The University of Washington Molecular Engineering and Science (MolES) Institute established its first scientific advisory council. The council will advise the MolES leadership on strategic areas of opportunity as the Institute strives toward its mission to foster scientific exchanges and new collaborations among MolES members, the wider UW research community, and industry leaders from biotech and cleantech.
“I’m grateful to this council of extraordinary UW MolES faculty that will help the Institute grow into new scientific directions and expand our impact, ultimately driving innovation in molecular engineering for future generations,” said Pun. “These distinguished council members represent the diverse research areas across our Institute and have been committed and dedicated members of the Institute. I am excited to work with them as we shape the future of MolES.”
The MolES Institute’s Scientific Advisory Council is composed of the following members:
James Carothers, interim chair for chemical engineering and the Charles W.H. Matthaei Endowed Professor, leads a lab that studies fundamental biological design principles and engineering systems to meet demands for new industrially and medically necessary chemical and material sources.
Corie Cobb, Washington Research Foundation Innovation Professor in Clean Energy Professor and mechanical engineering professor, aims to develop new additive-based fabrication processes that enable the digital control of material architecture over large areas.
David Ginger, the B. Seymour Rabinovitch Endowed Chair in Chemistry and chief scientist at the Clean Energy Institute, focuses on energy applications. His lab’s research includes photovoltaics (solar cells) using hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites and colloidal quantum dots for optoelectronics.
Neil King, a biochemistry professor, has created a lab that incorporates the features of proteins – nature’s building block of choice for constructing “molecular machines” – into the design of functional protein-based nanomaterials to create new opportunities for treating and preventing disease.
Xiaodong Xu, the Boeing Professor of Physics and a materials science and engineering professor, aims to understand novel solid-state nanostructures’ optical, electronic, and quantum properties through nanoscale device design, optical spectroscopy, electrical transport, and scanning photocurrent measurements.