Aeppli is the Quain Professor of Physics and
Director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology . Prior
to taking up these posts in the autumn of 2002, he was a
Senior Research Scientist for NEC (Princeton), a
Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Bell
Laboratories, a Research Assistant at MIT, and an
industrial co-op student at IBM. He obtained a B.Sc. in
Mathematics and PhD, M.Sc. & B.Sc in Electrical
Engineering from MIT. Honours include the IOP (Institute
of Physics) Mott Prize (2008), APS (American Physical
Society) Oliver Buckley Prize (2005), the Majumdar
Memorial Award of the Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Science (2005), the IUPAP Magnetism
Prize/Neel Medal (2003), Riso National Laboratory
Fellow (2002), Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit
Award (2002), Fellow of the American Physical
Society (1997), and Fellow of the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science (1996). In addition, he has been a
member and chairman of many panels, sponsored by the USDOE, American Physical Society, EPSRC, STFC and
National Research Council (US), among others.
Aeppli’s experience and involvement with nanotechnology
are both managerial and scientific. He co-founded the
interdisciplinary and interuniversity (Imperial and
University Colleges) London Centre for Nanotechnology (www.london-nano.com),
developed its overall problem-solving strategy, arranged
for the procurement of a new laboratory/office facility
dedicated to nanotechnology in central London, defined
the operating model in collaboration with colleagues at
both Colleges, and is now managing operations and future
programme development. His personal research is
currently focused on the implications of nanotechnology
for information processing and health care. He is also a
co-founder of Bio-Nano Consulting (BNC), a firm - spun
out of the LCN and the IBE (Institute for Bio-Engineering
at Imperial College) - which provides a range of
services from due diligence to testing and prototyping
in the nanotechnology arena.
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