Michael Sailor

Michael J. Sailor is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California, San Diego. He is also an Affiliate Professor in the Departments of Bioengineering and Nanoengineering, and in the Materials Science and Engineering Program at UCSD. He received a B.S. degree in Chemistry from Harvey Mudd College and a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from Northwestern University, under the direction of Duward F. Shriver. He completed post-doctoral studies with Nathan S. Lewis at Stanford and Caltech. He joined the faculty at the University of California, San Diego in 1990. Professor Sailor is an expert in nanophase materials, with emphasis on porous silicon. Current projects in his lab are directed at problems in nanoparticle-based diagnosis and treatment of disease, optical biosensors, detectors for toxins, pollutants, and biological warfare agents, and energy storage. Professor Sailor serves on the Editorial Advisory Boards of the journals RSC Nanoscale Horizons, ACS Sensors, ACS Nano, and Advanced Materials. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a Fellow of the U.S. National Academy of Inventors, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.