Sharon C. Glotzer
Graduate Student
-- received a Ph.D. in 1993
Website: http://www.engin.umich.edu/dept/cheme/people/glotzer.html
Sharon C. Glotzer is Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, also of Physics, Applied Physics, and Macromolecular Science and Engineering, at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is also a faculty affiliate in the University of Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics, Center for the Study of Complex Systems, Center for Computational Medicine and Biology, and the Michigan Nanotechnology Institute for Medicine and Biological Sciences. Sharon received her PhD in Physics from Boston University in 1993 and her B.S. cum laude in Physics from UCLA in 1987. She was an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Polymers Division from 1993-1995, and then held the positions of Physicist and Director, Center for Theoretical and Computational Materials Science, Materials Science & Engineering Lab, NIST from 1995-2000. Sharon moved to U-M in 2001 as Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Physics, with tenure. Her research focuses on computational nanoscience and simulation of soft matter; self-assembly and materials design and is sponsored by NSF, DoE, NASA, and AFOSR. She has published over 115 archival publications and presented over 150 invited and keynote talks.
Sharon has received numerous awards and honors, including the University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School Faculty Recognition Award 2007; Bertman Lecturer, Wesleyan University Department of Physics; the U-M CoE Monroe-Brown Foundation Research Excellence Award, 2006; Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lecturer, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, 2004; James Chair of Theoretical Physics, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, 2004-06; Departmental Award for Outstanding Accomplishment, Chemical Engineering, U-M, 2004; Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer, 2001-03; American Physical Society (APS) Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award, 2000; Presidential Early Career Award (PECASE), 1998; Department of Commerce Bronze Medal Award, 1997. She was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2006.
Sharon is very involved in professional and public service, and has served on many committees, including: chair of a multi-agency funded International Assessment of R&D in Simulation-based Science and Engineering, sponsored by NSF, DoE, DoD, NIH, NASA, NIST; Juror, Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy and Employment, 2002-06; Member, Biomolecular Materials and Processes Study Comm., National Academies, 2006-07; Member, Technology Insight Standing Comm. for Defense Intelligence, National Academies, 2005-08; Member, Solid State Sciences Comm., National Academies, 2004-07; Member, Defense Intelligence Agency Threat Analysis NRC Study Comm., National Academies, 2004-05; Chair, Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics, APS, 2006-07; Past chair, Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum, AIChE, 2005-06; Member, Area 1a Executive Committee, AIChE, 2000 – 06. Sharon serves on several editorial advisory boards, including Nanotechnology, AIChE Journal, Computers in Science and Engineering.
