Principal Investigator
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Meet our PI: Selected Significant Services
2023 Co-Organizer, Faraday Discussion: Iontonics, Edinburgh, UK, June 21-23, 2023
2023 Co-Organizer, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics: Nanoparticle Assemblies Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, March 27-May 19, 2023
2022-24 Committee on Publications, National Academy of Sciences
2021-23 Editorial Board, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2020 Subcommittee, Basic Energy Sciences, Strategies in research, facilities, and funding mechanisms, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy
2020-26 International Scientific Committee, Ecole Supérieure de Physique et Chimie Industrielle de la ville de Paris (ESPCI Paris)
2019-27 Gordon Research Conferences Board of Trustees
2017-Present CIC biomaGUNE Scientific Advisory Board, San Sebastian, Spain
2017-18 Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Basic Energy Sciences, Department of Energy, Subcommittee of the Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC)
2016 Committee on Vision of the Future of Center-Based, Multidisciplinary Engineering Research, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering & Medicine
2015-Present International Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Physics, Mainz, Germany
2015 ARO Workshop on Potential Future Directions, NC, Sept 24-25
2015 ARO Biennial Review of Life Sciences, May 6-8
2015-22 Senior Editor, ACS Journal of Central Science
2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) Advisory Committee for International Science and Engineering
2013- Advisory Committee, Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts (NU-ACCESS), Northwestern
2013 Co-Chair, NSF Workshop on Opportunities in Theoretical and Computational Polymeric Materials and Soft Matter, Santa Barbara, CA, October 20-22
2013 Co-Organizer, Evolution of Colloidal Matter, New York City, NY, June 27-29, 2013-14
2013 Committee on Key Challenge Areas for Convergence and Health, National Research Council (NRC), National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
2012-22 Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (BESAC), Department of Energy (DOE)
2012 Committee on Societal Benefits from Condensed Matter and Materials Research, NRC
2012-13 Science and Technology for Defense Warning, NRC, NAS
2009 Launched NSF funded Univ. Texas San Antonio PREM in association with NU-MRSEC
2009-15 Board of Physics and Astronomy, NRC, NAS
2010-12 Chair, Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee, NRC, NAS
2009-10 Vice-Chair, Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee, NRC, NAS
2008-09 Vice-Chair, Solid State Science Committee, NRC, NAS
2008-09 Chair, NSF-MRSEC Directors Executive Committee
2007-09 Research at the Intersection of Physical and Life Sciences, Committee on Forefronts of Science at the Interface of Physical and Life Sciences, NRC, NAS
2007-09 Chair, NSF Division of Materials Research Advisory Committee
2007-09 NSF Advisory Panel on Light Source Facilities
2006-08 Leadership Council, NSF National Center for Learning and Teaching in Nano-Science and Engineering (NCLT)
2005-08 Solid State Science Committee, NRC, NAS
2005-09 NSF Mathematical and Physical Sciences Directorate Advisory Committee
2004 NSF Role of Theory in Biological Physics and Materials (co-organizer; plenary speaker)
1999-06 Director, Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) and Minority Research Initiative (MRI), Northwestern University
1997-04 Director & Co-Founder, Integrated Graduate Program to Prepare Educators of Materials Technologists, Northwestern University (created the degree)
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Contact info
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
2220 Campus Drive, Silverman Hall Rm 4621
Evanston, IL 60208 | Phone: (847) 491-7801
m-olvera@northwestern.edu