John A. Rogers
John Ashley Rogers (born August 24, 1967 in Rolla ) is an American physicist and chemist who works in nanotechnology .
Rogers grew up in Houston and studied physics and chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin with bachelor's degrees in both subjects in 1989. In 1992, he received masters degrees in physics and chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his PhD in physical chemistry in 1995. He was then a Junior Fellow at Harvard University and founded Active Impulse Systems at the same time . From 1997 he was at Bell Laboratories in the department for Condensed Matter Physics, which he headed from 2000 to 2002. He is Lee J. Flory Professor of Engineering in the Materials Science Department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where he heads the 3D Micro- and Nanosystems Group and is Director of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.
Rogers is known for the development of non-conventional electronic components realized in the form of flexible foils, based on organic semiconductor materials (with the development of microlitographic techniques in order to realize complex circuits on them) and (in order to achieve higher signal processing speeds) nanotubes made of silicon or carbon. The technology has applications in photovoltaics, adaptive optics, biomedicine, electronic textiles.
He was also known for a sensor that improved tactile capacity. He is also working on new threads that improve wound healing by increasing temperature. In the future, these threads should also be able to release drugs.
He is the owner or co-owner of over 70 patents. In 2009 he became a MacArthur Fellow . He is a Fellow of the IEEE , the American Physical Society, and the National Academy of Engineering . In 2014 he received the AC Eringen Medal and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , 2015 to the National Academy of Sciences , 2019 to the National Academy of Medicine . For 2017 he was awarded the Nadai Medal and for 2019 the Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute) .
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| SURNAME | Rogers, John A. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rogers, John Ashley (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist and chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rolla |