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Research Professor, Chemistry
Professional Service
- MUSE Energy Frontier Research Center.
Deputy Director.
08/2018 - present
- MS&T.
Session Organizer at International Scientific Conferences. MS&Tâ13 Conference, October 2014, Pittsburgh; Bioinspired Materials Engineering session.
10/2014 - 10/2014
- Scripta Materialia.
Deputy Editor.
08/2014 - 02/2021
- MS&T.
Role: Session Organizer at International Scientific Conferences.
MS&Tâ13 Conference, October 2013, Montreal; Bioinspired Materials Engineering session
.
10/2013 - 10/2013
- German Science Foundation.
Committee member and advisor for the a "Spezialforschungsprogramm" on bioinspired photonic structures.
03/2013 - 06/2015
- MS&T.
Role: Session Organizer at International Scientific Conferences.
MS&Tâ12 Conference, October 2012, Pittsburg; Bioinspired Materials Technology session
.
10/2012 - 10/2012
Internal Service
- MRSEC Seed Funding Committee, Chair.
Chair,
08/2014 - 06/2015.
University service.
- Faculty Search Committee, Chair.
Chair,
07/2014 - 06/2015.
Department service.
- COS Academic Appeals and Misconduct Committee.
Chair,
07/2013 - 06/2015.
College service.
- Physical Chemistry Division, Chair.
Chair,
07/2013 - 06/2015.
Department service.
- Department Advisory Committee, Member.
Member,
07/2013 - 06/2015.
Department service.
- University Conflict of Interest Committee, Member.
Member,
07/2013 - 06/2015.
University service.
- Graduate Admissions Committee.
Chair,
07/2013 - 06/2014.
Department service.
Outreach
- Science Olympiad.
04/2013 - 06/2015
- High-school student training (Todd Anderson).
06/2010 - 09/2010
Honors & Awards
- Deputy Editor.
Scripta Materialia,
08/2014
- Outstanding Reviewer for Acta/Scripta Materialia (2014)
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Acta Materialia,
07/2014
- Visiting Professor, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Germany.
10/2013
- Scialog Fellow.
Research Corporation for Science Advancement,
06/2013
- JFK 50 Years, Legacy Gallery.
05/2011
- Brilliant 10, Popular Science Magazine
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Popular Science,
06/2010
- Emerging Investigator in Materials Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry.
Royal Society,
01/2010
- DuPont Young Professor Award (2007â2011).
Dupont,
01/01/2010
Affiliations
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Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
(MRSEC),
IRG Director and Executive Committee Member,
07/01/2012 - present
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