{"115201":{"#nid":"115201","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Research Alliance Names First Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYounan Xia, Ph.D., an internationally recognized leader in\nthe field of nanotechnology, recently joined the Georgia Institute of\nTechnology as the first Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Xia is the Brock Family Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in\nNanomedicine in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at\nGeorgia Tech and Emory University, with a joint appointment in the School of\nChemistry and Biochemistry. \u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;His\nresearch focuses on nanocrystals -- a novel class of materials with features\nsmaller than 100 nanometers -- as well as the development of innovative\ntechnologies enabled by nanocrystals.\u0026nbsp; One\nnanometer is equal to one billionth of a meter.\u0026nbsp;\nThese technologies span the fields of molecular imaging, early cancer\ndiagnosis, targeted drug delivery, biomaterials, regenerative medicine and\ncatalysis. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe possible applications of nanotechnology in medicine\nhave only begun to be explored,\u201d said Michael Cassidy, president and CEO of the\nGeorgia Research Alliance.\u0026nbsp; \u201cDr. Xia\u2019s\nexpertise and collaborative vision will lead to vital new scientific\ndiscoveries that can be transformed into new tools to help people live\nhealthier lives.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Xia is an international leader in the synthesis of\nnanomaterials designed to improve the way we live.\u0026nbsp; He has been ranked as\none of the top 10 chemists in the world, as well as the second most cited\nscientist in the fields of nanomedicine and materials science.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cDr.\nXia is a world-renowned teacher and leader at the forefront of nanomedicine and\nmaterials science,\u201d said Larry McIntire, the Wallace H. Coulter Chair of\nBiomedical Engineering. \u201cHis reputation and innovative research in these areas\nwill clearly strengthen our expanding efforts in nanomedicine and biomaterials.\nWe are honored to welcome him to the Department and to the Institute.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003ERegents\u0027 Professor and Chair of Chemistry and Biochemistry\nCharles Liotta said, \u201cDr. Xia is an outstanding addition to our faculty in the\nSchool of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\u0026nbsp; His research in nanomedicine and\nbiomaterials lies at the interface between chemistry and engineering and fits\nin so well with the interdisciplinary culture at Georgia Tech.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Xia\u2019s\npresence will clearly enhance our efforts in these critical research areas.\u201d\n\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Xia received his Ph.D. in physical chemistry from\nHarvard University (with Professor George M. Whitesides) in 1996, his M.S. in\ninorganic chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with the late Professor\nAlan G. MacDiarmid, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2000) in 1993.\u0026nbsp; He has received a number of prestigious\nawards, including AIMBE Fellow (2011), MRS Fellow (2009 ), NIH Director\u0027s\nPioneer Award (2006), Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award (2005), Camille Dreyfus\nTeacher Scholar (2002), David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and\nEngineering (2000), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2000), NSF Early Career\nDevelopment Award (2000) and the ACS Victor K. LaMer Award (1999). \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout GRA \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EA model public-private partnership between Georgia\nuniversities, business and state government, the Georgia Research Alliance\nhelps build Georgia\u2019s technology-rich economy in three major ways: through\nattracting Eminent Scholars to Georgia\u2019s research universities; through investing\nin sophisticated research tools; and through converting research into products,\nservices and jobs that drive the economy. To learn more about GRA, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gra.org\/\u0022\u003Ewww.gra.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\n\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EAbout Georgia Tech \u003C\/p\u003E\n\n\u003Cp\u003EThe\nGeorgia Institute of Technology is one of the world\u0027s premier research\nuniversities. Ranked seventh among\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EU.S. News \u0026amp; World Report\u0027s\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;top\npublic universities, the Institute enrolls more than 20,000 students within its\nsix colleges. Georgia Tech is the nation\u0027s leading producer of engineers as\nwell as a leading producer of female and minority engineering Ph.D. graduates.\nHolding more than 780 patents and receiving approximately $570 million in\nsponsored awards, Georgia Tech ranks among the nation\u0027s top universities in\nresearch expenditures. Visit\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for more information.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Nanotechnology Expert Younan Xia is one of world\u2019s \u201cTop 10\u201d Chemists; Joins Georgia Tech"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYounan Xia, Ph.D., an internationally recognized\nleader in the field of nanotechnology, recently joined the Georgia Institute of\nTechnology as the first Georgia Research Alliance (GRA) Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Nanotechnology Expert Younan Xia is one of world\u2019s \u201cTop 10\u201d Chemists; Joins Georgia Tech"}],"uid":"27182","created_gmt":"2012-03-08 13:34:59","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Adrianne Proeller","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"115191":{"id":"115191","type":"image","title":"Younan Xia","body":null,"created":"1449178241","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:30:41","changed":"1475894733","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:33","alt":"Younan Xia","file":{"fid":"194226","name":"xia.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/xia.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/xia.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":2084467,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/xia.jpg?itok=mmhiA9sT"}}},"media_ids":["115191"],"groups":[{"id":"1254","name":"Wallace H. 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