerator-sized mini factory to make clinic-ready drug formulations.[16] The mini factory can make thousands of doses of a drug in about two hours.[16] The factory can allow sudden public health needs to be more easily addressed.[16] It can also be useful in developing countries and for making medicines with a short shelf life.[16] Chemical & Engineering News named the mini factory in their list of notable chemistry research advances from 2016.[16]
Honours
Memberships and fellowships
Jensen was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987.[2][4][5][17] Jensen became an Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2004 and American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007.[2][4][18][19][20][21] He also became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2002 and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2008.[2][4][5] In May 2017, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of his "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research."[5][7]
Awards
In 2008, Jensen was included as one of the "100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' (AIChE) Centennial Celebration Committee.[2][22][23][24] In March 2012, he was the first recipient of the IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry.[2][12][24] Jensen was named in Foreign Policy magazine's 2016 list of the leading global thinkers along with Timothy F. Jamison and Allan Myerson.[25] In 2016, he received the AIChE Founders Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Chemical Engineering.[26][27] Jensen has also received the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award.[4][5]
Selected works
Klavs Jensen has authored numerous journal articles describing significant advances in flow chemistry, microfluidics, chemical vapor deposition, and chemical engineering which includes but is not limited to:
- Bashir O Dabbousi, Javier Rodriguez-Viejo, Frederic V Mikulec, Jason R Heine, Hedi Mattoussi, Raymond Ober, Klavs F Jensen, Moungi G Bawendi "(CdSe) ZnS core− shell quantum dots: synthesis and characterization of a size series of highly luminescent nanocrystallites", Journal of Physical Chemistry B 46(101), 9463-9475 (1997).[28]
- Jamil El-Ali, Peter K Sorger, Klavs F Jensen "Cells on Chips", Nature 442(7101), 403 (2006).[29]
- Klavs F Jensen "Microreaction engineering - is small better?", Chemical Engineering Science 56(2), 293-303 (2001).[30]
- Jinwook Lee, Vikram C Sundar, Jason R Heine, Moungi G Bawendi, Klavs F Jensen "Full color emission from II–VI semiconductor quantum dot–polymer composites", Advanced Materials 12(15), 1102-1105 (2000).[31]
- Axel Gunther, Klavs F Jensen "Multiphase microfluidics: from flow characteristics to chemical and materials synthesis", Lab on a Chip 6(12), 1487-1503 (2006).[32]
- Harry Moffat, Klavs F Jensen "Complex flow phenomena in MOCVD reactors: I. Horizontal reactors", Journal of Crystal Growth 77(1-3), 108-119 (1986).[33]
References
- ^ "Klavs Flemming Jensen, Ph.D." academictree.org. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Klavs F. Jensen" (PDF). National Taiwan University. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Plenary Speakers". ASME. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Klavs F. Jensen". aiche.org. Retrieved April 26, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "National Academy of Sciences elects six MIT professors for 2017" (PDF). Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Klavs Jensen". MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Chemical engineering alum elected to National Academy of Sciences". University of Wisconsin–Madison. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ a b "Klavs Jensen Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Retrieved April 13, 2019.
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- ^ "About the Journal - Reaction Chemistry and Engineering". Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2019.
- ^ a b "Klavs F. Jensen Wins First IUPAC-ThalesNano Prize in Flow Chemistry". International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Startups Can Get Medical Device Prototypes Built through Draper's Sembler Initiative". Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Klavs F. Jensen Ph.D." Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Sharei A, Zoldan J, Adamo A, Sim WY, Cho N, Jackson E, Mao S, Schneider S, Han MJ, Lytton-Jean A, Basto PA, Jhunjhunwala S, Lee J, Heller DA, Kang JW, Hartoularos GC, Kim KS, Anderson DG, Langer R, Jensen KF (February 2013). "A vector-free microfluidic platform for intracellular delivery". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 110 (6): 2082–7. doi:10.1073/pnas.1218705110. PMC 3568376. PMID 23341631.
- ^ a b c d e "Top Research of 2016". Chemical & Engineering News. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
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- ^ "100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era" (PDF). American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "100 Chemical Engineers of the Modern Era". Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Archived from the original on September 8, 2016. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ a b "Reaction Chemistry & Engineering editorial board members". Royal Society of Chemistry. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
- ^ "Global Thinkers 2016, The Healers: Timothy Jamison, Klavs Jensen, and Allan Myerson". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "Prof. Klavs Jensen wins AIChE Founders Award". Advanced Research Center-Chemical Building Blocks Consortium. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "2016 Annual Meeting Honors Ceremony Recap". American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Archived from the original on May 23, 2017. Retrieved May 23, 2017.
- ^ "(CdSe) ZnS core− shell quantum dots: synthesis and characterization of a size series of highly luminescent nanocrystallites". Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 46 (101): 2425–2428. 1997. doi:10.1021/jp971091y.
- ^ Jensen, Klavs F. (2006). "Cells on Chips". Nature. 442 (7101): 403–411. doi:10.1038/nature05063. PMID 16871208.
- ^ Jensen, Klavs F. (2001). "Microreaction engineering - is small better?". Chemical Engineering Science. 56 (2): 293–303. doi:10.1016/S0009-2509(00)00230-X.
- ^ Lee, J.; Sundar, V. C.; Heine, J. R.; Bawendi, M. G.; Jensen, K. F. (2000). "Full color emission from II–VI semiconductor quantum dot–polymer composites". Advanced Materials. 12 (15): 293–303. doi:10.1002/1521-4095(200008)12:15<1102::AID-ADMA1102>3.0.CO;2-J.
- ^ Günther, Axel; Jensen, Klavs F. (2006). "Multiphase microfluidics: from flow characteristics to chemical and materials synthesis". Lab on a Chip. 6 (12): 1487–1503. doi:10.1039/B609851G. PMID 17203152.
- ^ "Complex flow phenomena in MOCVD reactors: I. Horizontal reactors". Journal of Crystal Growth. 77 (1–3): 108–119. 1986. doi:10.1016/0022-0248(86)90290-3.
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