People
W. E. Moerner
Faculty, Chemistry; Courtesy Faculty, Applied Physics
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Email:
Phone:
650-723-1727
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Stanford University
Department of Chemistry Stanford, CA 94305 |
PI for Stanford University DOE Seed Funding Project.
Professor Moerner’s current efforts include development, optimization, and control of new single-molecule fluorophores for superresolution cellular imaging, exploration of nanoscale metallic antennas to enhance the interaction between light and molecules, and novel methods of overcoming Brownian motion to achieve trapping of single molecules in solution.
Wolf Prize in Chemistry, 2008
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2007
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Geoffrey Frew Fellow, Australian Academy of Sciences, 2003
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society, 2001
Robert Burns Woodward Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, 1997-1998
First holder of Distinguished Professorship in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1995-1998.
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for Single-Molecule Detection and Spectroscopy, November 22, 1992
Fellow, American Physical Society, November 16, 1992
Fellow, Optical Society of America, May 28, 1992
Senior Member, IEEE, June 17, 1988
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (with R. M. Macfarlane and R. M. Shelby) for Photon-Gated Spectral Hole-Burning, July 11, 1988
National Winner of the Roger I. Wilkinson Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award for 1984, from the electrical engineering honorary society, Eta Kappa Nu, April 22, 1985
Member, National Academy of Sciences, 2007
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2004
Geoffrey Frew Fellow, Australian Academy of Sciences, 2003
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2001
Earle K. Plyler Prize for Molecular Spectroscopy, American Physical Society, 2001
Robert Burns Woodward Visiting Professor, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, 1997-1998
First holder of Distinguished Professorship in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1995-1998.
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for Single-Molecule Detection and Spectroscopy, November 22, 1992
Fellow, American Physical Society, November 16, 1992
Fellow, Optical Society of America, May 28, 1992
Senior Member, IEEE, June 17, 1988
IBM Outstanding Technical Achievement Award (with R. M. Macfarlane and R. M. Shelby) for Photon-Gated Spectral Hole-Burning, July 11, 1988
National Winner of the Roger I. Wilkinson Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award for 1984, from the electrical engineering honorary society, Eta Kappa Nu, April 22, 1985
