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Nate Brady’s work focuses on utilizing biology to drive, direct, and integrate into emerging technologies, to help steer us toward a more efficient and resource conscious future. His current research thrust focuses on the development of a new class of solar panels that integrate photosynthetic proteins, specifically cyanobacterial photosystem I encapsulated within native nanodiscs, to capture light energy and produce electricity. These biohybrid solar devices present a truly scalable solution to our energy crisis, mitigating the current issue of resource limitation in conventional solar panel manufacturing, by utilizing only Earth-abundant materials in their construction.
Research Interests
Artificial photosynthesis
Membrane proteins
Membrane lipids
Protein biochemistry
Styrene maleic acid lipid particle
Native nanodiscs
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Appointee, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies/Sandia National Laboratory/Los Alamos National Laboratory (2021–2024)
Chief Analyst/Research Scientist, Quicksilver Scientific, LLC (2010–2015)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
PhD, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Green, J. (Fellow), Tumas, B. (Fellow), Perkins, C. (Member), Sanyal, J. (Member), McCann, M. (Fellow), Martin, M. (Member), Seibert, M. (Fellow), Margolis, R. (Member), Rom, C. (Member), Marder, S. (Fellow), Wiley, S. (Member), Brady, N. (Member), Kar, B. (Member) & Nozik, A. (Fellow)
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American Chemical Society (External organization)
Ginley, D. (Member), Ware, L. (Member), Allen, B. (Fellow), Rumbles, G. (Member), Perkins, C. (Member), Johnson, D. (Member), Ferrell, J. (Member), Arellano Trevino, M. (Member), Neale, N. (Member), Bell, R. (Member), Klein, R. (Member), Aubry, T. (Member), Bharadwaj, V. (Member), Wieliczka, B. (Member), Hermosilla Palacios, A. (Member), Puente-Urbina, A. (Member), Maughan, A. (Member), Wiley, S. (Member), Kluherz, T. (Member), Kurtz, S. (Member), Schichtl, Z. (Member), Dong, Y. (Member), Thodika, M. (Member), Carvalho, Q. (Member), Truong, T. (Member), Clarke, R. (Member), Kiani, D. (Member), Lee, M. (Member), McGeehan, J. (Member), Brady, N. (Member), Yang, B. (Member), Nozik, A. (Member), Pennell, S. (Member), Wu, I. (Member) & Lany, S. (Member)
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International Society of Photosynthesis Research (External organization)
Seibert, M. (Member), Yu, J. (Member) & Brady, N. (Member)
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Awards and Honors
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4th International SMALP Conference Outstanding Speaker Award
Brady, N. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Honorary award
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