Academic Background: Ph.D. in Chemistry, Florida State University, 1959; M.S. in Chemistry, Ain Shams University, 1956; B.S. in Chemistry, Ain Shams University, 1953.
Research Interests: Nanotechnology, spectroscopy, and cancer therapeutics. Pioneered plasmonic nanoparticle applications.
Appointments: Regents’ Professor, School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1994–present.
Awards: National Medal of Science, 2007; Priestley Medal, 2016.
Publications: Over 600 articles in Science, Nature, and Journal of the American Chemical Society.
Additional Contributions: Elected to National Academy of Sciences, 1980; Mentors global scholars in nanotechnology.