A Close Look at Molecular Self-Assembly with the Transmission Electron Microscopy
In this talk, Professor Patterson will discuss what molecular self-assembly is, how it is used in technologies such as nanomedicine and the COVID vaccines, and why it is important for understanding the origin of life. He will also discuss how transmission electron microscopes can be used to watch molecular self-assembly
This event is part of UCI Homecoming.
Dr. Patterson is a materials chemist and electron microscopy expert focusing on the liquid phase and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy, and molecular and colloidal self-assembly. He completed his Ph.D. in radical polymer chemistry and self-assembly at the University of Warwick, UK, in 2013, working under the supervision of Professor Rachel O’Reilly. As a postdoctoral scholar, he worked for Professor Nathan C. Gianneschi and Professor Kimberly Prather at the University of California San Diego, USA, and the Center for Aerosol Impacts on Climate and Environment (CAICE). In 2016 he joined the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands, working in the Laboratory of Materials and Interface Chemistry.
In July Dr. Patterson joined the Department the Department of Chemistry at the University of California, Irvine. His interests involve the development of new materials through a deep understanding of their structure and dynamics. For his work in this area he has been awarded several prizes including the Domino/MacroGroupUK Young Polymer Scientist of the Year in 2011, the 2013 Jon Weaver Ph.D. prize and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual fellowship in 2017.