{"437371":{"#nid":"437371","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Ravi Kane Joins ChBE as Betty Chair\/Eminent Scholar","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003ERavi Kane has joined Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as a professor and holder of the Garry Betty\/V Foundation Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in Cancer Nanotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EPreviously, Kane served on the faculty of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was head of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and held the P.K. Lashmet Professorship.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003E\u201cRavi is a wonderfully creative and effective researcher, and we are thrilled to have him join us at Georgia Tech,\u201d says Professor and ChBE School Chair David Sholl.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EHolding master\u2019s and doctoral degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Kane focuses his research on the interface of biotechnology and nanotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EHis research group is designing nanoscale polyvalent therapeutics and working on the molecular engineering of biosurfaces and nanostructures. The Kane group is also interested in using protein engineering, nanotechnology, and other tools to combat cancer, Alzheimer\u2019s, Parkinson\u2019s disease, influenza, and antibiotic-resistant pathogens.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EHaving contributed to more than 125 scientific publications, Kane has received numerous honors throughout his career. In 2004, MIT\u2019s Technology Review named him one of the top 100 young innovators in the world.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003ESince then, he has received an American Institute of Chemical Engineer\u2019s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Young Investigator Award, Global Indus Technovator Award, American Chemical Society\u2019s Biochemical Technology Division Young Investigator Award, Society for Biological Engineers\u2019 Biotechnology Progress Award for Excellence in Biological Engineering Publication, as well as other recognitions for research and teaching excellence.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EElected to the American Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering College of Fellows in 2013, Kane is a member of the editorial board for the \u003Cem\u003EAnnual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003EBiotechnology and Bioengineering\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EKane\u2019s Chair was endowed by the family of Charles Garrett \u201cGarry\u201d Betty (BS ChBE 1979). Betty was president and CEO of the Internet service provider EarthLink from 1996 until his death from a rare type of cancer in 2007. He was inducted into the Georgia Technology Hall of Fame in 2005.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003EBetty\u2019s wife, Kathy, received the 2013 College of Engineering\u2019s Dean\u2019s Appreciation Award for her continual support of Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Ravi Kane Joins ChBE as Betty Chair\/Eminent Scholar"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022BasicParagraph\u0022\u003ERavi Kane has joined Georgia Tech\u2019s School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering as a professor and holder of the Garry Betty\/V Foundation Chair and GRA Eminent Scholar in Cancer Nanotechnology.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Ravi Kane Joins ChBE as Betty Chair\/Eminent Scholar"}],"uid":"27271","created_gmt":"2015-08-19 15:25:55","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:22","author":"Brad Dixon","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"432171":{"id":"432171","type":"image","title":"Ravi Kane","body":null,"created":"1449256133","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:08:53","changed":"1475895171","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:51"}},"media_ids":["432171"],"groups":[{"id":"1240","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"138311","name":"Betty Chair"},{"id":"1503","name":"Biotechnology"},{"id":"3343","name":"Endowed Chair"},{"id":"138321","name":"Gary Betty"},{"id":"107","name":"Nanotechnology"},{"id":"220","name":"professor"},{"id":"138301","name":"Ravi Kane"},{"id":"167445","name":"School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"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\u003EBrad Dixon, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E404-385-2299\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:braddixon@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ebraddixon@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["braddixon@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}