Paul Alivisatos, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Alivisatos is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc.. Dr. Alivisatos is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley with a joint appointment at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories where he is the Head of Molecular Design Institute, and Director of the Material Science Division. Dr. Alivisatos is one of the leaders in nanotechnology with a particular focus on zero dimensional materials. Dr. Alivisatos was one of the Founding Scientists of Quantum Dot Corporation, a privately held company that focuses on utilizing quantum dots as biochemical labels for research and diagnostic purposes. Dr. Alivisatos received his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, followed by a Post Doctoral Fellowship at AT&T Bell Labs.

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Uri Banin, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Banin is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc. Dr. Banin is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Chemistry and a co-director of The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Dr. Banin is a leader in nanoscience and nanotechnology of semiconductor nanocrystals with numerous publications in the field. Dr. Banin received a B.S. with honors in Physics and Chemistry (1989) and Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (1994) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

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Louis Brus, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Brus is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc. Dr. Brus is a Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University in New York, and is recognized as the scientist responsible for discovering the "quantum dot" and explaining the basic physics of quantum size-effects in semiconductor nanocrystals. Prior to moving to Columbia University, Dr. Brus spent more than 20 years in the chemistry and materials research area of Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. Dr. Brus received a B.S. in Chemical Physics from Rice University and a Ph.D. in Chemical Physics from Columbia University.

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Philippe Guyot-Sionnest, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Guyot-Sionnest is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc. Dr. Guyot-Sionnest holds joint appointment of Professorship in Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics in University of Chicago. He is recognized for his research in the synthesis and electronic characterization of semiconductor nanocrystals. Prior to joining University of Chicago, Dr. Guyot-Sionnest was a research scientist in Université Paris-Sud, Orsay of France. Dr. Guyot-Sionnest received a Diplome d'Etude Approfonde (DEA) from Ecole Polytechnique in France and a Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley.

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James Heath , Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Heath is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc. Dr. Heath is a Professor of Chemistry at the California Institute of Technology and the Scientific Director of the California NanoSystems Institute. Dr. Heath is a leader in the chemical assembly of quantum based superstructures with a long-term vision of assembling quantum devices.

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Charles Lieber, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Lieber is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc.. Dr. Lieber is the Mark Hyman Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. Dr. Lieber is a leading authority on the synthesis of one-dimensional nano-structured materials (nanowires), and the design of nanowire enabled devices. Professor Lieber's laboratory is able to rationally design, control and scale the first robust building blocks of nanoscale device architecture. His laboratory has created prototypes for nano-scale devices with biological, electronic and optoelectronic applications. Professor Lieber graduated with a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University and carried out his Post Doctoral work at California Institute of Technology. Prior to taking his position at Harvard, Dr. Lieber was a Professor of Chemistry at Columbia University.

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Paul McEuen, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. McEuen is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc. Dr. McEuen is a Professor of Physics at Cornell University, and a Principal Investigator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories. Dr. McEuen has a laboratory that explores design and fabrication of nanostructured devices. His laboratory also explores the assembly of biological and chemical nanostructures. Prior to his appointment at Cornell University, Dr. McEuen was a Professor of Physics at University of California, Berkeley. He completed his Ph.D. in Applied Physics at Yale University, and as a Post Doctoral Fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Hongkun Park, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Park is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of nanosys, Inc.. Dr. Park is a Professor of Chemistry at Harvard University. He is a leader in synthesizing molecular scale devices and his work encompasses both nanoelectronics and optoelectronics. Professor Park completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Stanford University, and worked as a Post Doctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley.

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Peidong Yang, Ph.D. - Member of the Scientific Advisory Board
Dr. Yang is a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Nanosys, Inc. Dr. Yang is a Professor of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Yang is a leading expert in optoelectronics and nanoelectronics. Professor Yang completed his Ph.D. in Chemistry at Harvard University and carried out Post Doctoral work at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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