Dr. Alon
Gorodetsky is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. Dr.
Gorodetsky obtained dual B.S. degrees in Engineering Physics and Materials
Science at Cornell University and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at the California
Institute of Technology. He then completed postdoctoral work as an NSF American
Competitiveness in Chemistry Fellow at Columbia University. Dr. Gorodetsky’s
work has received international recognition and has been highlighted in media
outlets such as Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Wired, Discover, The
Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, Newsweek, The Economist, Forbes, NPR,
BBC, and CNN. Dr. Gorodetsky has also received numerous accolades,
including the AFOSR Young Investigator Award, the DARPA Young Faculty Award
with the Director’s Option, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists
and Engineers, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, and the DARPA Embedded
Entrepreneurship Initiative Award.