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Julia R. Greer
Assistant
Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford
University (2005) M.S., Materials Science and Engineering,
Stanford University (2000) B.S., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (1997)
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
- DARPA Young Faculty Award (2009)
- National Academy of Engineering’s U.S. Frontiers of Engineering
Symposium (2009)
- TR-35 Top Young Innovator Under 35, Technology Review's award honoring
the world's top young innovators (2008)
- “Emerging Leaders” lecturer at UC Santa Barbara (2008)
- NSF CAREER “In-situ Investigation of Plasticity at the Nano-scale” award (2007)
- Gold Medal recipient of the MRS Outstanding Graduate Student Award (2004)
- Winner of Redwood Symphony Piano Concerto competition (2004, 2006) as well as the U.S. Open Concerto Competition (2003).
Julia R. Greer was born in Moscow, Russia, and attended a "Science
and Mathematics" High School as well as the Prep Division of
the Moscow Conservatory School of Music where she studied piano.
After her family’s immigration to the United States in 1992
with no English knowledge, she attended Penfield High School in upstate
New York where she tutored students in Calculus and Differential
Equations in exchange for English interactions. These tutoring sessions
proved to be extremely helpful as Julia went to MIT for her undergraduate
education to major in Chemical Engineering.
After graduation
from MIT, Julia worked as an intern in Components Research Department of Intel
Corp. while pursuing a M.S. In Materials Science at Stanford University, where
she built a novel X-ray diffraction equipment (Generalized Focusing Diffractometer)
in order to study mechanical properties of materials in computer microprocessors
with Dr. Paul Flinn. Specifically, this technique was used for determination
of stress states in Cu and Al interconnect lines on Si substrates. Subsequently,
after working at Intel’s Mask Operations Department for 2 years, Julia
received a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University
studying size effects in plasticity of metals at the nano-scale with Professor
William D. Nix. The scope of this research involved developing a unique fabrication
technique of nano-scale compression samples, design and execution of these mechanical
testing, and the subsequent analysis and modeling of the mechanical response
and microstructural changes in the material. Throughout her graduate career,
Julia gave multiple presentations at many conferences including MRS, TMS, Gordon
Research Conference and was an invited speaker at several of them. She was also
one of 6 recipients of the MRS Gold Award for Outstanding Graduate Student in
2004 and a representative in the Stanford student delegation to the Netherlands.
Prior
to starting her appointment as an Assistant Professor of Materials
Science and Engineering at California Institute of Technology in June
of 2007, Julia has been a post-doctoral fellow at PARC, Palo Alto Research
Center, from August of 2005 until May of 2007. In order to broaden
her expertise, she is working investigating the behavior of organic
semiconductor - thin film transistors (OTFTs) as well as nano-ink-derived
metals for jet-printing in flexible electronics with Dr. Robert A.
Street.
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