Dr. Anita Goel, MD, PhDgoel@physics.harvard.edu |
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M.D.,
Harvard-MIT,
Division of Health Sciences and Technology
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Ph.D.,
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B.S.,
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Research
Interests
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Fundamental
Science
Elucidate
the physics of living
systems, especially
at the nanoscale:
Applied Science via the Nanobiosym Research Institute Develop next-generation
nano-enabled platforms for:
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Positions
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Affiliations
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| Nanobiosym Research Institute Chairman & Scientific Director Nanobiosym Labs was founded to discover scientific insights and technologies that emerge from the holistic integration of physics, nanotechnology and biomedicine, with a particular focus on using physics to more deeply understand living systems and biomedical processes. Nanobiosym Diagnostics President & CEO Nanobiosym Diagnostics is developing next-generation diagnostic capabilities, including the Gene-RADAR platform for point-of-care diagnostics The Board of Overseers of the Museum of Science, Boston June, 2008 - Present Indus Entrepreneurs TiE Charter Member BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science Adjunct Professor BEYOND is a pioneering international center led by physicist and cosmologist Paul Davies based at Arizona State University specifically dedicated to pushing the boundaries of research 'beyond' by confronting the big questions of existence raised by stunning new scientific advances and facilitating new research initiatives that transcend traditional subject categories Harvard University, Department of Physics Associate (2002- Present) Santa Fe Institute Fellow-at-Large A multi-disciplinary institute and think tank dedicated to understanding complexity, especially as it arises in natural, artificial and social systems |
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Selected
Publications
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Invited
Talks &
Keynotes
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Invited
Address, Annual
Leonardo DaVinci Symposium on Engineering and Physical Biology,
Harvard
University, April 23, 2009 |
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Guest
Faculty Lecture, Harvard/MIT
Health Science and Technology HST 921, ‘Information Technology
in the
Healthcare System of the Future,’
Harvard Medical School,
April 16, 2009
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Guest
Faculty Lecture,
Harvard Kennedy School, Science,
Technology and Innovation Policy
Program,
‘Biomedical Technology,’ April
16, 2009 (Invited by Prof. C.
Juma) This Innovation for Economic Development program at Harvard Kennedy School provides high-level leaders from government, academia, industry, and civil society with a unique opportunity to explore how to harness the power of emerging technologies to promote prosperity. The program focuses on how to design and implement innovation policies for economic development. |
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Invited Speaker, Harvard
Kennedy
School 15th
Annual International Development Conference,
Panel of
Technological
Innovations in Development: Trends in Using Technology to Improve
Service
Delivery, April 4, 2009 |
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Keynote
Lunch Address,
“Nanotechnology
and
Regulation Issues”
Food and Drug Law Institute, 2nd
Annual
Conference on Nanotechnology Law, Regulation and Policy, Washington
DC,
February
19, 2009 |
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Invited
Speaker, Gordon
Research Conference on Chemical and Biological Terrorism Defense,
Hotel
Galvez, Galveston, TX, January 20, 2009 |
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Invited Speaker: “Quantum aspects of biology: a role for quantum mechanics in bio-machines” at Workshop on Quantum Technologies in Biological Systems, National University of Singapore Centre for Quantum Technologies, Singapore, January 15, 2009 |
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Keynote
Address,
“Harnessing nanotechnology to accelerate the growth engine of
India” at Bio-Partnering
Gujarat, Gujarat
Global Investor Summit 2009,
Science City,
Ahmedabad,
January 13, 2009 |
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2008
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IGERT
Nanomedicine Distinguished Lecture,
“Harnessing Biological
Motors
to Engineer Systems for Nanoscale Transport and Assembly,”
Northeastern University, December 5, 2008
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Invited
Speaker: DARPA Conference, Quantum Effects in Biological Environments,
Arlington, VA,October 14, 2008 |
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Expert
Testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Science, Technology,
and Innovation Hearing on the National Nanotechnology Initiative:
Charting the Course for Reauthorization; April
24, 2008. Invited
by
Senator John Kerry.
