Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology
# Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology

The IEEE Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology is given by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Nanotechnology Council for research in nanotechnology.

The main considerations for judging include distinction in long-term technical achievements, leadership, innovation, breadth, and impact on nanotechnology and engineering, recognizing individuals whose technical achievements go beyond the borders of a particular technical society. Nominees must be at least 10 years beyond their terminal degree. One or two Pioneer Awards are given each year; when two are awarded, there may be one for academics, and one for industry or government. The award consists of honorarium and a commemorative plaque.

## Recipients

| Year | Awardee | Institution | Scope of work |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2007 | Mark Reed | Yale University | Molecular scale electronics |
| 2007 | Pallab Bhattacharya | University of Michigan | Quantum dot optoelectronic devices |
| 2008 | Sajeev John | University of Toronto | Photonic crystals |
| 2009 | Susumu Noda | Kyoto University | Photonic crystals and nanophotonics |
| 2010 | Phaedon Avouris | IBM T.J. Watson Research Center | Carbon-based electronics and photonics |
| 2011 | Alexander A. Balandin | University of California, Riverside | Nanoscale phonon transport |
| 2011 | Meyya Meyyappan | NASA Ames Research Center | Carbon nanotubes |
| 2012 | Joseph W. Lyding | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign | Nanofabrication and CMOS giant deuterium isotope effect |
| 2013 | Charles M. Lieber | Harvard University | Nanowire synthesis and applications |
| 2014 | Stephen Y. Chou | Princeton University | Nanoimprint lithography and nanodevices |
| 2015 | Chennupati Jagadish | Australian National University | Semiconductor nanowire and quantum dot optoelectronics |
| 2016 | Shawn-Yu Lin | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 3D optical photonic crystals |
| 2017 | Paras N. Prasad | State University of New York at Buffalo | Multifunctional nanoprobes and nanophotonics for biomedical technology |
| 2018 | Nader Engheta | University of Pennsylvania | Photonic metamaterials and optical nanocircuits |
| 2019 | Paul Weiss | University of California | Ultimate limits of miniaturization and function |
| 2020 | Supriyo Bandyopadhyay | Virginia Commonwealth University | Spintronics and Straintronics Nanostructures |
