Foresight Institute Awards 2020 Feynman Prizes in Nanotechnology to Yan, Di Ventra
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Foresight Institute's Feynman Prizes are given in two categories, one for Experiment and the other for Theory in nanotechnology/molecular manufacturing.
- SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --Foresight Institute's Feynman Prizes are given in two categories, one for Experiment and the other for Theory in nanotechnology/molecular manufacturing.
- Hao Yan, Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry and Director of the Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics in the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, received the 2020 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Experimental work.
- Massimiliano Di Ventra, Professor of Physics at the University of California, San Diego, received the 2020 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory.
- Professor Di Ventra has made major contributions to several areas of nanotechnology and condensed matter theory:
He pioneered the study of quantum transport in nanoscale and atomic systems from first principles.