Aizenberg named a director of Kavli Institute

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 - 10:20 in Physics & Chemistry

Biomaterials pioneer Joanna Aizenberg has been named a new director of the Kavli Institute for Bionanoscience and Technology (KIBST) at Harvard University, starting July 1. Aizenberg, the Amy Smith Berylson Professor of Material Sciences at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, will co-direct alongside George Whitesides, Woodford L. and Ann A. Flowers University Professor. “I am so pleased to take on a leadership role at KIBST,” said Aizenberg. “The Kavli Foundation has built a powerful, international network of institutes that explore the edge areas in science and engineering. My aim is to use KIBST to leverage the expertise of the Harvard research community to develop a rational theoretical framework to understand and explore the behavior of biomaterials at the nanoscale level.” Read the full release.

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