Vikas Berry

Vikas Berry (Photo: Jenny Fontaine/University of Illinois Chicago)

Vikas Berry is professor and head of chemical engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago. He is an expert in nanotechnology, including nanoelectronics, nanooptics, bionanotechnology, 2D Nanomaterials, DNA technologies, sensors and 3D printing.

Berry is leading research in the area of graphene science and technologies. He has developed several nanotechnologies, including cancer detectors, ultrafast humidity detectors, microbial fuel cells, antibacterial surfaces, photovoltaics, photodetectors, sodium-ion batteries, 3D printing gel, Raman enhancer, IR-sensor, molecular machines and graphene liquid cells for transmission electron microscopy.