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California NanoSystems Institute at UCLA

Los Angeles, California, United States • 60 Employees
Higher Education

The California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) at UCLA produces life-changing scientific, economic and social impact in California and across the world. The CNSI environment fosters interdisciplinary teams that collaborate on high-impact research, leveraging the Institute's leading-edge facilities and expert services to address grand challenges of our time. Our team supports innovative startups with progressive training and infrastructure to drive commercialization of research-based technologies. We provide unique educational opportunities for the modern scientific leader by engaging learners from primary school students to established scientists and industry professionals. Our mission is to leverage public and private investment for nanoscience research at the interfaces between disciplines, translate discoveries into knowledge-driven commercial enterprises, and educate the next generation of scientists and engineers. At CNSI, engineers and oncologists create drug delivery systems to treat cancer. Chemists, physicists, and neurologists develop nanoelectronic sensors for mapping the brain. Environmental engineers and biologists use nanobiotechnology to clean pollutants from water. The CNSI is where collaboration drives discovery, creativity triggers innovation and ideas that will define our future become a reality.