James J. Hickman MS, PhD

James J Hickman is the Founding Director of the NanoScience Technology Center and a Professor of Nanoscience Technology, Chemistry, Biomolecular Science, Material Science, and Electrical Engineering at the University of Central Florida. Previously, he held the position of the Hunter Endowed Chair in the Bioengineering Department at Clemson University.

He completed his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Chemistry. For the past 25 years, he has been studying the interaction of biological species with modified surfaces, first in the industry and in the latter years in academia. While in the industry he established one of the first bioelectronics labs in the country that focused on cell-based sensors and their integration with electronic devices and MEMS devices.