Starting next week the Chalmers Nano Area of Advance will be firmly under way. The University has invited students, researchers, industry and public sector representatives to the opening seminar, “Nanotechnology for a Changing World: Science, Opportunities, Challenges.”
“The seminar is a unique opportunity for creative encounters between industry and world-leading researchers from different disciplines, all with nanotechnology and nanoscience as a common denominator,” said Per Delsing, professor of Experimental Physics and head of the Nano Area of Advance at Chalmers.
At the seminar, researchers and industry will discuss ideas and initiate new forms of collaboration. The foundation of Chalmers’ strength in nanotechnology is the combination of considerable breadth of research with a number of extremely strong groups in both physics and chemistry. This is demonstrated, among other things, by two Linné centres and several researchers who have received funding through the European Research Council.
A notable feature of Chalmers’ nano research is its strong research groups in nanobiophysics. The government has allocated significant funding to Chalmers, which has been charged with the task of raising the level of scientific excellence within the nano field on both the national and international level.
“We have marvellous researchers in place and the seminar is open to students and researchers from within and outside Chalmers,” says Mikael Käll, professor of Physics at Chalmers and the person responsible for the seminar.
At a panel discussion on the morning of Friday May 28, representatives from industry and researchers from Chalmers and Gothenburg University will discuss the opportunities and challenges of nanotechnology.
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