The MIT.nano seminar series offers monthly talks from researchers across the spectrum of nanoscience and nanoengineering. The series kicked off with an introductory set of talks, the Perspectives in Nanotechnology, by experts who have played seminal roles in the progress of our understanding of the nanoscale in key areas over the past decades. Past MIT.nano seminars and a video of each talk are listed below. To view the full video playlist, visit our YouTube page. To see the schedule for upcoming seminars, visit mitnano.mit.edu/mitnano-seminar-series.
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December 2023
Boubacar Kanté, Chenming Hu Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS), University of California, Berkeley
Overcoming the six-decade tyranny of the scaling of semiconductor lasers
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November 2023 — Dresselhaus Lecture
Angela Belcher, James Mason Crafts Professor of Biological Engineering, Materials Science, and the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, MIT
Evolving organisms to grow new nanomaterials for energy, the environment, and medicine
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October 2023
Dana Weinstein, Professor, Elmore Family School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
Bringing MEMS functionality into integrated circuits
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September 2023
Mark Hersam, Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
Mixed-dimensional heterostructures for electronic and energy technologies
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May 2023
Goran Mashanovich, Professor, Silicon Photonics Group, University of Southhampton
Silicon photonics for mid- and near-infrared applications
Abstract and Bio. This talk was not recorded.
April 2023
Ali Javey, Ph.D., Lam Research Distinguished Chair in Semiconductor Processing, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California, Berkeley
2D semiconductor optoelectronics: Advances, challenges and opportunities
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March 2023
Chad A. Mirkin, PhD, George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University
Exploring the matterverse with nanomaterial megalibraries
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February 2023
Xiangfeng Duan, Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Inorganic, Materials, Analytical Chemistry, Nanoscience, University of California, Los Angeles
Van der Waals heterostructures, superlattices and thin films: Boundless opportunities at bondless boundaries
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January 2023
Dr. Ahmad Bahai, Senior vice president and chief technology officer, Texas Instruments
Chips & innovation: A new era
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December 2022
Wilfred G. van der Wiel, Full Professor of nanoelectronics; Director of the BRAINS Center for Brain-Inspired Nano Systems, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Material Learning
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November 2022—Dresselhaus Lecture
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT
The magic of moiré quantum matter
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November 2022
Maia Weinstock, Deputy Editorial Director, MIT News
CARBON QUEEN: The Life of Mildred S. Dresselhaus, Nanoscience Innovator
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September 2022
Takao Someya, Professor, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Tokyo
Electronic skins for robotics and wearables
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June 2022
Matteo Rinaldi, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Northeastern University
Near-zero power integrated microsystems for the IoT
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April 2022
Amal El-Ghazaly, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Cornell University
Magnetic elastomers enabling haptic displays
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March 2022
Bart Jan Ravoo, Professor, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Photoresponsive soft materials made by molecular self-assembly
February 2022
Wei Wu, Associate Professor, Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
Memristor-based hybrid analog-digital computing platform for mobile robotics
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January 2022
Dr. J.P. Laine, Division leader for Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT), Draper
Flat imaging
December 2021
Kathryn Whitehead, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Lipid nanoparticles for RNA delivery: SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, chemistry, and beyond
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November 2021—Dresselhaus Lecture
Jelena Vučković, Jensen Huang Professor in Global Leadership in the School of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Inverse designed photonics: Are computers better than humans in designing photonics?
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October 2021
Leo Gross, Research Staff, IBM Research–Zurich
On-surface reactions and single-molecule charge transitions controlled by atom manipulation
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September 2021
Debbie Senesky, Associate Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics and, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
“Tiny-but-tough” GaN- and graphene-based nanoelectronics for extreme harsh environments
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May 2021
Rehan Kapadia, Assistant Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Southern California
Hot electrons, cold materials: Building blocks for next generation semiconductor devices
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April 2021
Alán Aspuru-Guzik, Professor, Chemistry & Computer Science, University of Toronto
There is no time for science as usual: Materials acceleration platforms
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March 2021
Dion Khodagholy, Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering, Columbia University
Translational neuroelectronics
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February 2021
Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, Cecil & Ida Green Professor of Physics, MIT
Magic angle graphene: The twist and shout of quantum materials
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January 2021
Genevieve Van de Bittner, PhD, R&D Researcher, Agilent Research Laboratories, Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Measuring metabolic flux with cellular and molecular resolution: Combining Seahorse XF and LC/MS technologies for comprehensive analyses
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December 2020
Vahid Sandoghdar, Alexander von Humboldt Professor, Physics, Friedrich Alexander University; Director, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light
On single photons and single molecules: From nano-quantum optics to nanobiophotonics
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November 2020—Dresselhaus Lecture
Evelyn Hu, Tarr-Coyne Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, Harvard University
Transforming Defects into Opportunities: Leveraging the Nanoscale
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October 2020
Ron Naaman, Aryeh and Mintzi Katzman Professor, Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute
The electron spin and chiral systems: Merging that results in novel properties
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September 2020
Jonathan Fan, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Inverse electromagnetics design with physics-driven neural networks
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January 2020
Steve Hattan, Ph.D., Principal Research Scientist, Waters Corporation
Mass Spec Imaging: Interrogating surfaces using molecular maps
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December 2019
Julia Greer, Ruben and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics, and Medical Engineering, California Institute of Technology; Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech
Materials by design: Three-dimensional nano-architected meta-materials