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Invited
Speaker,
MIT Sloan School of Management, BioInnovations 2008, Pathways to
Innovation Panel on "Social Entrepreneurship:
An In-Depth Look at
For-Profit vs. Non-Profit Models, " MIT, April 18, 2008
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Invited Speaker, Johnson & Johnson Press Breakfast, American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Conference, Boston, MA, February 16, 2008 |
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Conference
Keynote, Round Table on Entrepreneurial Leadership, Leadership and
Innovation Conference, New York, February, 2008
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Invited Speaker, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Nanotechnology Based Bio-detection Sensors, Germantown, MD. January 15, 2008 |
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2007
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Session Co-Chairman (with Roger Kornberg, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry, 2006), All India Student Conference: Science and the Spiritual Quest – East vs. West. Tirupati, India, December 23, 2007 |
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| Keynote Speaker and Inaugural Addresss, VYASA International Conference on Frontiers in Yoga: Research and Applications: Emerging Trends in Nanotechnology and its Relevance in Yoga Research, Bangalore, India, December 20-21,2007 | |
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Invited Speaker, Quantum Effects in Biological Nanostructures, Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Tempe, AZ, December 4, 2007 |
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Invited
Address and Panel Chair, National
Symposium for the Advancement of Women
in Science, Above
and Beyond
the Glass Ceiling, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, April 13 -15, 2007
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Invited
Colloquium Speaker: Department
of Physics Colloquium, University of
Waterloo Waterloo, Canada, March
1, 2007. Invited by Prof. Robert
Mann
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Invited
Speaker, Harvard Business School Conference on India: Entrepreneurship
in Emerging Markets. Cambridge,
MA. January 26, 2007
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2006
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Annual
Keynote Address, Banyan Ball,
Ybor City Museum, Indo-US
Chamber of
Commerce Annual Black Tie Ball. Tampa
Bay, FL, December 9, 2006
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Invited
Speaker, “Nanotechnology:
Early Detection of Biomarkers and
Diagnosis of Human Disease, Conference on Advances in Nanotechnology:
Biomedical Applications,
University of Southern Florida,
Tampa
Bay,
FL, December 8, 2006
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Award
Acceptance Speech,
Global
Indus Technovators Award, Conference
on Advances in Nanotechnology, MIT,
Cambridge, MA, December 4,
2006
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Invited
Speaker, Nano-enabled
Biodefense Applications, Defense
Threat
Reduction Agency (DTRA), Washington D.C., September 22, 2006
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Invited
Speaker: US Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Top 100 Engineers
invited to participate in National
Academy of Engineering,
Deerfield, MI, September 21-23, 2006
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Invited
Keynote Speaker, IDEA,
Ascona, Switzerland,
September 18-22, 2006. Invited by Viola Vogel.
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Invited
Speaker: “Nano-Enabled Platform for Pathogen
Detection,”
Micro/Nano Technologies for National Security Applications -
Biological/Chemical Defense Session, NSTI
Nanotechnology
Conference, Boston, MA, May 8,
2006
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Speaker: “Nano-Enabled Devices and
Systems for Defense Applications,” DARPA-MTO
Workshop, Colorado
Springs, CO, April 12, 2006 |
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| Invited
Speaker: “Beyond Small” Panel, WEST
Technology and Innovation Showcase,
2006, Boston, MA,
April 6, 2006 |
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| Invited
Speaker: Plenary Session, “World of
Nano: The Exciting Future,” Knowledge
Millenium Summit
(ASSOCHAM), New
Delhi, India, March 28, 2006 |
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Chair and Opening Speaker for The
Roundtable Session on Science and Spirituality: Building the
Bridge, ASSOCHAM
Nano Bio Summit,
New
Delhi, India, March 27, 2006 |
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Speaker: DARPA-DSO, Meeting on Biosensors,
Washington, DC,
February, 2006 |
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| Chief
Guest of Honor
& Inaugural Keynote Speaker, "Elucidating the Biophysics of
Yoga", 16th
International Conference
on Frontiers in Yoga Research and its Applications - "Yoga Works...but
How?, Kolkatta, India,
December 25-27, 2006 |
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Invited
Guest of the Hon. Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Presentation
on
Nanobiosym’s Vision for Improving
Health Care in India, Himachal
Pradesh, India, December 15-17, 2006
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2005
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Invited
Speaker: “Some Emerging Prospects in Astrobiology”- Harvard
Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics,
Cambridge, MA, November, 11,
2005. Invited by Prof. Dimitar Sasselov.
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Invited
Speaker: “Advancing Beneficial Nanotechnology:
Focusing on
the Cutting Edge.” 13th Foresight
Conference on
Advanced Nanotechnology,
San
Francisco, CA, October 26, 2005.
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Panel Speaker: Bob Metcalfe and the TR35
Panel, Technology
Review’s Emerging Technologies Conference
at MIT,
Boston, MA, September 28, 2005. |
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Judge,
MIT Technology
Review Competition on SENS
(Strategies for Engineered Negligible Senescence), based on an
anti-aging prescription by Aubrey de Grey, Cambridge, MA, July, 2005.
