Edward H. SargentFRSC is a Canadian scientist, who serves as University Professor ofElectrical & Computer Engineering^[1] and Vice-President of Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives^[2][3] at theUniversity of Toronto. He also is theCanada Research Chair inNanotechnology.^[4] He will join the Departments of Chemistry and of Electrical and Computer Engineering atNorthwestern University, and will be affiliated with theInternational Institute for Nanotechnology at Northwestern.^[5]

Sargent has made contributions in the use of colloidalquantum dots and perovskite materials foroptoelectronic devices, includingphotovoltaic cells,^[6][7][8]photodetectors,^[9][10] andlight emitting materials.^[11] Sargent has also published in the area ofelectrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide.^[12][13]

Sargent has been honored with multiple awards for his research, including aKillam Prize for Engineering in 2020,^[14] theNSERC Brockhouse Award in Interdisciplinary Research and Engineering withShana Kelley in 2016,^[15][16] and theSteacie Prize in 2012.^[17][18] He is a fellow of theCanadian Academy of Engineering,^[19][20]Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science.^[21]

Sargent spent several summers in the early 1990s working onquantum well lasers atNortel.^[22] He studied Engineering Physics atQueen's University at Kingston, earning his B.Sc.Eng. in 1995.^[23] Sargent then conducted graduate studies in Electrical and Computer Engineering, in the area ofPhotonics, at theUniversity of Toronto, with Prof.Jingming Xu. He graduated with his Ph.D. in 1998.^[23]

Sargent began his independent research career at theUniversity of Toronto as an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1998.^[24] He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002, and full Professor in 2005. In 2015, Sargent was appointed as University Professor, the University of Toronto's most distinguished rank.^[25]

Sargent has also held multiple administrative roles within the University of Toronto. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Associate Chair of Research, for the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.^[25] He was the Vice-Dean, Research for the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering from 2012 to 2016.^[25] Sargent served as the Vice-President, International for the University of Toronto from 2016 to 2020, helping to recruit new international graduate student researchers.^[26][27] Since 2020, he has served as the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, and Strategic Initiatives.^[2][3]

Sargent has held several visiting professorships. From 2004 to 2005, he was a Nanotechnology and Photonics Visiting Professor at theMIT Microphotonics Center.^[21] In 2013 he was a Fulbright Visiting Professor atUCLA.^[21] In fall of 2017, he was aSomorjai Visiting Miller Professor atUC Berkeley,^[28] and in April 2018 he was a Distinguished Visiting Professor at theRowland Institute at Harvard University.^[29]

In 2005, he published for the general public about nanotechnology and its applications in everyday life,The Dance of Molecules: How Nanotechnology is Changing Our Lives.^[30]

Sargent has also co-founded severaluniversity spin-off companies. In 2006, he foundedInVisage Technologies, which was acquired byApple in 2017.^[31] With Prof.Shana Kelley, Sargent co-founded Xagenic in 2010,^[32] a molecular diagnostics company. Xagenic was partially acquired in 2018 by theGeneral Atomics - Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA-EMS).^[33] With Dr. Sjoerd Hoogland, Sargent also co-foundedQD Solar in 2014, which aims to develop tandem solar cells using perovskites and quantum dots.^[34][35]

Sargent has been honored with multiple awards andlearned society memberships for his research, including:

• Fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science since 2009^[21]
• Fellow of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers since 2011^[21]
• Fellow of theCanadian Academy of Engineering since 2014^[19][20]
• Awarded anNSERC Silver Medal in 1999^[23]
• D. N. Chorafas Foundation Award in 2000^[36]
• Outstanding Engineer Award of the IEEE Canada in 2002^[21]
• Named a Top 20 Researcher Under Age 40 by theCanadian Institute for Advanced Research in 2002^[23]
• Named aTR100 Innovator Under 35 by theMIT Technology Review in 2003^[37]
• Named one of Canada's Top 40 Under 40 for 2003-2004^[38]
• Named a member of theScientific American 50 for 2004-2005^[39][40]
• Named aKAUST Global Research Partnership Investigator in 2008^[41][42]
• Awarded the Steacie Prize in 2012^[17][18]
• Awarded theNSERC Brockhouse Award in Interdisciplinary Research and Engineering withShana Kelley in 2016^[15][16]
• Awarded aKillam Prize for Engineering in 2020^[14]

Sargent is married to fellow University of Toronto ProfessorShana Kelley.^[18][43] They met at a nanotechnology conference atUC Irvine, and have two children together.^[44]

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