| Clemens Burda Ph.D. BRTT Co-Investigator |
Assistant Professor |
Dr. Clemens Burda is the Director of the Center for Chemical Dynamics and Nanomaterials Research in the Chemistry Department, Case Western Reserve University. Since 2001 he is appointed as Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry specializing on Nanoscience. His expertise evolves around optically useful nanocrystals. This is applied in diverse areas such as photovoltaics, photocatalysis, photobiology and biomedical applications, including bioimaging, therapy and tissue targeting for drug delivery. Prof. Burda received his chemistry education in Switzerland and graduated as a doctor of philosophy and science with honors in 1997 from the University of Basel. Dr. Burda is reviewer for all top-ranked nanoscience journals, an editorial member for the International Journal of Nanotechnology, and organizer of the Nanomaterials Conference at the 50th annual SPIE meeting in 2005. He is also the co-founder of Cleveland Nanocrystal Inc.