Bozhi Tian Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (Starting in July 2012)
Born Xi’an, Shaanxi, China, 1980.
Fudan University, Shanghai, China, B.S. 2001, M.S. 2004.
Harvard University, A.M. 2007, Ph.D. 2010.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Children’s Hospital Boston, postdoctoral scholar, 2010-2012.
Accolades
2011, IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists
2010, Third Place in National Collegiate Inventors Competition
2009, Dudley R. Herschbach Teaching Award, Harvard University
2009, ACS Division of Inorganic Chemistry Young Investigator Award
2008, MRS Graduate Student Award
OFFICE: TBA
E-MAIL: btian@uchicago.edu
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
(1) Design, synthesis and fundamental study of new nanoscale elements for protocells.
(2) Physical study of materials with controlled defects.
(3) New biomimetic material and device platforms for regenerative medicine and renewable energy.
Selected Publications:
(1) B. Z. Tian, T. Cohen-Karni, Q. Qing, X. J. Duan, P. Xie and C. M. Lieber, Three-dimensional, flexible nanoscale field-effect transistors as localized bioprobes, Science, 2010, 329, 830-834.
(2) B. Z. Tian, P. Xie, T. J. Kempa, D.C. Bell and C. M. Lieber, Single crystalline kinked semiconductor nanowire superstructures, Nature Nanotechnol., 2009, 4, 824-829.
(3) B. Z. Tian, X. L. Zheng, T. J. Kempa, Y. Fang, N.F. Yu, G.H. Yu, J.L. Huang and C.M. Lieber, Coaxial silicon nanowires as solar cells and nanoelectronic power sources, Nature, 2007, 449, 885-888.
(4) B. Z. Tian, X. Y. Liu, B. Tu, C. Z. Yu, J. Fan, L. M. Wang, S. H. Xie, G. D. Stucky and D. Y. Zhao, Self-adjusted synthesis of ordered stable mesoporous minerals by acid-base pairs, Nature Mater., 2003, 2, 159-163.
