James Tour

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I'm an organic chemist.

I teach organic chemistry, but I also do nanotechnology.

So I have appointments in chemistry, as well as in material science and nanoengineering, as well as in computer science.

And so I will teach at the interface of all of these.

And that's what I do.

I teach and I do a lot of research.

I have a big research group there.

And

We work in the area of nanotechnology across from pharmaceuticals.

I've started several pharmaceutical companies, several materials companies, several electronics companies.

We have new AI computing slash memory chips we've made and other memory on the market through companies we've started.

So that's what we do.

We generate new things and publish papers, produce PhD students, and start companies.

Yes, yeah, that's what I do.

Most of my day is scientific research.

I only lecture two and a half hours a week, something like that, and the rest of my time is on the research side.

Yeah, I've heard that before.

I've never felt the conflict.

Actually, my science makes me believe all the more.

Because when I see things, I understand it, and it is amazing.

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