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--- Congrats to Dr. Zhiyong Fan and Rehan Kapadia (Flex-Solar Team) for being named a winner of the Venture Lab competition.

--- Congrats to Dr. Zhiyong Fan for winning a best talk/paper award at the BSAC IAB, Sept. 09.

--- Prof. Javey is a winner of "2009 Young Innovators Under 35" (TR35) award by the Technology Review magazine, August 2009.

--- "Nano connections", Nature Materials, Research Highlights, July 2009.

--- "Nanowires: Plug and play", Nature Nanotechnology, Research Highlights, July 2009.

--- "Nanopillar Solar Cells: a new solar-cell design could cut costs and is suitable for large-scale flexible panels," Technology Review, July 2009.

--- "3D nanopillars make good photovoltaics," nanotechweb.org, July 2009.

--- "Nanopillars Promise Cheap, Efficient, Flexible Solar Cells," LBNL News, July 2009.

--- "Researchers Harness Nanotechnology to Help Make Cost-Efficient Solar Panels", The Daily Californian, July 2009.

--- Congrats to Dr. Yu-Lun Chueh, a postdoc fellow in our group, for joining the faculty of the Materials Science & Engineering Department at National Tsing-Hua University (NTHU), June 2009.

--- Congrats to Johnny Ho, the first graduate student of our group, for successfully completing his Ph.D. studies, May 2009. [pic 1], [pic 2]

--- Ali Rathore, an undergraduate member of the group, has won a prestigious Haas Schorlarship, April 2009.

--- "Nanowire forests get sticky", nanotechweb.org, April 2009.

--- Prof. Javey wins the 2009 National Academy of Sciences Award for Initiatives in Research, January 2009.

--- Prof. Javey wins a NSF CAREER Award, December 2008.

--- "OFFICE HOURS: An interview with EECS assistant professor Ali Javey", UC Berkeley Engineering News, Nov. 2008.

--- "First All-Nanowire Sensor", Technology Review, August 2008.

--- "A first in integrated nanowire sensor circuitry", LBNL News, August 2008.

--- "Nanowire lawns make for sheets of image sensors", New Scientist, August 2008.

--- Prof. Javey joins Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center (BSAC) as a co-director effective July 1st, 2008.

--- Javey selected to present his work at the National Academy of Engineering's 2008 U.S. FRONTIERS OF ENGINEERING SYMPOSIUM, June 2008.


--- Dr. Roie Yerushalmi, our first postdoctoral fellow, has joined the faculty of Hebrew University, Department of Chemistry.

--- "Nanowires line up for wafer-scale process", Nanotechweb, January 29, 208

--- "
Surface layers allow accurate doping
", Materials Today, December 18, 2007.

--- "Surface Chemistry: Determinisic Doping", Nature Nanotechnology, Research Highlights, November, 2007.

--- "Nanoscale Doping Via Chemistry: Surface reactions tailor silicon's properties with high spatial precision", Chemical Engineering & News, 85(47), p.10, November 19, 2007.


---  There is an opening for a postdoctoral fellow for exploring the device physics and electron transport physics of nanostructured materials.  A PhD in EE, physics, materials science, chemistry, or a related field is required.

--- There are multiple openings in the lab for talented and motivated students. Enthusiastic candidates from electrical engineering, chemistry, materials science, physics, biophysics, or other related fields may apply by contacting Prof. Javey.

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