Tuan Vo-Dinh is the Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Chemistry at Duke University. His research involves nanobiotechnology, bio-nanophotonics, biosensors, and biochips for medical diagnostics and therapy. He has authored over 300 publications and has received numerous awards including seven RD-100 Awards, Gold Medal Award, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Languedoc-Roussillon Award, Scientist-of the-Year Award, ORNL, Thomas Jefferson Award, Martin Marietta, and the Distinguished Inventors Award, Battelle Institute, and the Exceptional Services Award, Department of Energy, and the Award on Spectrochemical Analysis, American Chemical Society Tuan Vo-Dinh is the Director of the Fitzpatrick Institute for Photonics, R. Eugene and Susie E. Goodson Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, and Professor of Chemistry at Duke University. His research involves nanobiotechnology, bio-nanophotonics, biosensors, and biochips for medical diagnostics and therapy. He has authored over 300 publications and has received numerous awards including seven RD-100 Awards, Gold Medal Award, Society for Applied Spectroscopy, Languedoc-Roussillon Award, Scientist-of the-Year Award, ORNL, Thomas Jefferson Award, Martin Marietta, and the Distinguished Inventors Award, Battelle Institute, and the Exceptional Services Award, Department of Energy, and the Award on Spectrochemical Analysis, American Chemical Society

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