# Naomi J. Halas

> Naomi J. Halas is an American physicist and nano scientist. She is University Professor at Rice University and the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is also the founding director of Rice University Laboratory for Nanophotonics, and the Smalley-Curl Institute. She invented the first nanoparticle with tunable plasmonic resonances, which are controlled by their shape and structure, and has won numerous awards for her pioneering work in the field of nanophotonics and plasmonics. She was also part of a team that developed the first dark pulse soliton in 1987 while working for IBM.

*American chemist and electrical engineer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1957
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Naomi J. Halas is an American physicist and nano scientist. She is University Professor at Rice University and the Stanley C. Moore Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. She is also the founding director of Rice University Laboratory for Nanophotonics, and the Smalley-Curl Institute. She invented the first nanoparticle with tunable plasmonic resonances, which are controlled by their shape and structure, and has won numerous awards for her pioneering work in the field of nanophotonics and plasmonics. She was also part of a team that developed the first dark pulse soliton in 1987 while working for IBM.

## Fame
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## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://halas.rice.edu/halas-bio

## Timeline
- **2024** - Mildred Dresselhaus Prize in Nanoscience and Nanomaterials
- **2021** - Honorary Doctorate from University of Technology of Troyes
- **2019** - ACS Award in Colloid Chemistry
- **2018** - Lilienfeld Prize
- **2015** - R. W. Wood Prize
- **2014** - Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
- **2014** - Biophotonics Technology Innovator Award
- **2005** - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- **1957** - Born

## Sources
- [נעמי האלס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A1)
- [Naomi Halas](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Halas)
- [Naomi J. Halas](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_J._Halas)
- [نومی ہالاس](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D9%85%DB%8C_%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3)
- [Халас, Наоми](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8)
- [Naomi Halas](https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Halas)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56097)

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