Foresight awards nanotech prizes

Oct. 27, 2005 — The Foresight Nanotech Institute, a think tank and public interest organization focused on nanotechnology, awarded prizes to leaders in research, communication, government and study in the field of nanotechnology at the 13th Foresight Conference.

The 2005 prize for experimental work was awarded to Christian Schafmeister of the University of Pittsburgh, for his work in developing a novel technology synthesizing macromolecules with designed shapes and functions.

The prize for theoretical work went to Christian Joachim of the Center Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique in France for developing theoretical tools and establishing the principles for design of a wide variety of single molecular functional nanomachines.

The institute awarded its distinguished student award to Christopher Levins, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at the University of Pittsburgh, and its communication prize to Rocky Rawstern, editor of the Nanotechnology Now Web site. It presented its inaugural government award to U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, D-Calif.

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