{"298541":{"#nid":"298541","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Obama Intends to Name El-Sayed to President\u0027s Committee on the National Medal of Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022field-content\u0022\u003EATLANTA -The 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 class=\u0022field-content\u0022\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 class=\u0022field-content\u0022\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 class=\u0022field-content\u0022\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":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The 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."}],"uid":"27863","created_gmt":"2014-05-21 08:15:08","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:26","author":"Christa Ernst","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-04-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"164851":{"id":"164851","type":"image","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed is ranked as No. 17 on the list of Top 100 Chemists.","body":null,"created":"1449178920","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:42:00","changed":"1475894801","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:46:41","alt":"Mostafa El-Sayed is ranked as No. 17 on the list of Top 100 Chemists.","file":{"fid":"195508","name":"el.sayed_.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/el.sayed__0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/el.sayed__0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":726647,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/el.sayed__0.jpg?itok=J4krpTKq"}}},"media_ids":["164851"],"groups":[{"id":"1271","name":"NanoTECH"}],"categories":[{"id":"132","name":"Institute Leadership"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[{"id":"12406","name":"mostafa el-sayed"},{"id":"93591","name":"National Medal of Science"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39451","name":"Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWritten by Drake Lee-Patterson.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}