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People of the Kavli Institute at Cornell

The membership of the Kavli Institute includes those Cornell faculty actively participating in the research programs of the nanotechnology centers at Cornell:

Center for Nanoscale Systems in Information Technology (CNS)
Cornell Center for Materials Research (CCMR)
Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility (CNF)
Nanobiotechnology Center (NBTC)

Director

The Kavli Institute reports to the Provost and President of Cornell University through the Office of the Vice Provost for Research. The Institute's founding Director is Dr. Robert C. Richardson, F.R. Newman Professor of Physics and Senior Science Adviser, Cornell University.

Executive Council

The Executive Council is responsible for implementing Institute programs and consists of the Kavli Institute director and not more than twelve members. Of the twelve Executive Council members, eight will be appointed from Cornell faculty and four will be appointed from outside Cornell. The four Executive Council members from outside Cornell will serve as the Institute's External Advisory Board.

Cornell Members of the Executive Council
Héctor D. Abruña, Emile M. Chamot Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

Barbara A. Baird, Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology; Director, Nanobiotechnology Center; and co-director of the W. M. Keck Program in Cellular and Molecular Biophysics of Signal Transduction, Weill Medical College.

Robert A. Buhrman, John Edson Sweet Professor of Engineering, Applied and Engineering Physics; and Director, Center for Nanoscale Systems.

Geoffrey W. Coates, Professor, Chemistry and Chemical Biology.

J.C. Séamus Davis, Professor, Physics.

John Silcox, David E. Burr Professor of Engineering, Applied and Engineering Physics.

Sandip Tiwari, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Lester B. Knight Director, Cornell Nanoscale Facility; and director of National Nanotechnology Infrstructure Network.