George M. Whitesides

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Co-founder of Soft Robotics Inc.

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Whitesides Group, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Origins of life | George M. Whitesides | TEDxBoston

Published on Nov 11, 2014

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences.

A biochemical journey through the universe in search of the conditions that spark life.

George M. Whitesides is a professor of chemistry at Harvard University. Whitesides’s scientific contributions come from such diverse areas as nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (NMR), materials and surface science, microfluidics and nanotechnology.

He is best known for his insights into surface chemistry, understanding how molecules arrange themselves on a surface. The discovery laid the groundwork for advances in nanoscience that led to new technologies in electronics, pharmaceutical science and medical diagnostics. His recent research interests include energy, the origin of life, and science for developing economics.