Biography

Scott Manalis leads the Nanoscale Sensing group of the Center for Bits and Atoms. His research interests are on the development of nanofabrication technologies for building molecular-scale devices, the use of MEMS for novel detection schemes, and the application of such devices to biomolecular recognition. The group's current work includes projects that focus on using electrical detection schemes for analyzing DNA, proteins, and cells. He received a BS in physics with highest honors from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1994, and an MS and PhD in applied physics from Stanford University in 1996 and 1998, respectively. In addition to his work at MIT, Manalis is also a visiting scholar at Stanford University. He has been selected by Technology Review magazine as one of the 100 innovators under the age of 35 whose work and ideas "will have a deep impact on how we live, work and think in the century to come."