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Areas of expertise: Chemistry, Material Science, Environmental Studies, Water, X-ray Crystallography, Solid State Physics, Biotechnology


Biography, Education and Training

B.Sc. Chemistry, University of Toronto, graduated with distintion Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Toronto, Department of Chemistry Postdoctoral NSERC Fellow, Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

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Karyn Skemp

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Areas of expertise: Electrical Engineering, Optics, Biotechnology, Bioengineering, Viruses and Microbes, Neuroscience, Material Science, Solid State Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Computational Modeling


Biography, Education and Training

Prof. Yanik's research focuses on Circulating Tumor Cell (CTC) detection from human blood using nano-fluidic platforms for cancer diagnostics. His research interests includes nanoplasmonic and metamaterial devices for ultrasensitive infrared/terahertz spectroscopy of biomolecules/chemicals and high-throughput, cost effective, BioNEMS technologies for life sciences and point-of-care diagnostics. His expertise is in high-end nanolithography and bio-patterning as well as theory and engineering... more »

David Lederman

David Lederman

Professor, Director, Materials Science & Engineering Initiative

Physics Department

Areas of expertise: Solid State Physics, Material Science, Physics, Applied Physics


Biography, Education and Training

I obtained my B.S. in Physics with Honors at Stanford University in 1988 and my Ph.D. in Physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1992, where I studied the phase transition properties of antiferromagnetic superlattices grown via MBE under the supervision of Prof. Vince Jaccarino.  From 1992 to 1995 I was a postdoctoral researcher, project scientist, and lecturer at the University of California, San Diego, where I studied the properties of high temperature superconducting... more »

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