UC dean to be keynote speaker at international nanotechnology conference

Dr. Carlo Montemagno, dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, will be the keynote speaker at the 2009 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry, June 23-26 in Edmonton.

His career in research has focused on the application of advanced micro and nanotechnologies to translational medical applications, the development of hybrid living-nonliving functional materials for energy transduction and sensing, and the creation of engineered systems that manifest emergent intelligence.

Prior to joining UC, Dr. Montemagno served as the chair of the Department of Bioengineering at UCLA and has worked at Argonne National Laboratory, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Navy Civil Engineer Corps.

Dr. Montemagno holds eleven patents.

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