8:02 a.m., Aug. 25, 2010----Joseph DeSimone, Chancellor's Eminent Professor of Chemistry at the University of North Carolina and William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemical Engineering at North Carolina State University, will deliver the Robert L. Pigford Memorial Lecture at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 10, in Room 102 of Colburn Laboratory.

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The presentation is sponsored by the University of Delaware Department of Chemical Engineering.

DeSimone specializes in adapting precision manufacturing approaches from the microelectronics industry for application in nano-medicine and in developing new strategies for the delivery of detection, imaging and therapeutic agents for the battle against human disease.

He was the 2009 recipient of the National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award and the North Carolina Award, the state's highest civilian honor. He was the 2008 recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Prize and named one of the "100 Engineers of the Modern Era" by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) marking the 100th anniversary of the organization.

DeSimone is a fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the National Academy of Engineering and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

On Sept. 10, DeSimone will speak on the topic “Top-Down Nano-Fabrication Technologies for the Production of Uniform, Shape-Specific Carriers for Vaccines, Biologics and Small Molecule Drugs.”

For details, see the Pigford Memorial Lecture PDF.

The lecture is free and open to the public. It honors Robert Pigford, a founder of the UD Department of Chemical Engineering whose vision and leadership in the field made long-lasting contributions to the department.