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Rogers Selected as 2009 MacArthur Fellow

09/23/09

John Rogers, a world leader in designing "flexible electronics", has been named one of this year's 24 MacArthur Fellows. He and collaborators have developed tiny inorganic light-emitting diodes, stretchable integrated circuits and other innovative projects. Rogers will receive $500,000 over the next five years to do with as he wishes.

Read the UIUC News Bureau article, the News-Gazette article, and the New York Times article.

For more information on the MacArthur Foundation, please see the MacArthur Foundation website.

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