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François Baneyx has been named the new director of CoMotion and Interim Vice Provost of Innovation at the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø, Provost Mark Richards announced today. Baneyx fills a position formerly held by Vikram Jandhyala, who died in March. “François is a respected researcher, teacher and innovator with connections throughout academia and industry, as well as firsthand experience with startups,â€� Richards said. “I am confident that with his interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to his work and leadership, François will build upon…

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded an expected $10.75 million, four-year grant to the ÂÒÂ×ÉçÇø, the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and other partner institutions for a new interdisciplinary research center to define the enigmatic rules that govern how molecular-scale building blocks assemble into ordered structures and give rise to complex hierarchical materials.