James Gimzewski

UCLA

Dr. James K. Gimzewski is a distinguished professor of Chemistry at the University of California, Los Angeles and member of the California NanoSystems Institute. His current research is focused on nanotechnology applied to medicine, artificial intelligence and Atomically Precise Manufacture (APM). Dr. Gimzewski is a Fellow of the Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering. He has received honorary Doctorates (PhD hc & DSc hc) from the University of Aix II in Marseille, France and from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He is a Principal Investigator & satellite co-director of the WPI program, MANA, at the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) in Tsukuba, Japan. He is currently Scientific director of the UCLA Art|Sci Center. He has developed, over the past 5 years, a keen interest in environmental issues in science and teaches an undergraduate course dedicated to increase awareness of climate change and its implications for humanity.

Prior to joining the UCLA faculty in 2001, he was a group leader at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, where he conducted research in nanoscale science and technology for more than 18 years. Dr. Gimzewski pioneered research on single atoms and molecules using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM).