Ahmed A. Busnaina, Ph.D. is the William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor, University Distinguished Professor, and founding Director of National Science Foundation’s Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) for High-rate Nanomanufacturing and the NSF Center for Nano and Microcontamination Control at Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Prior to joining Northeastern University in 2000, he was a professor and a director of the Microcontamination Control Lab at Clarkson University from 1983-2000. Dr. Busnaina is internationally recognized for his work on nano and micro scale defects mitigation and removal in semiconductor fabrication. He specializes in nanoscale printing of 2D and 3D structures for devices and sensors. He developed many techniques for the directed assembly of nanomaterials for the manufacturing of nanoscale structures for energy, electronics, biomedical and materials applications. His research support exceeds $50 million. He authored more than 600 papers in journals, proceedings and conferences.