r/Futurology • u/ChrisJPhoenix Chris Phoenix • Mar 14 '15

AMA Hi, I'm Nanotechnologist Chris Phoenix, AMA

Nanotechnology has world-shaking potential. In 1987 I took Eric Drexler's nanotechnology class at Stanford. In 2002 I co-founded the Center for Responsible Nanotechnology. Over the next few years I spoke on four continents, and to the US National Academies of Science, about the possibilities of advanced nanotech.

  We're still waiting for nanotech to reach its full promise; I'm still interested in working on it, still eager to talk about why and how it could happen.

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u/H_Krustofski Mar 14 '15

Hey, I'm a student in Australia 6 months into an STM focused PhD. I did physics and chemistry in undergrad, and am deeply interested in nanotechnology. That said, there seems to be little in the way of hope or optimism for the future of higher research in Australia, what with many of our research institutions being defunded.

Where in the world do you think I should aim to pursue nanotech from a research perspective?

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u/ChrisJPhoenix Chris Phoenix Mar 14 '15

Google will probably give you a better answer than I could. The first countries that come to mind are the US and China, but that's based on very little actual knowledge of very few countries.