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MGH
Grand
Rounds Presentation, Clinical
Pathology Conference, Boston,
MA,
April, 2004 (published in New
England Journal of Medicine, May
12, 2005).
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Invited
Keynote Speaker: Osher Institute Dinner, Launching
the Asian
Medicine Program of Harvard Medical School,
Cambridge, MA, February
16, 2005. Invited by Prof.Ted Kapatchuk.
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Invited
Seminar Speaker: “Emerging Prospects in
Biocomputing,” Hughes
Research Lab, Malibu, CA,
February 11, 2005. Invited by Dr. Peter
Petre and Dr. Matt Ganz.
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| 2004 | |
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Invited
Keynote Speaker: “The
Cosmology and Cosmogony of Life:
Contemporary Issues,” Origin
of Life Conference, Rome,
Italy, November 10-15, 2004. Invited by Dr. T.D. Singh.
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Invited
Keynote Speaker: “Breakthrough Nanoscale Technologies to
Detect
Trace Amounts of Biowarfare Agents,” Innovative
Nanotechnologies II, Atlantic Nano-Forum,
Alexandria,VA,
October 28, 2004.
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Invited
Speaker: Extraordinary Innovators Review, World
Technology Summit,
San Francisco, CA, October 7, 2004.
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| Invited Colloquium Speaker: Department of Physics Colloquium, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, February 24, 2004. Invited by Prof. Seth Fraden. | |
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Colloquium Speaker: Department
of
Bioengineering, UCLA, Los
Angeles, CA, January 22, 2004. Invited by
Prof.Carlo Montemagno. |
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| 2003 | |
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Invited
Speaker: Seminar Series on Quantum Optics and Molecular Applications, Princeton
University, Princeton, NJ,
December 4, 2003. Invited by Prof.
Marlan Scully.
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Invited
Keynote Speaker: International
Symposium on Elucidating
Biomolecular Networks by Single-Molecule Technologies,
Monte-Verita, Ascona, Switzerland, October 27, 2003.
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Invited
Guest Speaker: DARPA/DSO
International Workshop Building Blocks
for Engineering Devices and Systems,
San Francisco, CA,
August 20, 2003.
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Invited
Seminar Speaker: Physics of Complex Systems, Division of Physics and
Astronomy, Free
University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, June 30, 2003.
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| Invited Speaker: Institute for Microsystem Technology & the Nano-Physics Group, University of Freiburg, Germany, June 27, 2003. | |
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Invited
Colloquium Speaker: Department of Physics Colloquium, Zurich
ETH,
Zurich, Switzerland, June 25, 2003. Invited by Prof. Henry Baltes.
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Invited
Seminar Speaker: Physical Electronics Laboratory, Zurich
ETH,
Zurich, Switzerland, June 24, 2003. Hosted by Prof. Henry Baltes.
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Invited
Speaker: SPIE Conference on
Fluctuations and Noise in Biological
Systems, Santa Fe, NM, June 2,
2003. Invited by Dr.
Derek Abbott, conference co-chair
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Invited
Seminar Speaker: “Tuning
and Switching the DNA Polymerase
Motor
with Mechanical Tension,” Center
for Genomics Research,
Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA, October, 2002. Invited by
Dr.Laura Garwin.
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Chair,
Emergence,
Life, and Related Topics,
Science and Ultimate Reality
Symposium,
Plainsboro, NJ, May, 2002.
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Invited
Speaker: “The Physics of Life,” Young
Researchers’
Competition (Finalist), Science
and Ultimate Reality Symposium,
Plainsboro, NJ, May, 2002. See also Physics
Today, May 2002.
(In honor of John Wheeler’s 90th
birthday)
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| 2001 | |
| Invited
Speaker: Nanotechnology Workshop, Annual
TIE Conference,
Boston, MA, November 2001. |
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Keynote Speaker, “Emerging Prospects in
Nanobiotechnology,” TIE-Atlantic,
Boston, MA, October, 2001.
