Selected Accomplisment:

1. Established NSF supported National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network Site at Washington University in St. Louis in March, 2009. (Small Technology, Big Breakthrough)

2. Established St. Louis Institute for Nanomedicine in January, 2009. (Report from St. Louis Business Journal)

3. Organized 1st Symposium on Nanotechnology for Public Health, Environment and Energy at Washington University in St. Louis on 9/24-25, 2009. (Report from Wash U Record).

4.
Participated in grant applications and received awards.
a. NSF–National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

PI–Dong Qin, $2,500,000 (3/2009-2/2014)

PI–Dong Qin, NNIN-REU, $187,500 (3/2009-2/2014)

PI–Dong Qin, NNIN-ARRA-MRI, $390,000 (9/2009-8/2010)

b. MLSBR–St. Louis Institute for Nanomedicine

PI – Sam Wickline (WUSM); Co-PI – Dong Qin, $1,500,000 (2009-2012)

c.  NIH–NCRR-SIG: Integrated Two Photon/Photoacoustic Confocal Systems

PI–Lihong Wang (SEAS) with 9 participants from SEAS, A&S, and WUSM, $1,300,000 (2009-2011) (Dong Qin provided support and coordination, the proposal received an NIH impact score of 10, which is the best (10-90))

d. NSF–MRI: Acquisition of a Reactive Ion Etching, Inductively Coupled Plasma Tool for Nanofabrication

PI–Stuart Solin (A&S), Co-PIs: Viktor Gruev (SEAS), William Buhro (A&S) and Dong Qin, $373,450 (2009-2011)

e.  MLSRB–Acquisition of a TEM with Cyro and Tomography for Biological Applications

PI–Robert Blankenship (A&S), Co-PIs-Howard Berg (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center), and Dong Qin, $1,000,000, (10-2012), pending

f.  NSF–RET–Bring Nanotechnology to the Classroom

PI–Dong Qin, $237,425, (2010-2013), pending
 

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