Daniel Morse

Daniel Morse conducts research at the intersection of biotechnology and nanotechnology in a new interdisciplinary collaboration that combines the approaches of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology with Materials Engineering, Physics, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. He and his laboratory are discovering the molecular mechanisms governing biomineralization, and are using these mechanisms to develop new strategies for the synthesis of high-performance, nanostructured composite materials for tomorrow's advanced optoelectronics, microelectronics, catalysts, sensors and energy transducers. Together with colleagues at the Center for Energy Efficient Materials, Morse is working on bio-inspired solar products and high-power batteries by improving our understanding and control of heterogeneous materials that are engineered or templated at the nanoscale. These developments offer tremendous opportunities for future improvements in the performance and cost of photovoltaics and energy storage.