Julia Chan (chemist)
{{short description|American chemist and researcher}}
{{Infobox scientist
| image = Julia Chan at GRC SSC 2022.jpg
| caption = Julia Chan at GRC SSC 2022
| name = Julia Y. Chan
| alma_mater = University of California, Davis (PhD)
Baylor University (BS)
| workplaces = University of Texas at Dallas
Louisiana State University
National Institute of Standards and Technology
| doctoral_advisor = Susan M. Kauzlarich
| awards = ACS Fellow (2024), AAAS Fellow (2019)
}}
Julia Y. Chan is a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Baylor University. Chan is an expert in the area of intermetallic crystal growth with a focus on new quantum materials. She is a fellow of both the American Chemical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Early life and education
Chan moved to New York City at the age of eight and spent her childhood in North America.{{Cite journal|last=VOITH|first=MELODY|date=2002-06-24|journal=Chemical & Engineering News Archive|volume=80|issue=25|pages=40|doi=10.1021/cen-v080n025.p040|issn=0009-2347|title=Women in Chemistry}} Chan studied at Baylor University and graduated in 1993.{{Cite web|url=https://profiles.utdallas.edu/julia.chan|title=Julia Chan|website=profiles.utdallas.edu|access-date=2019-12-03|archive-date=2019-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203224932/https://profiles.utdallas.edu/julia.chan|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=20590|title=Baylor Chemistry Alum Recognized For Outstanding Contribution|date=2004-09-13|website=Media and Public Relations {{!}} Baylor University|access-date=2019-12-03}} Initially a music major{{snd}}specialising in the violin{{snd}}she soon became interested in chemistry.{{Cite web|url=https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=4424|title=Baylor Alum Named 'Rising Star' In Chemistry|date=2003-02-04|website=Media and Public Relations {{!}} Baylor University|access-date=2019-12-04}} At Baylor, Chan worked under the supervision of Carlos Manzanares and Marianna Busch. She earned her doctoral degree under the supervision of Susan M. Kauzlarich at the University of California, Davis in 1998.{{Cite web|url=http://icfe8.uniud.it/indexf7a0.html?q=node/41|title=Keynote Speakers {{!}} icfe|website=icfe8.uniud.it|access-date=2019-12-04}} Chan completed postdoctoral research in the ceramics division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.{{Cite web|url=https://materials.princeton.edu/events/prismpccm-seminar-series-fall-2018-julia-chan-university-texas-dallas|title=PRISM/PCCM SEMINAR SERIES FALL 2018: Julia Chan, University of Texas, Dallas|website=PRISM|language=en|access-date=2019-12-04|archive-date=2019-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204222423/https://materials.princeton.edu/events/prismpccm-seminar-series-fall-2018-julia-chan-university-texas-dallas|url-status=dead}} She has continued to play violin in her church orchestra.
Research and career
Chan began her career as an assistant professor of chemistry at Louisiana State University in 2000. In 2002 she was awarded an National Science Foundation CAREER Award and selected as one of the American Chemical Society women making an impact in chemistry. In 2004 Chan was awarded an ExxonMobil Faculty Fellowship Award. She was part of the 2010 American Chemical Society Women Chemists of Colour Summit.{{Cite web|url=http://cenblog.org/the-editors-blog/2010/08/women-chemists-of-color-on-credentials/|title=Women chemists of color on credentials|date=2010-08-25|website=The Editor's Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-04}} She joined the chemistry department at University of Texas at Dallas as a full professor in 2013. In 2022 Chan moved to Baylor University.
