05/12/2018In his search for answers to some of the biggest questions in science and medicine, Charles Lieber '81 works at scales as small as an individual DNA base pair. For more than a decade, the F&M and Stanford University-trained chemist has pioneered the synthesis, assembly and elemental physical properties of nanoscale wires, as well as the field of nano-bioelectronics, which explores the interface between nanoscience and biology and holds the potential to produce breakthroughs in fundamental science leading to revolutionary technologies that improve the quality of people's lives.Staff