Michael Strano

Michael Strano, A renowned carbon nanotube scientist and one among the top 1% of highly cited researchers serves as associate professor in the chemical engineering department at MIT. Prior to his move to MIT, Michael was a faculty member in the department of chemical and bio-molecular engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, preceded by a post-doctoral position with Professor Richard Smalley at Rice University.

His work has been recognized with numerous awards and honors, most notable being the Unilever award of the American Chemical Society (2007), Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2006) and the DuPont Young Investigator Award (2004). Michael has published more than 50 papers in peer reviewed journals and is an inventor/co-inventor on key patents/patent applications. Michael serves on the editorial board of many professional journals and serves as a consultant to industry majors. Michael holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware. He brings to this project his vast expertise on fundamental processes that define the optical and electronic properties of single walled carbon nanotubes.