Environmental & Medical Nanotechnology Innovations Conference Highlights

More than 100 students, professors, medical and health professionals joined BREATHE California at its inaugural Environmental & Medical Nanotechnology Innovations Conference on Wednesday, May 9th. This forward-thinking conference held at USC featured preeminent physicians, chemists, engineers and researchers presenting bold new information on technological advances, the National Nantechnology Initiative and Medical Research, Environmental Science Program Development and Energy and Environmental Project Funding. This conference successfully gave the attendees the opportunity to increase advanced students, medical practitioners and engineering professionals involvement in the U.S. National Nanotechnology Initiative and explore the cutting edge of science and technology. Each presenter provided seminal findings.

Download the powerpoint presentations given at the conference at the bottom of the page.

Adrien Cote, B.Sc., Ph.D

Dr. Cote received his Ph.D. from University of Calgary, Alberta Canada, in Inorganic Supramolecular Chemistry in 2003. Through his doctorate and postdoctoral studies, Dr. Cote specialized in the development of the synthetic methodology of porous organic frameworks linked by covalent bonds. He managed a research group and X-ray diffraction facilities, the focus of which was testing materials for gas storage applications.

Throughout his distinguished university career, Dr. Cote has published numerous articles and papers, and has been integrally involved in the patent process of “Covalently Linked Organic Frameworks and Polyhedra”. Dr. Cote’s work has been featured in Fuel Cell Review, Chemical Communications, and the journal Science. Dr. Cote is a Senior Project Scientist at UCLA’s California NanoSystems Institute.

Richard Cote, M.D., FRCPath

Constantinos Sioutas, Sc.D.