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Angela M. Belcher
University of Texas,
Austin
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Dr. Angela Belcher is a materials chemist with expertise
in the fields of biomaterials, biomolecular materials,
organic-inorganic interfaces and solid state chemistry.
The focus of Dr. Belcher's research is understanding
and using the process by which Nature makes materials
in order to design novel hybrid organic-inorganic
electronic and magnetic materials on new length scales.
She Received her BS, and Ph.D. from The University
of California Santa Barbara. Dr. Belcher joined the
faculty at The University of Texas at Austin in the
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in January
of 1999. She is also a faculty member of the Texas
Materials Institute, The Institute of Cellular and
Molecular Biology and the Center for Nano and Molecular
Science and Engineering. Her research is very interdisciplinary
in nature and brings together the fields of inorganic
chemistry, materials chemistry, biochemistry, molecular
biology and electrical engineering. The current research
topics include:
1) evolutionarily selection of peptides that can bind,
nucleate and control the structures and optical properties
of semiconductor quantum dots 2) biomimetic synthesis
of non-biological inorganic phases with novel electronic
and magnetic properties directed by proteins and synthetic
analogs3) synthesis and self-assembly of biological-hybrid
liquid crystals and smart polymers to pattern size
restricted metals and semiconductors 4) use of molecular
machines and molecular motors to place and control
the synthesis of nanostructures 5) design and synthesis
of biocomposite materials that show exceptional strength
and regularity 6) surface modification of high surface
area inorganic phases applied to high surface area
catalysts, biosensors and environmental remediation.
Some of Dr. Belcher's recent awards include the 2001
Wilson Award from Harvard University, 2001 Wilson
Prize in Chemistry from Harvard University, 2000 Presidential
Early Career Award for Science and Engineering (PECASE),
2001 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow,, 2000 Beckman
Young Investigator Award, 2000 and 2001 IBM Faculty
Partnership Awards, 1999 Du Pont Young Investigator
Award, 1999 Army Research Office Young Investigators
Award.
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