Jacqueline Krim

Jacqueline Krim is an American condensed matter physicist specializing in nanotribology, the study of film growth, friction, and wetting of nanoscale surfaces.{{r|slippery|adler}} She is a Distinguished University Professor of Physics at North Carolina State University.{{r|profile}}

Education and career

Krim graduated from the University of Montana in 1978 and completed a Ph.D. in experimental condensed matter physics at the University of Washington in 1984.{{r|ieee}} After postdoctoral research at Aix-Marseille University, she became a faculty member at Northeastern University, and moved to North Carolina State University in 1998.{{r|profile}}

Recognition

Krim is a fellow of the American Vacuum Society (1999){{r|AVS}} and the American Physical Society (2000).{{r|profile}} The Division of Materials Physics of the American Physical Society named her as their David Adler Lecturer for 2015.{{r|adler}} In 2019 she was elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science "for distinguished contributions to the understanding of atomic-scale friction, wetting and surface roughening and for exemplary efforts in scientific outreach and diversity".{{r|aaas}} She received a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1986.{{r|PYI}}{{cite web|title = Presidential Young Investigator Certificate|url=https://www.physics.ncsu.edu/nanotribology/director/young-investigator.jpg| access-date=2020-08-23}}

References

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{{citation|url=https://news.ncsu.edu/2019/12/2019-nc-state-faculty-aaas-fellows/|title=2 NC State Faculty Named AAAS Fellows|date=December 4, 2019|publisher=North Carolina State University|accessdate=2020-06-08}}

{{citation|url=https://www.aps.org/units/dmp/awards/recipient.cfm?first_nm=Jacqueline&last_nm=Krim&year=2015|title=2015 Recipient: Jacqueline Krim|work=David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics|publisher=APS Division of Materials Physics|accessdate=2020-06-08}}

{{citation|url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/37316953400|title=Jacqueline Krim|work=Author profiles|publisher=IEEE|accessdate=2020-06-08}}

{{citation|url=https://physics.sciences.ncsu.edu/people/jkrim/|title=Jacqueline Krim, Distinguished University Professor|publisher=NCSU Physics|accessdate=2020-06-08}}

{{citation|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/scientists-seek-materials-defy-friction-atomic-level|title=Scientists seek materials that defy friction at the atomic level: Going super-slippery could help cut down on energy loss|magazine=Science News|first=Emily|last=Conover|date=August 1, 2019}}

{{cite web|title = Presidential Young Investigator Award #DMR8657211 |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8657211&HistoricalAwards=false|access-date=2020-08-23}}

{{cite web|url=https://www.avs.org/Awards-Recognition/Society-Honors/Fellow-of-the-Society|title=Fellows of the Society|access-date=2020-09-15|archive-date=2020-01-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129190644/https://avs.org/Awards-Recognition/Society-Honors/Fellow-of-the-Society|url-status=dead}}

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