Invited by Dr. Dinesh Patel, MGH. |
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| Physics
Colloquium Address, Complex
Systems Center, Northeastern Physics
Department,
Boston, MA, October 23, 2001. |
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Speaker: “Environmentally Tuning Molecular Motors,” SFI
Fellows-at-Large Gathering,
Santa
Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, August 10,
2001. |
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Speaker: Future Technology
Panel, World
Technology Summit,
London, UK, July 1-2, 2001. Chaired by Dr. Phil Campbell,
Editor-in-chief of Nature. |
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Keynote Speaker: “How to Modulate the Speed and Direction of
Molecular Engines that Replicate DNA,” IBC First
Meeting on
Nanobiotechnology, San Diego, CA. July 16-17, 2001 |
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Speaker: “The Information Content of Single Molecule
Experiments,” 12th
Annual Conversation, sponsored
by Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics,
Albany, NY, June
2001. |
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Speaker: “Unifying Themes in Enzymatic
Polymerization of
DNA,” joint keynote with Prof. Tom Ellenberger, 12th Annual
Conversation, sponsored by Journal
of Biomolecular Structure and
Dynamics, Albany, NY, June 2001. |
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Seminar Speaker: “Tuning DNA Strings”, Departments
of
Chemistry and Physics at Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA, June
2001. |
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| Distinguished
Student Research Award Acceptance Speech and Presentation, Seventh
Annual Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology,
Santa
Clara, CA, October 11, 1999. |
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| Invited
Keynote Speaker: “Some Future Prospects for
Interfacing
Physics and Bio-Nanotechnology,” Nanotechnology
Gathering on Openness in the Realms of “Stuff” and
Bits,
San
Jose, CA, 1999. |
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Speaker: “Emerging Interdisciplinary Frontiers and
Prospects for Establishing a Biological Physics Network in the Greater
Boston Area,” Brandeis University’s Complex Fluids
Workshop, Boston, MA, October, 1997. Invited by Prof. Alexander
Grosberg, Panel Chair. |
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| Invited
Speaker: “The Vision of HST-Breaking
Barriers between
Disciplines to Catalyze the Scientific Discoveries of
Tomorrow,” HST
Visiting Committee,
Cambridge, MA, Fall 1997. |
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| Chair,
Think Tank meeting, Physics
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| Opening
Keynote Address, “The Vision of SETU,” SETU
Conference,
Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, summer, 1994 |
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| Founding
chair, SETU (Setu
is Sanskrit for
“bridge”), a humanitarian and
visionary organization dedicated to building new high-tech, economic,
and
socio-political bridges between the U.S. and India. |
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| Founding
chair, SETU (Setu
is Sanskrit for
“bridge”), a humanitarian and
visionary organization dedicated to building new high-tech, economic,
and
socio-political bridges between the U.S. and India. |
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Speaker: “We Americans Should All Work Together to Fight Our
Common Enemy of Racism,” Rodney King Rally, Stanford
University,
Palo Alto, CA, Spring 1992. |
Selected
Press & Honors
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| - Lemelson-MIT
Program, Inventor Archive,
July, 2008. - Harvard-MIT HST Connector, Alumna Profile: “Building Bridges: Anita Goel brings together physics and medicine with nanotechnology,” Summer 2008. - “Nanobiosym CEO Dr. Anita Goel to Testify in US Senate,” Forbes Online, April 21, 2008. - “Innovating in America Today,” Radio Interview, Host Tom Ashbrook, WBUR / NPR Boston. Aired September 27, 2007 - Global Indus Technovator Award, Recognized at one of ‘Top Ten Global Technology Innovators in Science and Technology’ by MIT, December 4, 2006. - “Scientists do have Eureka moments,” India Abroad, November 9, 2006. - “Top 100 of the Nation’s Brightest Young Engineers,” National Academy of Engineering 12 th Annual Symposium on the Frontiers of Engineering, Dearborn, MI, July 2006. - “Molecularly Driven,” MIT Technology Review, January, 2006. - ‘TR35: World Top 35 Science & Technology Innovators Under 35,’ MIT’s Technology Revew Magazine, October, 2005. - “Using physics to understand biology,” Harvard Gazette, December 8, 2005. - “Top NRI Achievers,” HindustanTimes.com, October 2005. - “People in Physics” Profile, Physics Central Division, American Physical Society, 2003. - Kenneth Klivingston Fellowship in Bio-Dynamics, 2002-2003 - Physics Today - "15 Young Physicists on the Frontiers of Physics" in Honor of John Archibald Wheeler, Princeton, New Jersey, 2002. - NIH Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) - Interview published in The Committee of Sleep: How Artists, Scientists, and Athletes Use Dreams for Creative Problem Solving and How You Can Too, D. Barrett, Crown Publishers, New York, 2001. - Martinos Scholar, Harvard-MIT HST Fellowship, 2000 - Distinguished Student Award in Nanotechnology, presented at the 7th Annual Foresight Conference on Molecular Nanotechnology, Santa Clara, CA, 1999 |