June 21, 2001
Arryx Announces Formation of Scientific Advisory Board
Arryx, Inc., which uses its proprietary photonics technology for
optical components that will be marketed initially to the telecommunications
and biotechnology industries, is pleased to announce the formation
of the Arryx Scientific Advisory Board. The Advisory Board comprises
six eminent scientists from various disciplines who will provide
direction and insight for future product innovations and strategies.
"It's an honor to have such distinguished members on our Scientific
Advisory Board who will bring significant expertise and breadth
of knowledge to Arryx," said Lewis Gruber, co-founder and CEO of
Arryx, Inc.
Members of the Scientific Advisory Board include:
Dr. David Grier, chair of the Scientific Advisory Board, is a professor
of Physics at the University of Chicago and an inventor of Arryx's
basic technology. He is a past winner of a Packard Fellowship award
and received a Quantrell Award for Excellence in Teaching. He was
recently featured in Discover Magazine as "One of 20 scientists
to watch in the next 20 years." Dr. Grier holds a Ph.D. in Physics
from the University of Michigan.
Dr. Annelise Barron, professor of Chemical Engineering at Northwestern
University, is a winner of the Beckman Foundation Young Investigator
Award and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and
Engineers, the highest U.S. government award for researchers beginning
their careers. She was also featured in Discover Magazine as "One
of 20 scientists to watch in the next 20 years," and was named one
of Newsweek Magazine's 15 Women of the 21st century. Dr. Barron
holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California,
Berkeley.
Dr. Paul Chaikin, Henry DeWolf Smyth Professor of Physics at Princeton
University, is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, and a
past winner of the prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship and A.P. Sloan
Foundation Fellowship awards. Dr. Chaikin, who received his Ph.D.
in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, is co-author of
the "Principles of Condensed Matter Physics," the definitive book
on this subject, and has published more than 250 papers.
Dr. Susan Lindquist, an investigator at the University of Chicago's
Howard Hughes Medical Institute and professor of Molecular Genetics
and Cell Biology, has been elected a member of the National Academy
of Sciences, one of the highest honors accorded a U.S. scientist.
She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, received
the highly selective MERIT award from NIH, and was recently awarded
the Novartis Drew Award in Biomedical Research. Dr. Lindquist received
her Ph.D. in Biology from Harvard University.
Dr. V. Adrian Parsegian, Chief, Laboratory of Physical and Structural
Biology, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, is past President
of the Biophysical Society and a winner of the NIH Director's Award,
the institutes' highest award. Dr. Parsegian, who received his Ph.D.
in Biophysics from Harvard University, has published more than 150
papers, and has been instrumental in efforts to strengthen the interface
between biology and physics.
Dr. David Weitz, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and professor
of Physics at Harvard University, also has over 17 years experience
as an experimental physicist in industrial laboratories. He is a
Fellow of the American Physical Society, and has had five experiments
aboard NASA space flights. Dr. Weitz holds a Ph.D. in Physics from
Harvard University, and has appeared on the list of most cited publications
of the year in two separate research fields.
