{"294131":{"#nid":"294131","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Obama to Name El-Sayed to President\u0027s Committee on the National Medal of Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe White House announced President Barack Obama intends to name Georgia Tech Chemistry and Biochemistry Professor Mostafa El-Sayed to a key post, the President\u2019s Committee on the National Medal of Science. This honor will be one of many prestigious titles El-Sayed has acquired since becoming a Regents Professor and Julius Brown Chair to Georgia Tech in 1994. He received the National Medal of Science from President George W. Bush in 2007.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEl-Sayed\u2019s appointment will last for the next three years, where he\u2019ll help to select nominations for future appointments to the White House administration from various branches of science.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI am grateful that these talented and dedicated individuals have agreed to take on these important roles and devote their talents to serving the American people,\u201d President Obama said. \u201cI look forward to working with them in the coming months and years.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEl-Sayed\u2019s research group is a part of Georgia Tech\u2019s Laser Dynamics Laboratory, exploring the potential uses for nanoparticles in nanomedicine and plasmonics. El-Sayed is a member of the National Academy of Science and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as a fellow of the American Physical Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Chemical Society. He is poised to become an equally exemplary member to Obama\u2019s administration.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Mostafa El-Sayed receives 3 year appointment to key White House committee"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMostafa El-Sayed receives 3 year appointment to key White House committee\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Mostafa El-Sayed receives 3 year appointment to key White House committee"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2014-04-30 12:28:27","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:18","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"71033":{"id":"71033","type":"image","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed","body":null,"created":"1449177338","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:38","changed":"1475894628","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:48"}},"media_ids":["71033"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ldl.gatech.edu\/","title":"Mostafa Laser Dynamics Lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"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\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:drakeleep@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EDrake Lee-Patterson\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["drakeleep@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}