Invited Panelist

J. Alexander Liddle received his B.A. and D. Phil. degrees in Materials Science from the University of Oxford. After his appointment in 1990 as a postdoctoral fellow at Bell Laboratories, he spent the next eleven years there, where his primary efforts were directed towards the research, development, and eventual commercialization of a novel electron-beam lithography technology. He is currently Scientific Director of the Microsystems and Nanotechnology Division at NIST. His division works in a variety of areas, ranging from quantum nanophotonics to biology.  His personal research focus is on nanofabrication and self-assembly for nanomanufacturing.  He has published over 275 papers, in areas ranging from electron-beam lithography to DNA-controlled nanoparticle assembly and holds 19 US patents.  He is a fellow of the APS and the Washington Academy of Sciences, and a member of the AVS and MRS.  He has served on numerous advisory and program evaluation committees, including those for NSF, DOE, and the Semiconductor Research Corporation.