Jim Hutchison
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Jim Hutchison colors nanoscience green, designing high-performance new materials that are nontoxic and inexpensive to make. Through discipline-spanning collaborations with his colleagues, he’s helping develop a wide range of applications from biomedical tools and enhanced brain imaging agents to the next generation of electronic and optical devices.
“The myth is that
this is somehow
a futuristic
thing, but it’s
happening right
now – right here
in Oregon.
You don’t need
to compromise
in order to go
green.”