User:Nmillerche/sandbox/Hongjie Dai

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Hongjie Dai
Born(1966-05-02)May 2, 1966
Shaoyang, China
Alma materTsinghua University,
Columbia University,
Harvard University
Known forcarbon nanotubes
AwardsACS Award in pure chemistry (2002)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsStanford University
Academic advisorsCharles Lieber

Hongjie Dai (born May 2, 1966 in Shaoyang, China)[1] is a Chinese-American Chemist and Applied Physicist, the J.G. Jackson & C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry at Stanford University.[2] He has been recognized as a leading figure in the study of carbon nanotubes.[3][4][5][6]

Education and career[edit]

Dai received a B.S. in Physics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, in 1989, and M.S. in applied sciences from Columbia University in 1991, and a Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard University in 1994 under the direction of Prof. Charles Lieber. After postdoctoral research at Harvard, he joined the Stanford faculty as an assistant professor in 1997.[1][2]

Overview[edit]

Biomaterials and medicine[edit]

In 2005, Dai's research group proposed a novel method for targeting cancer cells ex vivo by heating them with near-infrared (700-1100 nm wavelengths) radiation.[7] This was accomplished using single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) functionalized with folate groups, which attached somewhat selectively to cancer cells because of their tendency to overproduce folate binding protein (FBP) sites on the cell membrane.[8]

Nanomaterials[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

Among Dai's awards are the American Chemical Society's ACS Award in pure chemistry, 2002,[2][9] the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics, 2004,[2][10] and the American Physical Society's James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials, 2006.[2][11] He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2009, and to the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2011.[2][12][13]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Mosher, Harry S., Stanford Chemistry Department History 1977 to 2000. VI. Professors, Brief Biographical Summaries 1976–2000, Stanford University Library.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Chemistry Faculty: Faculty Research Interests - Hongjie Dai". Stanford University. Retrieved 9 June 2010..
  3. ^ Eisenberg, Anne (2 March 2000), "A Wisp of Carbon, a Whiff of Gases", New York Times.
  4. ^ "Researchers Develop First Integrated Silicon Circuit With Nanotube Transistors", ScienceDaily, 7 January 2004.
  5. ^ Biever, Celeste (21 February 2007), "Nanotubes smuggle anti-HIV molecules into cells", NewScientist.
  6. ^ Brumfiel, Geoff (15 April 2009), "Nanotubes cut to ribbons: New techniques open up carbon tubes to create ribbons", Nature, doi:10.1038/news.2009.367.
  7. ^ Henry, Celia. "'Cooking' Cancer". Chemical & Engineering News. 83 (32): 16. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  8. ^ Dai, Hongjie. "Carbon nanotubes as multifunctional biological transporters and near-infrared agents for selective cancer cell destruction". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102 (33): 11600–11605.
  9. ^ ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society, retrieved 2011-04-09.
  10. ^ Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2004 awarded, Springer-Verlag, 5 October 2004.
  11. ^ 2006 James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials Recipient, American Physical Society, retrieved 9 April 2011.
  12. ^ "11 Stanford faculty inducted into AAAS", Stanford Daily, 23 April 2009.
  13. ^ "Three Stanford scholars tapped as AAAS fellows", Stanford Report, 12 January 2011.

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