Professional Experience: • Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, 2015- • Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University, 2015- • Director, Northwestern University Materials Research Center, 2013- • Bette and Neison Harris Chair in Teaching Excellence, 2012-2015 • Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, 2011- • Associate Editor, ACS Nano, 2010- • Professor of Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2007- • Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2006- • Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2000-2006 • Research Intern, Nanoscale Science Department, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, 1999 • Research Aide, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 1996 • Research Intern, Center for Compound Semiconductor Microelectronics, UIUC, 1995 Selected Honors: • U.S. Science Envoy, 2016 • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Fellow, 2016 • World Technology Network Fellow, 2015 • MacArthur Fellowship, 2014 • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow, 2014 • ACS Arthur K. Doolittle Award in Polymeric Materials Science and Engineering, 2013 • Teacher of the Year in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2013 • Linus Pauling Memorial Lecture, 2013 • National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award, 2013 • American Physical Society (APS) Fellow, 2012 • American Vacuum Society (AVS) Fellow, 2012 • International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Fellow, 2012 • Materials Research Society (MRS) Fellow, 2012 • Teacher of the Year in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2011 • AVS Prairie Chapter Award for Outstanding Research, 2011 • W. M. Keck Foundation Science and Engineering Research Grant, 2011 • Teacher of the Year in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2010 • Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator Award, 2010 • SES Research Young Investigator Award, Electrochemical Society, 2010 • Senior Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2009 • Teacher of the Year in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2009 • Teacher of the Year Award, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University 2007 • Young Alumni Achievement Award, ECE Department, UIUC, 2007 • AVS Peter Mark Award, 2006 • TMS Robert Lansing Hardy Award, 2006 • Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 2005 • Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Award, 2005 • Army Research Office Young Investigator Award, 2005 • Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2005 • Northwestern University Associated Student Government Faculty Honor Roll, 2004 • Teacher of the Year Award, Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, 2003 • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2002 • Arnold and Mabel Beckman Young Investigator Award, 2001 • Searle Center for Teaching Excellence Junior Fellow, 2001 • Gregory Stillman Semiconductor Research Award, 2000 • IBM Distinguished Fellowship, 1999 • American Vacuum Society Graduate Research Award, 1999 • Koehler Graduate Fellowship, 1998 • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1997 • British Marshall Scholarship, 1996 Professional Organizations and Societies: • Associate Editor, ACS Nano, 2010- • Chair of the AVS Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Division, 2010- • Co-Chair of the NSF International Study of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, 2009- • AVS Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Division Executive Board Member, 2003-2005, 2007-2009 • Review of Scientific Instruments Editorial Board Member, 2001-2003 • Nanopatterning Synergistic Research Group Leader, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center, 2001- • Director of the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center Research Experience for Undergraduates, 2001- • National Science Foundation SBIR, IMR/MRI, MRSEC and NUE Panelist • Member of IEEE, MRS, AVS, AIP, APS, ACS, TMS, ASEE, AAAS