• Source: Julia R. Greer

      • Julia Rosolovsky Greer is a materials scientist and is the Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics and Medical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). As of 2019, Greer is also the director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech.
      As a pioneer in the field of nanomechanics and architected materials, Greer has earned many awards, such as being named a CNN 2020 Visionary, for her work investigating how materials behave at the nano-scale. Greer has been a professor at Caltech since 2007, and is also an Associate Editor at both Extreme Mechanics Letters and Nano Letters.


      Early life and education


      Greer was born in Moscow, Russia, and moved to the U.S. with her parents at the age of 16. Greer attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for college, where she received a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering and a minor in Advanced Music Performance in 1997. Greer then went on to receive graduate degrees in Materials Science and Engineering; she earned a Masters of Science (M.S.) in 2000 and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in 2005, both from Stanford University. Between receiving her M.S. and Ph.D., Greer worked at Intel from 2000-2003. For her dissertation, titled "Size dependence of strength of gold at the micron scale in the absence of strain gradients," Greer worked with materials scientist William D. Nix studying the mechanical properties of nanopillars. After her PhD, Greer pursued postdoctoral studies at the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) from 2005-2007.


      Research and career


      Greer joined the Materials Science Department at Caltech in 2007 as an Assistant Professor; she received tenure and was promoted to Full Professor in 2013. Her research focuses on the application of nanotechnology in biomedical materials, multi-functional devices, energy storage, and material synthesis.
      Greer has received much recognition and several career awards for her work. Her lab's early work has resulted in a new direction in nanomechanics. Her lab is now harnessing strategies in nanofabrication for applications ranging from improving lithium-ion batteries to developing biomedical devices.


      Awards and recognition



      2008 - Technology Review's Top Young Innovators Under 35
      2010 - Nominee for World Technology Network’s World Technology Award in Materials
      2011 - Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award
      2011 - DOE Early Career Research Program Award
      2011 - The Materials, Metals, and Minerals Society (TMS) Young Leader Professional Development Award
      2012 - Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
      2012 - NASA (inaugural) Early Career Faculty Award Archived 2017-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
      2012 - Invitee to World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos
      2013 - Society of Engineering Science (SES) Young Investigator Medal
      2013 - The Materials, Metals, and Minerals Society (TMS) Early Career Faculty Award
      2013 - Discussion Leader at and invitee to World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos
      2013 - Speaker at the 2013 China-America Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
      2013 - American Chemical Society (ACS) Nano Letters Young Investigator Award and Lectureship
      2014 - Speaker at Google’s Solve for X Conference
      2014 - Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (WEF)
      2014 - One of “100 Most Creative People” by Fast Company Magazine
      2014 - Robert W. Cahn “Best Paper Prize” by Journal of Materials Science (shared with L. Meza)
      2014 - Kavli Foundation Early Career Lectureship in Materials Science Recipients by the Materials Research Society (MRS)
      2015 - Speaker at the 2015 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
      2015 - Midwest Mechanics Tour Lecturer
      2015 - Gilbreth Lecturer for the National Academy of Engineering
      2015 - Technology Review’s Top-10 Emerging Technologies
      2016 - CNN's 2020 Visionary
      2016 - U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow
      2016 - U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellow
      2018 - Featured in Caltech's Breakthrough Campaign
      2019 - AAAFM Heeger Award


      Personal life


      In addition to being a scientist, Greer is also an accomplished pianist. She took piano lessons starting at age 5 and has studied music at several institutions, including Moscow's Gnessin School of Music, the Eastman School of Music, MIT, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Stanford University.
      Greer also loves rollerblading. She will occasionally rollerblade to and from work and has even participated in a rollerblading marathon.


      External media and links


      Lecture given at the 2014 MRS Fall Meeting for receiving the Kavli Early Career Award in Nanoscience: "Three Dimensional Architected Nanostructured Meta-Materials"
      Talk given at TEDxCERN in 2014: "The surprising strengths of materials in the nanoworld"
      Talk given at TEDxManhattanBeach in 2016: "Nanotechnology: When Less is More"
      STEM Gems feature: "Bigger Doesn’t Always Mean Stronger: Julia Greer is Changing the Idea of How Materials Are Made"
      Publications by Julia R. Greer at ResearchGate
      Julia R. Greer publications indexed by Google Scholar
      Lab website


      References

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