{"417911":{"#nid":"417911","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed Wins 2016 Priestley Medal","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESome people just don\u2019t know when to slow down. Eighty-two-year-old\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/people\/el-sayed\/mostafa\u0022\u003EMostafa A. El-Sayed\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is one of them.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor nearly 60 years, El-Sayed, Regents Professor and Julius Brown Chair in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has conducted highly acclaimed chemistry research and served as a chemistry educator and journal editor. In recognition of his decades-long contributions to chemistry, El-Sayed will receive the Priestley Medal, the highest honor from the American Chemical Society, in 2016.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDuring his extensive scientific career, El-Sayed, who directs Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ldl.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ELaser Dynamics Laboratory\u003C\/a\u003E, has carried out numerous lines of research. After moving from his native Egypt to the United States for Ph.D. and postdoctoral studies, El-Sayed began his independent research career in 1961 at the University of California, Los Angeles, before coming to Georgia Tech more than 20 years ago. These two periods have been marked by distinguished contributions to two diverse but important areas of research: molecular electronic energy relaxation and the science and technology of nanoscale objects. In the past several years, El-Sayed has managed to knit these topics together, pioneering the biological application of nano-plasmonic phenomena and materials.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAmong many other honors, El-Sayed was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2007, and he continues to serve on the President\u2019s National Medal of Science Selection Committee. He is an elected member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences as well as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was editor-in-chief of the\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EJournal of Physical Chemistry\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;for 24 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAt Georgia Tech, he has anchored the continued development of an internationally renowned physical chemistry division while embodying the Institute\u2019s dedication to interdisciplinary science and technology. He even has a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/ET07369.html\u0022\u003Espectroscopy rule\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;named after him.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMore than 70 students have earned their Ph.D. degrees in the El-Sayed laboratory, and more than 80 postdoctoral scientists, research scientists, and visiting professors have done research under his direction. The El-Sayed group has been supported by more than $18 million in external funding, publishing more than 680 papers. More than half of the 65,000+ citations to his work in the scientific and patent literature have occurred in the past five years, a testament to the cutting-edge nature and practical relevance of his research. He currently directs research on nanoparticle-based anticancer therapy in both the U.S. and Egypt.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is wonderful news, just fantastic,\u201d El-Sayed said of the honor. \u201cI am lucky to have been in the right place and with the right society,\u201d he added, referring to his years of service to the American Chemical Society.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Priestley Medal honors nearly 60 years of work from Mostafa El-Sayed, Regents\u2019 Professor and the Julius Brown Chair in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Priestley Medal honors nearly 60 years of work from Mostafa El-Sayed, Regents\u2019 Professor and the Julius Brown Chair in the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2015-07-06 10:54:03","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:18:45","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-06T00:00:00-04:00","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"},"339291":{"id":"339291","type":"image","title":"Research Horizons - Diagnosing Cancer - Mostafa El-Sayed  and Wei Qian","body":null,"created":"1449245234","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:07:14","changed":"1475895053","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:53","alt":"Research Horizons - Diagnosing Cancer - Mostafa El-Sayed  and Wei Qian","file":{"fid":"200606","name":"diagnosing_cancer_image_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/diagnosing_cancer_image_1_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/diagnosing_cancer_image_1_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1411155,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/diagnosing_cancer_image_1_0.jpg?itok=8BMkM9tQ"}},"417971":{"id":"417971","type":"image","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed Wins Medal of Science","body":null,"created":"1449254269","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 18:37:49","changed":"1475895155","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:35","alt":"Mostafa El-Sayed Wins Medal of Science","file":{"fid":"202583","name":"el-sayed.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/el-sayed_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/el-sayed_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":880991,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/el-sayed_1.jpg?itok=PsI4bH6z"}}},"media_ids":["71033","339291","417971"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/El-Sayed\/","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"1506","name":"faculty"},{"id":"12406","name":"mostafa el-sayed"},{"id":"130041","name":"priestley medal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kristen.bailey@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKristen Bailey\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstitute Communications\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}