Nanotechnologist price reaches $4.5 million
OK, not many nanotechnologists have reached this level. But there appears to be one who is being fought over by the US and UK. An excerpt:
“The University of Washington is lobbying state lawmakers for $4.5 million to help recruit a star scientist to head up UW’s nanotechnology program.
“The scientist, Gabriel Aeppli, directs the London Centre for Nanotechnology and holds a chair in physics at University College London. Considered a pioneer in his field, he was featured prominently in a recent Time magazine story about the United States losing its edge in scientific research to other countries.”
Later in the article we find that doing great technology may not be enough to command these prices: “…Aeppli has an impressive track record in fundraising, having raised $50 million for the London Centre for Nanotechnology, Lidstrom said.”
March 10th, 2006 at 1:32 PM
And I bet he is worth every dime!
March 16th, 2006 at 1:53 PM
We certainly do not have as much talent as we used to have in research fields, but make no mistake the U.S. not only has more resources going into research but the growth of capital expenditures which go into research has surpassed any other western nation. The only way we will ever really lose our technical superiority is when we move to a socialist state which taxes all the money out of investment.
May 18th, 2006 at 10:29 AM
“growth of capital expenditures which go into research has surpassed any other western nation”
Growth?
I agree that we spend more on research than everyone else, but capital expendatures on research in the U.S. have been flat for a while, haven’t they?