Marjorie Olmstead

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Marjorie Ann Olmstead
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Fields Physics
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Thesis Optical properties and atomic structure of cleaved silicon and germanium surfaces as determined by photothermal displacement spectroscopy  (1985)

Marjorie Ann Olmstead is an American condensed matter physicist.

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Education

Olmstead majored in physics at Swarthmore College for her B.A. and graduated with highest honours in 1979. After her junior year, she worked at Bell Labs for a summer through a research program to support women and minority groups, where she became interested in the interactions between semiconductors and insulators when creating stacks. [1] She received her M.A. in 1982 and her PhD in 1985, both from the University of California, Berkeley. [2]

Career

After graduating, Olmstead took position at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1985. Though she could have stayed there permanently, she was interested in teaching and applied for faculty positions. [1] She became assistant professor at the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. [3]

Olmstead is currently a professor at the University of Washington. [4] She also acts as Undergraduate Faculty Advisor, [5] Associate Chair of physics [4] and manages a Nanotechnology PhD Program. She was hired at UW in 1991 as an assistant professor, then became associate professor in 1993 and full professor in 1997. [6]

Her main research focus, broadly stated, is investigating "interfaces between dissimilar materials". She develops techniques to grow and characterise high-quality thin films and layered systems including materials such as calcium fluoride, silicon and gallium arsenide. [1] [4]

In 1999, Olmstead was chair of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics. [7]

Awards and honours

Personal life

Olmstead is married and has two children. [4]

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  2. 1 2 "Dr. Marjorie Olmsted". avs.org. 1994. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Prize Recipient". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Marjorie Olmstead | Department of Physics | University of Washington". phys.washington.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  5. ↑ Mursch, Monica (2020-01-09). "What happens when another STEM major joins the capacity-constrained rankings". The Daily of the University of Washington. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. 1 2 "Olmstead CV". faculty.washington.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  7. ↑ "Past Chairs". aps.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  8. ↑ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  9. ↑ "Prof. Dr. Marjorie Ann Olmstead". www.humboldt-foundation.de. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  10. ↑ "Fellow of the Society". avs.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  11. ↑ "Peter Mark Memorial Award". avs.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  12. ↑ "NSF91150 - America's Academic Future". nsf.gov. 1992-01-01. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
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