Caroline Anne Ross

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Caroline Anne Ross
Born
London, United Kingdom
Alma materCambridge University (BA, 1985) Cambridge University (PhD, 1988)
Scientific career
FieldsMagnetic materials

Nanotechnology

Photonics
InstitutionsMIT (1997-present)

Caroline Anne Ross is a British physicist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2004 [1] for innovative research into the magnetic properties of thin film and nanoscale structures, and for the development of novel lithographic and self-assembly methods for nanostructure fabrication and named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2013 [2] for contributions to synthesis and characterization of nanoscale structures and films for magnetic and magneto-optical devices. She is the Associate Head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.

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Early life and education

Ross was born in London, England. She received her B.A. in Materials Science from Cambridge University in 1985 and her PhD in Materials Science from Cambridge University in 1988. [3] After a postdoc at Harvard University, she became a research engineer at Komag Inc, a manufacturer of hard disks from 1991 to 1997. [4] [5]

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  3. Madsen, Lynnette (2016-02-01). Successful Women Ceramic and Glass Scientists and Engineers: 100 Inspirational Profiles. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-1-118-73360-8.
  4. "Caroline Ross | Spintronic Materials for Advanced InfoRmation Technologies | College of Science and Engineering". cse.umn.edu. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  5. Kim, Dong Hun; Ning, Shuai; Ross, Caroline A. (2019-08-01). "Self-assembled multiferroic perovskite–spinel nanocomposite thin films: epitaxial growth, templating and integration on silicon". Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 7 (30): 9128–9148. doi:10.1039/C9TC02033K. ISSN   2050-7534. S2CID   199189622.
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