At the Baylor University, Chan investigates the physical properties of magnetic materials synthesized in her laboratory, with a focus on the growth and characterization of quantum materials .{{Cite web|url=https://labs.utdallas.edu/chan/|title=Chan Lab – Research Group of Dr. Julia Chan|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-03|archive-date=2019-12-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203225028/https://labs.utdallas.edu/chan/|url-status=dead}} She has developed new techniques to grow single crystals of intermetallic phases. She was the Guest Editor of the American Chemical Society Inorganic Chemistry theme issue on Solid-State Inorganic Chemistry.{{Cite web|url=https://pubs.acs.org/page/inocaj/vi/emerging-solid-state-chemistry|title=Emerging Investigators in Solid-State Inorganic Chemistry Virtual Issue|website=pubs.acs.org|language=en|access-date=2019-12-03}} In 2019 Chan was inducted into the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
= Awards and honors =
Her awards and honors include:
- 2003 American Crystallographic Association Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award{{Cite web|url=https://www.amercrystalassn.org/awards|title=award descriptions|website=www.amercrystalassn.org|access-date=2019-12-04}}{{Cite journal|last=Dacombe|first=M.|date=2003-12-01|title=Margaret C. Etter Early Career Award presented to Julia Chan|url=https://journals.iucr.org/j/issues/2003/06/00/es0333/|journal=Journal of Applied Crystallography|language=en|volume=36|issue=6|pages=1488|doi=10.1107/S0021889803025974|issn=0021-8898|doi-access=free}}
- 2004 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- 2006 Baylor Alumni Association Outstanding Young Alum{{Cite web|url=https://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=42385|title=Baylor Alumni Association to Honor Outstanding Young Alums at Baylor Homecoming|date=2006-10-12|website=Media and Public Relations {{!}} Baylor University|access-date=2019-12-04}}
- 2008 Iota Sigma Pi Agnes Fay Morgan Research Award{{Cite web|url=https://www2.baylor.edu/baylorproud/2008/07/young-alum-honored-for-research-in-chemistry/|title=Young alum honored for research in chemistry|date=2008-07-11|website=BaylorProud|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-04}}
- 2016 University of Texas at Dallas Women Leading in Diversity Honouree
- 2019 American Chemical Society Wilfred T. Doherty Award for Excellence in Chemistry{{Cite web|url=https://acsdfw.org/wilfred-t-doherty-award-for-excellence-in-chemistry-november-5-2019/|title=Wilfred T. Doherty Award for Excellence in Chemistry, November 5, 2019|last=admin|date=2019-09-05|website=American Chemical Society - Dallas - Fort Worth Section|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-03}}
- 2019 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science{{Cite web|url=http://utdallas.edu/news/faculty/chemistry-aaas-fellows-2019/|title=Chemistry Professors Named Fellows of Prestigious Science Organization|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-03}}
- 2024 Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society{{cite web|url=https://news.web.baylor.edu/news/story/2024/american-chemical-society-names-julia-chan-phd-acs-fellow-2024|title=American Chemical Society Names Julia Chan, Ph.D., ACS Fellow for 2024|last1=Fogleman|first1=Lori|publisher=Baylor University|date=July 31, 2024|access-date=2024-08-07}}
= Selected publications =
- {{Cite journal|last=Chan|first=Julia Y.|date=2006-03-03|title=Metallic spin-liquid behavior of the geometrically frustrated Kondo lattice Pr2Ir2O7|journal=Physical Review Letters|volume=96|issue=8|pages=087204|doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.087204|pmid=16606220|bibcode=2006PhRvL..96h7204N|s2cid=2201650}}
- {{Cite journal|last=Chan|first=Julia Y.|date=1998-11-16|title=Structure and ferromagnetism of the rare-earth zintl compounds: Yb14MnSb11 and Yb14MnBi11|journal=Chemistry of Materials|volume=10|issue=11|pages=3583–3588|doi=10.1021/cm980358i}}
- {{Cite journal|last=Chan|first=Julia Y.|date=1997-12-16|title=Colossal Magnetoresistance in the Transition-Metal Zintl Compound Eu14MnSb11|journal=Chemistry of Materials|volume=9|issue=12|pages=3132–3135|doi=10.1021/cm9704241}}
Chan is a Deputy Editor of Science Advances.{{Cite web|url=https://www.science.org/content/page/science-advances-editorial-board|title=Editorial Board {{!}} Science Advances|website=advances.sciencemag.org|access-date=2019-12-04}}
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Category: Solid state chemists