{"410311":{"#nid":"410311","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Dr. Lester Li\u2019s Research Recognized","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has just announced that Lester Li, PhD Georgia Tech 2013, won top honors for Best PhD Thesis in 2013 from the School.\u0026nbsp; His dissertation was titled \u0022Structural Considerations for Superhydrophobic and Superoleophobic Surfaces,\u0022 and focused on superamphiphobicity, a combination of superhydrophobicity (high water repellency) and superoleophobicity (high oil repellency).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Lester earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Paper Science and Engineering.\u0026nbsp; His work has been mentioned in the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EWall Street Journal\u003C\/em\u003E. \u0026nbsp;He currently works at SAPPI Fine Papers.\u0026nbsp; Lester has spoken at several IPST executive conferences.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dr. Lester receives top honors for best PhD thesis in 2013"}],"uid":"27178","created_gmt":"2015-06-04 08:57:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:29","author":"Amna Jamshad","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-06-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"410301":{"id":"410301","type":"image","title":"Dr. Lester Li\u2019s Research Recognized","body":null,"created":"1449254195","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:36:35","changed":"1475895139","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:19","alt":"Dr. Lester Li\u2019s Research Recognized","file":{"fid":"202254","name":"140328_li.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140328_li_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/140328_li_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":61405,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/140328_li_0.jpg?itok=qUeqB7D-"}}},"media_ids":["410301"],"groups":[{"id":"372221","name":"Renewable Bioproducts Institute (RBI)"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"42931","name":"Performances"},{"id":"133","name":"Special Events and Guest Speakers"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"8862","name":"Student Research"},{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"101","name":"Award"},{"id":"93811","name":"RBI"},{"id":"4174","name":"renewable"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"5603","name":"thesis"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EKelly B. Smith, Marketing \u0026amp; Communication\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kelly.smith@ipst.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}