My name is David Hecht and I was raised in Agoura Hills, California, about 25 miles from downtown Los Angeles. I received a B.S. in Physics from the University of California, San Diego in June 2001 (along with a minor in Literature). While at UCSD I worked with professor John Goodkind for 2 quarters exploring quantum computers using electrons trapped above a film of liquid helium. After that, I worked for just over a year at a small company in San Diego called Quantum Magnetics, doing R&D on sensitive magnetic measurements for medical and military applications. My work at Quantum included field applications at a Nevada military base, and Columbia Hospital. We pioneered a room temperature device to non-invasively measure liver iron stores using a magnetic susceptometer. I worked at Quantum Magnetics for thirteen months, and decided to go back to school to pursue a P.H.D. in physics. I began my P.H.D. program in physics at the University of California, Los Angeles in September 2002. After passing the comprehensive exam at the end of my first year, I worked for one summer with Professor Gary Williams doing research into laser-induced luminescence from bubbles in water. I decided I wanted to go into nanotechnology, so switched groups to work for Professor George Grüner doing research on carbon nanotube networks. We make nanotube network transistors and use them in all manner of sensing related projects, including biosensing; additionally, we use them to make innovative solar cells. For three months at the start of 2005, I was on an internship in Australia at the University of Wollongong, investigating the DNA-Carbon nanotube interaction. Currently my research focus is on using thin nanotube networks as transparent electrodes for LCD displays, touch screens, and solar cells. My research is being commercialized by a company called UNIDYM, who I currently work for.