Prof. Jean M. J. Fréchet, Ph.D., is Professor of Chemistry at the University of California-Berkeley. Prof. Fréchet has over 400 publications and 60 patents issued, of which several are being exploited industrially. A number of patent applications are currently pending. His research interests focus on the design, synthesis, and applications of functional polymers and engineered organic macromolecules. His research covers a broad spectrum of organic, polymer, and materials chemistry, from fundamental and mechanistic concepts to very practical applications. Major themes include: the control of molecular architecture at the nanometer scale, dendrimers, hyperbranched and other dendritic materials; polymer photochemistry and microlithography; engineered polymers in molecular devices and molecular machines, polymers in energy harvesting and artificial photosynthesis, self-assembly and supramolecular chemistry; dendrimers and "engineered" macromolecules in targeted drug and gene delivery; novel approaches to separations systems, the design and use of polymers in separation, molecular recognition, catalysis and targeted drug delivery; new approaches to solid-phase chemistry and combinatorial synthesis systems; and development of fast assay techniques for the combinatorial development of engineered or "smart" materials.