The Writers: Leda Zimmerman

Silvija Gradečak’s nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting. Photo illustration: Len Rubenstein
Fall 2014

Nanoscale Work Yields Big Results

Silvija Gradečak’s nanoscale work creates big-scale results that could transform energy production, storage, and lighting.

Sangeeta Bhatia’s research draws on biological and medical sciences, and engineering. Photo illustration: Len Rubenstein
Fall 2014

Sophisticated Medicine

Sangeeta Bhatia’s research defies tradition, drawing on biological and medical sciences, and multiple engineering disciplines.

Nergis Mavalvala aims to detect gravitational waves, which are so aloof they've dodged efforts to track them down for a century. Photo: Len Rubenstein
Spring 2014

Era of Astronomical Discovery

Nergis Mavalvala aims to detect gravitational waves, which are so aloof they’ve dodged efforts to track them down for a century.

Yogesh Surendranath says there are big questions to answer on the way to a renewable energy economy. Photo: Len Rubenstein
Spring 2014

Surprising Reactions

Yogesh Surendranath says there are big questions to answer on the way to a renewable energy economy.

Ramesh Raskar, who as a child wished for eyes in the back of his head, invents a camera that can see around corners. Photo: Len Rubenstein
Spring 2014

Superhuman Vision

Ramesh Raskar, who as a child wished for eyes in the back of his head, invents a camera that can see around corners.

John Fernández: At the forefront of urban sustainability, an emerging field that explores a city’s economy and ecology. Len Rubenstein
Winter 2014

Where Economy Meets Ecology

John Fernández is at the forefront of urban sustainability, an emerging field that explores a city’s economy and ecology.