Younan Xia

Younan Xia
Xia in 2007
Born (1965-10-16) October 16, 1965
Education
AwardsNAI elected member (2024); ACS Linus Pauling Medal (2024); ACS Creative invention award (2023); IUMRS Frontier Materials Scientists Award (2022); NSF Special Creativity Award (2018); MRS Medal (2017); ACS Fellow (2014); Nano Today Award (2013); ACS National Award in the Chemistry of Materials (2013); MRS Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanoscience (2013); AIMBE Fellow (2011); MRS Fellow (2009); NIH Director's Pioneer Award (2006); ACS Leo Hendrik Baekeland Award (2005); Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar (2002); David and Lucile Packard Fellow in Science and Engineering (2000); Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2000); NSF Faculty Early Career Development Award (1999); ACS Victor K. LaMer Award (1999); and Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award (1997)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Doctoral advisorGeorge M. Whitesides
Websitewww.nanocages.com

Younan Xia (Chinese: 夏幼南; born 1965) is a Chinese-American chemist, materials scientist, and bioengineer. He is the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, with joint appointments in the departments of Materials Science and Engineering and Biomedical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.