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NQPI: Materials Science and Engineering, Nanoscience & More

Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute

NQPI faculty members having expertise in biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, physics, and other relevant fields. They engage in research ranging from organic materials to semiconductors and spanning the macroscopic to nanoscale and quantum regimes.

Saw-Wai Hla Named as Finalist for 2024 Falling Walls Prize in Physical Sciences

Nominated for his ground-breaking research creating the world's first X-ray of a single atom, Dr. Saw-Wai Hla has been named a finalist in the prestigious Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year award.

His achievement in the 2024 Physical Science category honors his work as a physicist at Ohio University and the Argonne National Laboratory for "Breaking the Wall of 128 Years of X-ray History."

Read more about his work: Scientists report world’s first X-ray of a single atom in Nature.

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla