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Sharon Glotzer.
Sharon C. Glotzer
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and Applied Physics

3406 G.G. Brown (Office)
3440 G.G. Brown (Lab)
(734) 615-6296
FAX: (734) 764-7453
sglotzer@umich.edu

Assembly of nanoscale systems; supercooled and metastable liquids and complex fluids, colloids, and complex fluids; biomimetic materials design; computer simulation.

Biographical Information

Education
Ph.D. Boston University Physics 1993
B.S. University of California, Los Angeles Physics 1987

Professional Experience
University of Michigan
Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, Macromolecular Science Engineering, and Applied Physics Departments
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Professor
2005-present
   

National Center for Supercomputing Applications, Champaign, Illinois

 

Faculty Fellow

9/2008- 5/2009
   
Virtual School of Computational Science & Engineering, Great Lakes Consortium for Petascale Computation and Blue Waters  

Director

9/2008- 5/2009
   
Université du Luxembourg
Faculté des Sciences, de la Technologie et de la Communication
Campus Kirchberg
Luxembourg
 

Visiting Professor

9/2008- 5/2009
   
University of Michigan
Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Physics, and Macromolecular Science EngineeringAnn Arbor, Michigan
Associate Professor
2001-2005

NIST Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science

Physicist, Polymers Division, Materials Science and Engineering Lab, NIST and Director
1995–2000
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
1993-1995.
TRW Space and Technology Group, Redondo Beach, CA 
Member of Technical Staff
1986-1987

Recent Honors and Awards
Monroe-Brown Foundation Award for Research Excellence, College of Engineering, U-M, 2006.
Chair, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum, AIChE, 2004-5. Elected vice-chair, 2002.
Elected Vice-chair, Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics, American Physical Society, 2004-5 (Chair elect, 2005-6, Chair 2006-2007)
Invited speaker and session chair, National Academy of Science Frontiers of Science 2004.
Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecturer, University of Delaware, 2004.
James Chair of Pure and Applied Science, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, 2004-2005.
Departmental Excellence Award, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2004.
Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-2003.
Jury member, Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment, 2002 - present.
American Physical Society Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, 2000
Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, 1998
Invited speaker, National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Symposium 1998.
Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, 1997
NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1993-1995

Professional Service
Chair, U-M CoE Standing Committee on Computational Science and Engineering 2006-2009
Elected member, Rackham Graduate School Executive Board 2006-2009
Member, Biomolecular Processes Study Committee, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences 2006-2008
Member, Executive Committee, Defense Intelligence Agency TIGER Committee, National Academy of Sciences 2005-2008
Member, Defense Intelligence Agency Threat Analysis Committee, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, 2004–2005
Advisor, AccelrysTM Nanotechnology Consortium 2005-2010
Member, Solid State Sciences Committee, National Academy of Sciences 2004-2007.
Elected, Area 1A Executive Committee, AICHE, 2003-2006
2000-2003
Editorial boards: Nanotechnology (2005- ), AIChE Journal (2005- ), Computers in Science and Engineering (2002- ), Topics in Chemical Engineering (2002- ), PhysChemComm (1998-2003).


 

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