KNI Distinguished Seminar Series

The Kavli Nanoscience Institute’s Distinguished Seminar Series featured presentations by eminent scientists and thinkers from various backgrounds in nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Scopes of the presentations range from: recent outstanding scientific highlights and technological advancements, to innovative early-stage research developments, to broader cross-disciplinary topics that are relevant to KNI members. Seminars were recorded and published on the KNI YouTube page.

Seminars:

"Surface Engineering of Plasmonic Lattices for Expanded Applications" | Teri Odom, Northwestern University - Seminar recording coming soon.

"Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA: Repurposing the Blueprint for Life" | Chad Mirkin, Northwestern University - Seminar recording coming soon.

"Responsive Soft Matter via 3D Multi-Material Printing" | Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University - Seminar recording coming soon.

"Polymer-based Microfabricated Implants" | Dr. Ellis Meng, University of Southern California - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Microscopic Robots?" | Dr. Paul L. McEuen, Cornell University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Advancing the Materials and Chemistry of High-Energy Batteries" | Dr. Betar Gallant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Seminar recording coming soon.

"Skin-Inspired Organic Electronics" | Dr. Zhenan Bao, Stanford University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Transitioning to a Future Low Carbon Energy System: Key Scientific and Technological Challenges" | Dr. Peter F. Green, National Renewable Energy Laboratory - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Rewrite the Rules of What's Possible for Your Career and Technology" and Alumni Panel Discussion with Tim Archer, President and CEO, Lam Research - Watch the event recording here.

"3D Laser Nanoprinting" | Dr. Martin Wegener, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology "KIT" - Watch the seminar recording here.

"From Inverse Design to Implementation of Practical (Quantum) Photonics" | Dr. Jelena Vuckovic, Stanford University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Integrated Chi(2) Nonlinear Photonics" | Dr. Hong Tang, Yale University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Lithium Niobate Nanomechanical Devices: New classical and quantum opportunities" | Dr. Amir Safavi-Naeini, Stanford University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"The Revolution of Silicon Photonics" | Dr. Michal Lipson, Columbia University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Engineering Coherent Defects in Diamond" | Dr. Nathalie de Leon, Princeton University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"Making Matter from Light: Mott Insulators and Topological Fluids" | Dr. Jonathan Simon, University of Chicago - Watch the seminar recording here.

"New Opportunities with Old Optical Materials" | Dr. Marko Loncar, Harvard University - Watch the seminar recording here.

"The Cell is a Bag of RNA" | Dr. Stephen Quake, Stanford University & Chan Zuckerberg BioHub - Watch the seminar recording here.