Eric Borguet, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry, was selected as a Visiting Fellow by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. This fellowship is designed to allow senior scientists to pursue collaborative research in Japanese universities. Dr. Borguet will be traveling to Japan in June, and will present seminars at several Japanese universities and research institutes. He will also give an invited talk at the International Conference on Electrified Interfaces 2007 in Sahoro, Hokkaido, Japan from June 24-29. Previous Temple recipients of this fellowship include Hai-Lung Dai, Dean and Laura H. Carnell Professor; and Franklin A. Davis, Ph.D. and Scott Sieburth, Ph.D., both professors in the Department of Chemistry.

Dr. Borguet's research focuses on nanotechnology and nanoscale processes at interfaces, nonlinear optics, ultrafast dynamics, environmental chemistry, nanoporous carbonaceous materials, and scanning probe microscopy. He has published dozens of articles since 2000, and members of his research group have won several awards, most recently at the American Chemical Society annual meeting in February 2007.