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.