Hayden Steven C

Steven C. Hayden was born in Georgia, USA, in 1982. He attained bachelor's degrees in Chemistry and French Language from Mercer University in 2004, after which he joined the Children's Exposure to Environmental Pesticides (CEEP) research team at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. In 2007, Steven began his doctoral research at Georgia Institute of Technology, where he integrated plasmonic nanomaterials into biotic/biomimetic systems for applications in solar energy conversion and cancer therapeutics. After completion of his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry & Biochemistry in 2012 (GA Tech), Steven briefly sojourned to the University of Heidelberg in Germany, where he helped develop the nanosynthetic capabilities of the University. In 2013, Steven joined the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies at Los Alamos National Lab, where he is currently studying the use of self-assembling, mesostructured matrices to arrange both synthetic and natural nanospecies in an effort to generate responsive composites with emergent, tunable optical and electronic properties.