{"69655":{"#nid":"69655","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Payne Honored with DARPA Young Faculty Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristine Payne, PhD, assistant professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry \u0026amp; Biochemistry, is honored with the 2011\u0026nbsp;Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA) for her project entitled, \u0022Intracellular Synthesis of Conducting Polymer Nanowires for Electrical Stimulation and Sensing,\u201d\u0026nbsp;which will use cells to generate nanowires.\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe objective of the DARPA YFA program is to identify and engage rising research stars in junior faculty positions at U.S. academic institutions and expose them to Department of Defense needs as well as DARPA\u2019s program development.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe YFA program provides funding, mentoring, and industry and DoD contacts to awardees early in their careers so they may develop their research ideas in the context of DoD needs. The program focuses on untenured faculty, emphasizing those without prior DARPA funding. The long-term goal of the YFA program is to develop the next generation of academic scientists, engineers and mathematicians in key disciplines who will focus a significant portion of their career on DoD and national security issues.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Christine Payne, PhD, named recipient of the 2011 DARPA Young Faculty Award"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EChristine Payne, PhD, honored with a 2011 DARPA Young Faculty Award\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"DARPA award given for Payne\u0027s research entitled, \u0022Intracellular Synthesis of Conducting Polymer Nanowires for Electrical Stimulation and Sensing\u201d\u2028"}],"uid":"27195","created_gmt":"2011-08-29 09:48:42","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:09:59","author":"Colly Mitchell","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-08-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"69656":{"id":"69656","type":"image","title":"Christine Payne, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry \u0026 Biochemistry","body":null,"created":"1449177264","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:14:24","changed":"1475894609","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:29","alt":"Christine Payne, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Chemistry \u0026 Biochemistry","file":{"fid":"192807","name":"christine-payne.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christine-payne_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/christine-payne_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":99553,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/christine-payne_0.png?itok=VfTvbmU6"}}},"media_ids":["69656"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.darpa.mil\/Opportunities\/Universities\/Young_Faculty.aspx","title":"DARPA Award"},{"url":"http:\/\/openwetware.org\/wiki\/Payne_Lab","title":"Payne Lab"}],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"}],"keywords":[{"id":"8669","name":"Christine Payne"},{"id":"690","name":"darpa"},{"id":"248","name":"IBB"},{"id":"14143","name":"Intracellular Synthesis of Conducting Polymer Nanowires for Electrical Stimulation and Sensing"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EColly Mitchell\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["colly.mitchell@ibb.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}