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Younan Xia is the James M. McKelvey Professor for Advanced Materials in Department of Biomedical Engineering, with joint appointments in Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering; Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science; Department of Chemistry; Department of Radiology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics; Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS); Alvin J. Siteman Cancer Center; and Diabetic Cardiovascular Disease Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

Education
Dr. Xia received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry from Harvard University (with Professor George M. Whitesides) in 1996, his M.S. degree in inorganic chemistry from University of Pennsylvania (with the late Professor Alan G. MacDiarmid, a Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, 2000) in 1993, and his B.S. degree in chemical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 1987. He came to the United States of America in 1991.

Current research
Dr. Xia group's current research centers on the development of new chemistry, physics, and technological applications of nanostructured materials -- a novel class of materials with feature sizes <100 nm, including: 1. The Chemistry and Physics of Nanomaterial Synthesis; 2. Putting Nanomaterials to Work for Biomedical Research; 3. Nanomaterials and Environmental Research.

Awards and achievements
Dr. Xia has received a number of prestigious awards, including the AIMBE Fellow (2011), MRS Fellow (2009 ), NIH Director's Pioneer Award (2006), Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award (2005), Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar (2002), David and Lucile Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering (2000), Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2000), NSF Early Career Development Award (2000), ACS Victor K. LaMer Award (1999), and Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award (1997).

Dr. Xia has been an Associate Editor of Nano Letters since 2002, and has served or is serving on the Advisory Boards of Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2011-), Advanced Healthcare Materials (2011-, inaugural chairman of the advisory board), Accounts of Chemical Research (2010-), Chemistry: An Asian Journal (2010-), Cancer Nanotechnology (2010-), Journal of Biomedical Optics (2010-), Nano Research (2009-), Science of Advanced Materials (2009-), Nano Today (2006-), Chemistry of Materials (2005-2007), Langmuir (2005-2010), International Journal of Nanoscience (2004-), International Journal of Nanotechnology (2004-), and Advanced Functional Materials (2001-). He has also served as a Guest Editor of special issues for Advanced Materials (six times), Advanced Functional Materials (one time), and MRS Bulletin (one time).