Bio
Mitchel J. Doktycz is a Corporate Fellow and heads the Bioimaging and Analytics Section in the Biosciences Division at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He is also a member of the Research Staff in the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL and has appointments at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville in the UT-ORNL Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education, the Genome Science and Technology Program and the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He received his B.S. in Biology and Chemistry in 1985 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 1991 from the University of Illinois at Chicago. His research interests focus on the intersection of natural and synthetic systems. His laboratory is involved in the development of analytical technologies for post-genomics studies with specific emphases on molecular and cellular imaging techniques and the use of nanomaterials to study and mimic biological systems. He has received an R&D 100 Award and National Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. He is a Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Awards
- 2020 ORNL Mentor of Researchers Award
- 2017 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 2013 Battelle Distinguished Inventor
- 2008 Fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
- 2004 Life Sciences Division Award for Scientific Achievement
- 2003 National Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer
- 2002 R&D 100 Award
- 2001 Southeast Region Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for Technology Transfer
- 1997 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Publication Award
- 1990 Bernard Babler Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Illinois at Chicago
- 1987 Merit Award for Outstanding Teaching in Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago