Dr. Brian J. Landi is an assistant professor of chemical engineering and graduate faculty of microsystems engineering and sustainability at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). His research is conducted in the NanoPower Research Laboratories (NPRL) as part of RIT鈥檚 Golisano Institute for Sustainability. He has worked as a researcher at the Schering Plough Research Institute, Mayo Clinic, and NASA Glenn Research Center. Dr. Landi has recently been involved with carbon nanotube purity assessment as well as engaging in the synthesis and application of carbon nanotubes for power transmission and storage devices like advanced wires and lithium ion batteries. He has co-authored over 65 publications and has four patents pending. He earned a B.S. and M.S. in Chemistry and a Ph.D. in Microsystems Engineering from R.I.T.