Athena Lecture 2016: Order, Disorder, Complex Fluids & Life Professor Al...
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 29 Ιουν 2016
The
Athena Lecture series celebrates the achievements of women in science,
technology and medicine. It is given annually by a prominent female
scientist who has made outstanding contributions in any of these fields.
Professor
Alice Gast research interests are in surface and interfacial phenomena,
in particular the physics of complex fluids, colloidal suspensions,
micelles, membranes and proteins. Her areas of research include
ordering, magnetic suspensions, protein lipid interactions, and enzymes
at surfaces. She has applied light, x-ray and neutron scattering along
with statistical mechanical methods to study colloidal, polymeric and
biological systems.
She was a faculty member in Chemical
Engineering at Stanford University from 1985 to 2001, being promoted to
full professor in 1995. At Stanford she was also a Courtesy Professor of
Chemistry and affiliated with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation
Laboratory. In 2001, she moved to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology where she served as Vice-President for Research and Associate
Provost and held the Robert T. Haslam Chair in Chemical Engineering
until 2006.
She is the co-author of “Physical Chemistry of
Surfaces, 7th edition” with Arthur Adamson and has over 125
peer-reviewed publications, and over 200 conference presentations.
Since
2006 she has worked full-time as an academic leader and administrator.
Prior to her appointment as President of Imperial College London in
September 2014, Professor Gast was the 13th President of Lehigh
University, Pennsylvania.
She is a fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of
Engineering. She is also a member and has held various leadership roles
in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American
Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the
American Physical Society.
Professor Gast is a member of a number of international advisory committees and boards.
Professor
Gast earned her bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from
University of Southern California in 1980 and her master's and Ph.D. in
Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1981 and 1984. She
spent several years of her scientific career overseas, first as a
postdoctoral student on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
fellowship at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie
Industrielles in Paris. While serving as professor of chemical
engineering at Stanford University, she returned to Paris for a
sabbatical as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in
1991. In 1999, she was an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow in
Munich, Germany.
Professor Gast is married to Bradley J. Askins, and they have two children, Rebecca and David.
Athena Lecture series celebrates the achievements of women in science,
technology and medicine. It is given annually by a prominent female
scientist who has made outstanding contributions in any of these fields.
Professor
Alice Gast research interests are in surface and interfacial phenomena,
in particular the physics of complex fluids, colloidal suspensions,
micelles, membranes and proteins. Her areas of research include
ordering, magnetic suspensions, protein lipid interactions, and enzymes
at surfaces. She has applied light, x-ray and neutron scattering along
with statistical mechanical methods to study colloidal, polymeric and
biological systems.
She was a faculty member in Chemical
Engineering at Stanford University from 1985 to 2001, being promoted to
full professor in 1995. At Stanford she was also a Courtesy Professor of
Chemistry and affiliated with the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation
Laboratory. In 2001, she moved to the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology where she served as Vice-President for Research and Associate
Provost and held the Robert T. Haslam Chair in Chemical Engineering
until 2006.
She is the co-author of “Physical Chemistry of
Surfaces, 7th edition” with Arthur Adamson and has over 125
peer-reviewed publications, and over 200 conference presentations.
Since
2006 she has worked full-time as an academic leader and administrator.
Prior to her appointment as President of Imperial College London in
September 2014, Professor Gast was the 13th President of Lehigh
University, Pennsylvania.
She is a fellow of the American Academy
of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of
Engineering. She is also a member and has held various leadership roles
in the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American
Chemical Society, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and the
American Physical Society.
Professor Gast is a member of a number of international advisory committees and boards.
Professor
Gast earned her bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from
University of Southern California in 1980 and her master's and Ph.D. in
Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1981 and 1984. She
spent several years of her scientific career overseas, first as a
postdoctoral student on a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
fellowship at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie
Industrielles in Paris. While serving as professor of chemical
engineering at Stanford University, she returned to Paris for a
sabbatical as a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow in
1991. In 1999, she was an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow in
Munich, Germany.
Professor Gast is married to Bradley J. Askins, and they have two children, Rebecca and David.
Κατηγορία
Άδεια
- Τυπική άδεια YouTube
ANAΡΤΗΣΗ ΑΠΟ ΤΟ YOUTUBE 1/7/2016
