Contributor Vivek Kemp is GE’s Reporter at Large
Today, GE’s Global Research Centers in Niskayuna, NY; Munich; Bangalore and Shanghai are kicking off their annual “TECHfest” celebrations in which hundreds of the company’s top scientists give their R&D colleagues a sneak peak into their latest discoveries. To mark the big day, GE Reports is launching the first installment of our new GE Genius Series, which spotlights GE employees who are driving innovation that will change our world and our lives. Our first GE Genius, Radislav Potyrailo, is a chemist and lead scientist at GE’s Chemical and Biological Sensing Laboratory in upstate New York. It was his team that discovered the chemical sensing properties in the nanostructures of butterfly wings — properties he hopes will lead to sensors that change color when they come in contact with airborne pathogens. Radislav, who has received over 50 US patents, also leads a team that is developing battery-free RFID sensors, which identify and track objects using radio waves.
* Learn more about Radislav Potyrailo in his own words
* Read Radislav’s posts on the Global Research Center’s science blog
* Learn more about the work Radislav and his team did with RFID sensors
* Learn more about Radislav’s research using butterfly wings
Learn more about the GRC’s latest work in these GE Reports stories and videos:
* “A $1,000 Genetic Map”
* “A look in the lab with GE’s bioscience researchers”
* “Vital signs to go wireless with GE’s body sensors”
* “GE’s software helps Shanghai breathe easier”
* “GE unveils holographic disc breakthrough”
* “GE targets eco hospitals; composites in Europe”
* “GE’s OLED research: I saw the light – and it bends!”
* “Can we talk? See how GE’s smart grid communicates”
* “GE taps into hidden energy with waste heat recovery”
* “Uncle Sam picks GE for advanced energy research”
* “New York powers up with new GE battery plant”
