Monday, 1st September 2008 (825 views)

A researcher who specialises in gold nanotechnology has received an award, it has been announced.

Scientists' association Spie has revealed that one of its members, Mostafa El-Sayed, was given a National Medal of Science for his pioneering work.

The medals are the biggest honour in US science and technology.

Mr El-Sayed is the director of the laser dynamics laboratory at the Georgia Institute of Technology and his research focuses on nanomaterials.

His paper, entitled "Gold nanoparticles, properties, and some application in medicine and biology," is due to be presented at the exhibition Photonics West next year.

El-Sayed has served as program committee chair and as an Spie symposium chair, the organisation said.

The National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress in 1959, and since then it has been awarded to 441 distinguished scientists and engineers. The President of the United States appoints a committee of 12 to evaluate the nominees.

 

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