Garrett A. Duncan, Ph.D,
"a terrific asset as a teacher and colleague"
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Garrett A. Duncan, Ph.D, "a terrific asset as a teacher and colleague" |
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Introducing new faculty members
The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space. Lev Gelb, Ph.D., joins the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. He earned a doctorate from the University of Cambridge and a bachelor's from Columbia University. A theoretical chemist with a particular focus on statistical mechanics and molecular simulation, his research centers on theoretical studies of nanostructured materials such as silica aerogels and xerogels, and fluids trapped in nanoscale pores; he also is interested in nanotechnology and nanomachinery. Most recently, he was an assistant professor of chemistry at Florida State University. His awards include a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER award, NSF Graduate Fellowship, British Marshall Scholarship, Honorary Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Scholar and Perkin-Elmer Corporate Scholarship. Amy Walker, Ph.D., joins the Department of Chemistry in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. She earned a bachelor's in 1995 and doctorate in 1998, both from the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on using surface science techniques and imaging mass spectrometry to build and study molecular electronic devices and complex interfaces. She also works on the development of new secondary ion mass spectrometry ion sources, improving mass and spatial resolution in imaging mass spectrometry, making metallic contacts to molecules and measuring the electrical behavior of thin films. Most recently, she was a postdoctoral scholar at Pennsylvania State University. Her awards include several "best paper"conference prizes; a research studentship from Shell Research and Technology Centre, Amsterdam and a Nuffield Foundation Under-graduate Research Bursary. Carrine Blank, Ph.D., joins the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. She earned a bachelor's from the University of Washington in 1992 and a doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2002. She uses geochemical and molecular biological approaches to study microbial populations in Yellowstone National Park. She also studies the evolutionary history of microbes as a means of understanding the early evolution of life, the geochemical conditions under which early life evolved, and how microbes have influenced the changing chemistry of the Earth through time. Jennifer Smith, Ph.D., joins the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor. She earned a bachelor's magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1996, and a master's in 1998 and doctorate in 2001, both from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on developing landscape and climate histories for regions surrounding archaeological sites, with the goal of examining human-environment interaction in the archaeological record. |
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