{"71032":{"#nid":"71032","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed Wins 2007 Medal of Science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMostafa El-Sayed, Regents Professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has just been awarded the 2007 Medal of Science, the nation\u0027s highest honor in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022My goodness. I am very fortunate and lucky to be doing science in America. There are so many excellent people doing science all over this country,\u0022 said El-Sayed, who holds the Julius Brown Chair and is also the director of the Laser Dynamics Laboratory.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I want to thank my past and present graduate students and postdotoral fellows , my colleagues, the administration and staff at Georgia Tech and UCLA who all helped me to do my science and get this honor. There was no limit to the support I received,\u0027 he added.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEl-Sayed\u0027s citation reads: \u0022For his seminal and creative contributions to our understanding of the electronic and optical properties of nano-materials and to their applications in nano-catalysis and nano-medicine, for his humanitarian efforts of exchange among countries and for his role in developing the scientific leadership of tomorrow.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHe will receive the medal at a White House ceremony on September 29.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECurrently, El-Sayed is working with his son Ivan, of the University of California, San Francisco, to develop cylindrical gold nanorods that can bind to cancer cells. Once the cells are bound to the gold, they scatter light ,which makes them easy to detect. Using a laser, they can selectively destroy the cancer cells without harming the healthy cells. The nanorods are tuned to a frequency that allows them to use lasers that can delve under the skin to kill cancer cells without harming the skin.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe National Medal of Science honors individuals for pioneering scientific research in a range of fields, including physical, biological, mathematical, social, behavioral and engineering sciences, that enhances understanding of the world and leads to innovations and technologies that give the United States its global economic edge. The National Science Foundation administers the award, which was established by Congress in 1959.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMostafa El-Sayed, Regents Professor in Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has just been awarded the 2007 Medal of Science, the nation\u0027s highest honor in the field.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Chemistry professor given nation\u0027s highest honor for science"}],"uid":"27310","created_gmt":"2008-08-28 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:01:15","author":"David Terraso","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2008-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2008-08-28T00:00:00-04:00","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"}},"media_ids":["71033"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/ldl.gatech.edu\/research.htm","title":"Laser Dynamics Laboratory"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.chemistry.gatech.edu\/faculty\/El-Sayed\/","title":"Mostafa El-Sayed"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"140","name":"Cancer Research"},{"id":"141","name":"Chemistry and Chemical Engineering"},{"id":"149","name":"Nanotechnology and Nanoscience"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"89","name":"chemistry"},{"id":"741","name":"el-sayed"},{"id":"2024","name":"medal"},{"id":"742","name":"mostafa"},{"id":"167040","name":"science"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}