Teri W. Odom

Teri W. Odom is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Northwestern University. Her research focuses on designing structured nanoscale materials with exceptional properties, including the manipulation of noble metals at the nanoscale and the control of material architectures over multiple length scales. Her work explores applications in nanomedicine, nano-lasing, photovoltaics, and bioimaging. She is affiliated with several institutes at Northwestern University, including the International Institute for Nanotechnology and the Chemistry of Life Processes Institute. Her research is supported by a range of grants and collaborations, and she has published extensively in leading scientific journals.

Teri W. Odom is a Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University, specializing in nanoscience, plasmonics and nanophotonics, nanofabrication, materials chemistry, and cancer therapeutics. Her research explores the synthesis and properties of nanowires and nanotubes, focusing on their atomic structure and electronic behavior. She investigates plasmonic nanocavities for lasing and tunable plasmonic structures, contributing to the development of plasmonic metamaterials and nanophotonic devices. Her work also includes nanofabrication techniques for complex microchannel systems and the application of plasmonics in cancer therapeutics, such as nanoparticle–cancer cell interactions. Odom's research bridges chemistry and physics to advance nanoscale materials and their applications.