Prof. James Gimzewski has been a forerunner in exploring and elucidating the mechanical and electronic properties of nanostructures, and was one of the pioneers in scanning tunneling microscopy.  His accomplishments include the first STM-based fabrication of molecular suprastructures at room temperature using mechanical forces to push molecules across surfaces, the discovery of single molecule rotors and the development of new micromechanical sensors based on nanotechnology, which explore ultimate limits of sensitivity and measurement. A former group leader at IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Gimzewski is now Director of the Nano & Pico Characterization Core Facility of the California NanoSystems Institute and Principal Investigator and Satellites Co-Director of the WPI Center for Materials NanoArchitectonics (MANA) in Japan.  He has applied scanning probe techniques to biological systems in unconventional ways, which has led to the ability to differentiate metastatic cancer cells from normal cells based on changes in cell membrane vibration.  Furthermore, he takes an active role in developing art-meets-science exhibitions which have been displayed internationally.