The 2nd Magomedov-Shcherbinina Memorial Prize and Lectureship

There will be a reception following the award presentation and lecture in the Green Carpet Lounge of Hutchison Hall.

Awardee: Xiaowei Zhuang

Lecture Title: Breaking the Diffraction Limit: Nanoscopic Imaging of the Living Systems

Lecture Abstract: Coming soon!

Awardee Biography: Xiaowei Zhuang is the Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and Professor of Physics at Harvard University, and an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Zhuang is a leading expert in single-molecule biology and bioimaging. Her lab develops and applies advanced optical imaging techniques, such as super-resolution light microscopy and single-molecule imaging approaches to study biological systems quantitatively. Zhuang received her B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China, and her Ph.D. Degree in Physics from University of California at Berkeley. In 2001, she joined the faculty of Harvard University as an assistant professor. She was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and full professor in 2006. Zhuang has received numerous awards, including the MacArthur Fellowship, Sloan Fellowship, Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, Beckman Young Investigator Award, Searle Scholar award, NSF CAREER award, ONR Young investigator award, TR World's Top 100 Young Innovators Award, Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, Coblentz Award, ACS Pure Chemistry Award, and the HHMI Collaborative Innovation Award.

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