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Nano Institute leader named a Fellow of the Royal Society
(FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 29, 2002 – Edmonton)
– The National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), today went
from the planning stage to the operational stage with the naming of the
first researchers to its staff. Six University of Alberta faculty members
will receive cross-appointments to the Institute's research staff, which
means they will have equal status in both organizations. A researcher
from the University of Calgary will also be seconded to the Institute
during his upcoming sabbatical year.
At a Report to Stakeholders meeting held at the Institute today, Dr.
Danial Wayner, Acting Director General of NINT, outlined progress in establishing
the new research facility. He also announced the Institute's Research
Plan, which focuses on three main areas: life sciences; information and
communications technologies; and energy and materials. "The researchers
we announced today are amongst the best in their fields. They will provide
leadership and vision to our Research Plan, " he said "and quickly put
NINT on the map of the research world."
The National Institute for Nanotechnology is an integrated, multidisciplinary
research institution involving researchers in physics, chemistry, engineering,
biology, informatics, pharmacy and medicine. Funded and operated through
a partnership of the National Research Council of Canada, the Government
of Alberta and the University of Alberta, it will carry out advanced research
and innovation in support of a new generation of nanotechnology-based
firms.
Located on the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton, the Institute's
upcoming 12,000 square-metre facility is designed to accommodate 150 permanent
staff; up to 45 guest workers from industry and universities; and training
opportunities for some 275 graduate and post-doctoral researchers.
Copies of the Research Plan are available at: http://www.nint.ca/
For more information, please contact:
Shannon Jones
Communications Advisor
National Institute for Nanotechnology
National Research Council Canada
Tel: (780) 492-8636
e-mail: shannon.jones@nrc-cnrc.gc.ca
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