Athena Sefat

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Athena Sefat
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Athena Sefat
Born1977
Iran
Alma mater McMaster University (BS, PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions
Thesis Magnetic and electronic transitions in neodymium(1-x) titanium oxide: A study of correlation effects  (2005)

Athena Safa Sefat, born 1977 in Iran [1] is a Canadian/American physicist, with research focus on quantum materials and correlated phenomena. [2] She was a senior scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and led the DOE Basic Energy Science on "Probing Competing Chemical, Electronic, and Spin Correlations for Quantum Materials Functionality". She is currently a Program Manager at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, with Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering. [3]

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Early life and education

Sefat was born in Iran and came to Canada in her teens. She studied chemistry for her bachelor's degree at McMaster University (Canada). [1] Sefat remained at McMaster for her PhD, completing a thesis entitled Magnetic and electronic transitions in neodymium(1-x) titanium oxide: A study of correlation effects in 2005 [4] where she was supervised by John E. Greedan. [5]

Career and research

Sefat was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Ames Laboratory working under Paul C. Canfield. [5] She joined ORNL in 2007 and was awarded the prestigious DOE Office of Science Early Career Award [6] for the period 2010–2015. She is a fellow of the American Physical Society [7] and the Institute of Physics. [8] She serves as a member of the American Physical Society Committee on International Freedom of Scientists, [9] and the Materials Research Society New Meetings Subcommittee.

Sefat has participated in science communication and outreach events like Science Saturdays at ORNL. [1]

Awards and honours

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 press release knoxnews.com,2015
  2. ↑ "Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Athena S Sefat".
  3. ↑ Sefat, Athena. "Department of Energy - Basic Energy Sciences". Energy.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. ↑ Safa-Sefat, Athena (2005). Magnetic and electronic transitions in neodymium(1-x) titanium oxide: A study of correlation effects (Thesis). OCLC   181788652.
  5. 1 2 "AthenaSefat - USERN". usern.tums.ac.ir. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  6. ↑ "Athena Safa Sefat: Then and now | US Department of Energy Science News | EurekAlert! Science News". www.eurekalert.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. 1 2 "Six ORNL researchers elected fellows of the American Physical Society | ORNL". www.ornl.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  8. 1 2 "ORNL's Sefat named Institute of Physics Fellow | ORNL". www.ornl.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  9. ↑ "American Physical Society - Committee on International Freedom of Scientists".
  10. ↑ "Five ORNL scientists rated among world's most influential". Oak Ridge Today. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  11. ↑ "HFIR and SNS Experiments Take Gordon Battelle Awards for Scientific Discovery | Neutron Science at ORNL". neutrons.ornl.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
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