Primary Job Title Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering Primary Organization Rice University
Location Houston, Texas, United States Regions Greater Houston Area, Southern US Gender Female
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Dr. Halas is the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University.
She is author of more than 200 refereed publications, has more than ten issued patents, and has presented more than 300 invited talks.
She is known as the inventor of nanoparticles with tunable optical properties controlled by their
shape and structure.
She pursues fundamental studies of light-nanoparticle interactions that give rise to new properties and effects, leading to useful applications in biomedicine, chemical sensing, and energy.
She is a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
