Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Michael H. Bartl
is an associate professor of
chemistry and adjunct professor of physics at
the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT,
USA. He earned his doctorate in chemistry from
Karl-Franzens University, Graz, Austria, and
conducted postdoctoral research at the Univer-
sity of California, Santa Barbara, with Professors
Galen Stucky and Evelyn Hu. He was the recipi-
ent of a
DuPont Young Professorship
in 2007. In
2010, he was named an
Emerging Investigator
by
the
Journal of Materials Chemistry
and a
Brilliant
10
researcher by
Popular Science
magazine. His
group studies functional materials for energy
and information technology applications,
including bioinspired photonics, nanocrystals,
and thin films.
Aditi S. Risbud
is a science writer and materials
scientist. She earned a doctorate in materials
science and engineering from the University of
California, Santa Barbara, USA, with thesis
work on magnetic semiconductor materials. She
also holds a certificate in science communica-
tions from the University of California, Santa
Cruz. Currently, she is the senior communica-
tions and marketing officer for the University of
Utah's College of Engineering. Previously, she
directed communications and outreach efforts
for the Molecular Foundry, a nanoscience user
facility at Lawrence Berkeley National Labora-
tory, and started her career in science communi-
cations at global public relations firm Weber
Shandwick.
