12:21 p.m., Oct. 26, 2009----Popular Science magazine has named University of Delaware alumnus Michael Strano one of the “Ten Young Geniuses Shaking Up Science Today.”

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Strano received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from UD in 2002 and is now a tenured professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he holds the title of Charles and Hilda Roddey Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering.

In its “Brilliant 10” profile of Strano, titled “Master of the Small,” the magazine heralds the young chemical engineer as “one of the world's leading researchers of quantum-confined materials, a field of nanotechnology that has the potential to transform cancer medicine, solar power, electronics, and more.”

The article says Strano is particularly fascinated by the medical potential of carbon nanotubes, which, once injected into cells, “could be used as biological sensors so sensitive they could detect a single molecule of a potentially harmful chemical.”

Strano received his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from UD in 2002. His adviser was Henry C. “Hank” Foley, who was appointed dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State University in 2006.

Strano's wife, Sally, also has a UD connection. She received a master of science in mathematics from UD in 1997.