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2000-2001 Seminar Biographical Sketches
David
R. Walt is
Robinson Professor of Chemistry at Tufts University. He received a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of
Michigan and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry and Pharmacology from SUNY at Stony
Brook. After postdoctoral studies
at MIT, he joined the chemistry faculty at Tufts.
Professor Walt served as Chemistry Department Chairman from 1989 to 1996.
Dr. Walt serves on many government advisory panels and boards and chaired
a National Research Council panel on New Measurement Technologies for the
Oceans. He is Executive Editor of Applied Biochemistry and
Biotechnology and serves on the editorial advisory board for the Journal of
Combinatorial Chemistry. Dr. Walt
is the Scientific Founder of Illumina, Inc.
Professor
Walt’s research is in the area of fiber-optic chemical sensors.
His research has led to the elucidation of fundamental principles as well
as important applications of sensors. His
work in the sensor area has included surface, polymer and materials chemistry,
fluorescence resonance energy transfer, controlled release polymers,
immunosensors, corrosion sensing, neurotransmitter sensing, combinatorial
polymer synthesis, high-density arrays, genosensing, micro- and nano- sensors,
CO2 sensing, biosensors, and sensors based on the principles of the
olfactory system. He has received
numerous national and international awards and honors recognizing his work
including a National Science Foundation Special Creativity Award and The
Biosensors and Bioelectronics Award. He was elected a fellow of the American Association for the
Advancement of Science in 2000. Funding
for this work has come from the Departments of Energy, National Science
Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Office of Naval Research, DARPA,
Environmental Protection Agency, as well as numerous foundations and
corporations. Dr. Walt has
published over 125 papers, holds over thirty patents, and has given hundreds of
invited scientific presentations.
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