Angela Belcher

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Angela M. Belcher (* 1968 in San Antonio , Texas ) is an American materials scientist, bioengineer, and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

She is director of the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT and a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research. She has been a MacArthur Fellow since 2004 . In 2019 she became head of the Department of Biological Engineering at MIT.

Career

Belcher grew up in San Antonio. She received her bachelor's degree from the College of Creative Studies in 1991 and her PhD in chemistry from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1997 .

After her research on the shells of the abalone mussel, she worked with other colleagues from MIT on the bacteriophage M13. They modified this virus that normally affects E. coli . This made it possible to bind to inorganic materials such as B. gold or cobalt oxide . The viruses coated with cobalt oxide could be used as tiny wires (nanowires). Belcher's research group networked many of these wires and wanted to use them like a very simple but compact battery.

In 2002, Belcher and Evelyn L. Hu founded the Cambrios company with the aim of creating novel nanostructures from inorganic materials in order to build new materials and structures for industrial use. Belcher also founded the Advisory Committee of Siluria Technologies to develop new catalysts for converting natural gas (such as natural gas ) into usable products such as ethylene , gasoline and diesel fuels.

In 2009 she and her team were able to demonstrate the usability of genetically modified viruses for the production of anodes and cathodes for lithium-ion batteries . These new types of batteries can be used for hybrid cars as well as many other applications and have the same capacity and energy as modern batteries. However, they can be manufactured at near room temperature and without the use of toxic materials, which makes them not only cheaper but also more environmentally friendly than normal batteries.

Belcher was named one of the world's top 100 innovators under the age of 35 by the 2002 MIT Technology Review . She was named Leading Researcher of 2006 by Scientific American magazine .

Belcher is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , the National Academy of Inventors, and the National Academy of Engineering .

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Angela Belcher named head of the Department of Biological Engineering. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Angela Belcher. In: World Science Festival. Retrieved December 12, 2019 (American English).
  3. ↑ Angela Belcher, PhD | MIT Department of Biological Engineering. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  4. ^ College of Creative Studies, UC Santa Barbara - People. February 26, 2008, accessed December 12, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Chuanbin Mao, Daniel J. Solis, Brian D. Reiss, Stephen T. Kottmann, Rozamond Y. Sweeney: Virus-Based Toolkit for the Directed Synthesis of Magnetic and Semiconducting Nanowires . In: Science . tape 303 , no. 5655 , January 9, 2004, ISSN  0036-8075 , p. 213–217 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1092740 , PMID 14716009 ( sciencemag.org [accessed December 12, 2019]).
  6. ↑ Ki Tae Nam, Dong-Wan Kim, Pil J. Yoo, Chung-Yi Chiang, Nonglak Meethong: Virus-Enabled Synthesis and Assembly of Nanowires for Lithium Ion Battery Electrodes . In: Science . tape 312 , no. 5775 , May 12, 2006, ISSN  0036-8075 , p. 885–888 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1122716 , PMID 16601154 ( sciencemag.org [accessed December 12, 2019]).
  7. ^ Siluria Technologies Inc .: Siluria Technologies | Building with Natural Gas | Abundant fuels and chemicals without a single drop of oil. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Yun Jung Lee, Hyunjung Yi, Woo-Jae Kim, Kisuk Kang, Dong Soo Yun: Fabricating Genetically Engineered High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Multiple Virus Genes . In: Science . tape 324 , no. 5930 , May 22, 2009, ISSN  0036-8075 , p. 1051-1055 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1171541 , PMID 19342549 ( sciencemag.org [accessed December 12, 2019]).
  9. ^ Virus-built battery could power cars, electronic devices. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Yun Jung Lee, Hyunjung Yi, Woo-Jae Kim, Kisuk Kang, Dong Soo Yun: Fabricating Genetically Engineered High-Power Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Multiple Virus Genes . In: Sci . tape 324 , no. 5930 , May 2009, ISSN  0036-8075 , p. 1051 , doi : 10.1126 / science.1171541 ( harvard.edu [accessed December 12, 2019]).
  11. ↑ Innovators Under 35 | 2019. Accessed December 12, 2019 .
  12. ^ JR Minkel: Scientific American 50: Research Leader of the Year. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  13. ^ Four MIT faculty named 2015 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  14. ↑ National Academy of Engineering elects 83 members and 16 foreign members. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Dr. Angela Belcher | Lemelson-MIT Program. Retrieved December 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Belcher, Angela
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belcher, Angela M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American materials scientist, bio-engineer and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH San Antonio , Texas