{"154021":{"#nid":"154021","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Younan Xia Honored by American Chemical Society","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EProfessor Younan Xia, the Brock Family Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in Nanomedicine is this year\u0027s recipient of the American Chemical Society\u0027s (ACS) Award in the Chemistry of Materials sponsored by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. This award is given annually in recognition of creative work in the chemistry of materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EXia holds faculty appointments in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, and the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, where his research focuses on the synthesis of new nanomaterials and their application in biomedical technologies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe ACS citation for the award speaks to that research focus: \u0022For groundbreaking contributions to the invention of many important new forms of nanocrystals, and the mechanistic understanding and elegant experimental control of their chemical syntheses.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo recognize this fantastic honor, the ACS will hold an awards symposium in Xia\u0027s honor at the 245th ACS National Meeting \u0026amp; Exposition, which will be held in New Orleans this coming April.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Professor Xia recieves the ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials."}],"uid":"27267","created_gmt":"2012-09-13 16:05:30","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:12:47","author":"Thomas Becher","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2012-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2012-09-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"154031":{"id":"154031","type":"image","title":"Younan Xia","body":null,"created":"1449178859","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:40:59","changed":"1475894787","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:27","alt":"Younan Xia","file":{"fid":"195245","name":"xia-photo-8-07-high-res.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/xia-photo-8-07-high-res_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/xia-photo-8-07-high-res_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1381243,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/xia-photo-8-07-high-res_0.jpg?itok=Vk90IiuO"}}},"media_ids":["154031"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Terraso, College of Sciences\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:david.terraso@cos.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Edavid.terraso@cos.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}