Michael Sailor

About Michael Sailor

Michael J. Sailor is Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego, Director of the UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (an NSF MRSEC), and co-Director of the UC San Diego Institute for Materials Discovery & Design. Trained as a chemist (B.S, Harvey Mudd College 1983; M.S. and Ph.D, Northwestern University 1988), he joined the faculty of the UC San Diego Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry in 1990, after post-doctoral studies at Stanford and the California Institute of Technology. He holds Affiliate Appointments in the UCSD Bioengineering Department, the Nanoengineering Department, and the Materials Science and Engineering program. Other appointments include: Invited Professor, CNRS Institut Charles Gerhardt in Montpellier, France (2012); Visiting Professor, High Level Talent Program, Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology, Hangzhou Normal University, China (20••••20); and Visiting Professor, Zhejiang University, China (20••••20). He has supervised more than 160 undergraduate, graduate, and post-doctoral students, he is the author of more than 300 research publications, one book, and 29 patents. He has co-founded four companies and has served on the scientific advisory boards of six others. He is an elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the U.S. National Academy of Inventors, and the Royal Society of Chemistry. Professor Sailor’s research focuses on nanotechnology, with emphasis on biomaterials, drug delivery, imaging, and sensing applications. He is an expert in the chemistry, electrochemistry, and optical properties of nanomaterials, in particular porous silicon-based systems.

Experience

1. Director

   Uc San Diego Imdd

   Sep 2020 — Present · La Jolla, CA, US

Education

• Harvey Mudd College

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry

• Northwestern University

  PhD, Chemistry

  1983 — 1987

• Caltech

  Post-Doctoral, Chemistry

  1987 — 1990

Skills

• Materials Science
• Uv/Vis
• Powder X-Ray Diffraction
• Porous Silicon
• Polymers
• Sensors
• Characterization
• Spectroscopy
• Nanoparticles
• Nanotechnology
• Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• R&D
• Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Surface Chemistry
• Electrochemistry
• Biosensors
• Drug Delivery
• Organic Synthesis
• Materials
• Science
• Nanomaterials
• Microscopy