Education
Rice University.
chemist physicist university professor
Rice University.
He is the discoverer of the colloidal semi-conductor nanocrystals known as quantum dots. In 1973, Brus joined American Telephone & Telegraph Company Bell Laboratories, where he did the work that led to the discovery of quantum dots. In 1996, Brus left Bell Labs and joined the faculty in the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University.
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. National Academy of Sciences. American Academy of Arts and Sciences]
He was elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2004 and is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.