Vicki Colvin, Rice University
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Vicki Colvin, Ph.D., is Director of the Center for Biological and Environmental Nanotechnology (CBEN) and Co-Director of Richard E. Smalley Institute for Nanoscale Science and Technology at Rice University. Currently she serves as Professor of Chemistry and Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and has recently been appointed as Kenneth S. Pitzer-Schlumberger Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Colvin received her Bachelor's degree in chemistry and physics from Stanford University in 1988, and obtained her Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1994 under the guidance of Dr. Paul Alivisatos. During her time at Berkeley, Colvin was awarded the American Chemical Society's Victor K. LaMer Award for her work in colloid and surface chemistry. Colvin completed her postdoctoral work at AT&T Bell Labs. In 1996, Colvin was recruited by Rice University to expand its nanotechnology program. Dr. Colvin has received numerous accolades for her teaching abilities, including Phi Beta Kappa's Teaching Prize for 1998-1999 and the Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award in 2002. She was named one of Discover Magazine's "Top 20 Scientists to Watch" and received an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship in 2002. Her research in low-field magnetic separation of nanocrystals was named Top Five (no. 2 of 5) Nanotech Breakthroughs of 2006 by Forbes/Wolfe Nanotech Report, American and resulted in her being named 2007 Best & Brightest Honoree by Esquire Magazine; she was also named a Fellow in the Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2007-2008. Dr. Colvin’s research interests range from the synthesis of nanoparticles with novel geometries and functionalization of nanoparticles, to the study of the potential toxicity of nanoparticles. One of CBEN's primary areas of interest under the direction of Dr. Colvin is the application of nanotechnology to the environment. She is a frequent contributor to Science, Advanced Materials, Physical Review Letters and other peer-reviewed journals, having authored/co-authored over 75 articles, and holds patents to five inventions.
Zhang LW, Yu WW, Colvin VL, Monteiro-Riviere NA. Biological interactions of quantum dot nanoparticles in skin and in human epidermal keratinocytes. Toxicol Appl Pharmacol. 2008 228, 200-211.
Warheit DB, Webb TR, Colvin VL, Reed KL, Sayes CM. Pulmonary bioassay studies with nanoscale and fine-quartz particles in rats: toxicity is not dependent upon particle size but on surface characteristics. Toxicol Sci. 2007 95, 270-280.
Sayes CM, Wahi R, Kurian PA, Liu Y, West JL, Ausman KD, Warheit DB, Colvin VL. Correlating nanoscale titania structure with toxicity: a cytotoxicity and inflammatory response study with human dermal fibroblasts and human lung epithelial cells. Toxicol Sci. 2006 92, 174-185.
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