California NanoSystems Institute
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External Advisory Board

The CNSI External Advisory Board has been established to provide advice and guidance to the Institute Director and Co-Director in their efforts to develop the CNSI as an international center for the advancement of nanoscience and nanotechnology. The board seeks to identify innovative collaborative partnerships with industry to enhance the CNSI's impact at state, national and international levels. The board assists in defining performance expectations for the Institute and oversees regular reviews prepared by the Director and Co-Director. The board meets annually.

Stanley Williams
Director, Information & Quantum Systems Lab, Hewlett-Packard (Palo Alto, CA)
CNSI, External Advisory Board Chair
Carolyn Bertozzi
Scientific Director, Biological Nanostructures Facility, The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley, CA)
Teruo Kishi
President, National Institute for Materials Science (Tsukuba, Japan)
Paolo Gargini
Director, Technology Strategy, Intel Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)
Nils O. Petersen
Director General, NRC National Institute for Nanotechnology (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Ruediger Iden
Senior Vice President, Polymer Physics, BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany)
David A. Pritchard
Senior Director and Chief of Staff, Advanced Strategy and Policy Group, Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA)
Donald K. Kania
President and CEO, FEI Company, Global Headquarters (Hillsboro, OR)
Patrick Soon-Shiong
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Abraxis BioScience, Inc (Los Angeles, CA)