Susan Margulies

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Susan Margulies
Alma mater Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Scientific career
Institutions National Science Foundation

Emory University
Georgia Institute of Technology
University of Pennsylvania

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Mayo Clinic
Thesis Biomechanics of traumatic coma in the primate  (1987)
Doctoral students Brittany Coats

Susan Margulies is an American engineer and former assistant director of the U.S. National Science Foundation, heading the Directorate for Engineering (2021-2025). [1] She is also the Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Injury Biomechanics and Professor in the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, where she served as chair from 2017 to 2021. [2] She is a world leader in the biomechanics of head injury in children.

Early life and education

Margulies grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. [3] She completed her Bachelor's at Princeton University, where she majored in mechanical and aerospace engineering. [3] She graduated summa cum laude in 1982. [4] She spent her summer holidays at Massachusetts Institute of Technology completing research related to biology. [5] She earned her Master's and PhD at University of Pennsylvania in 1987. [3] Her dissertation, Biomechanics of traumatic coma in the primate, considered diffuse axonal injury. [6]

Research

After completing her PhD, Margulies joined the Mayo Clinic as a postdoctoral associate in Thoracic Diseases Research, and was promoted to Assistant Professor in Biophysics and Physiology .[5] In 1993 she was appointed as Assistant Professor to the Bioengineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania,.[7] , tenured in 1998, and was promoted to Professor to the Biomedical engineering department at the University of Pennsylvania in Professor in 2004.[5]

In 2017 she was as appointed as the Chair of the Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering [14] and became the first faculty member tenured in both the Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, where she served as department chair in both the [[College of Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology]] and Emory University’s School of Medicine. During her term as Chair, research activity tripled, faculty size increased, space expanded, fundraising increased to record levels, and national rankings rose to #1 in the nation.

During Margulies’ tenure at the U.S. National Science Foundation, the Engineering Directorate provided over 40 percent of federal funding for fundamental research in engineering at academic institutions, leading to innovative nano to macro technologies and sustainable impacts in health, agriculture, clean energy and water, resilient infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, quantum systems, and many other areas. Margulies led the launch of new funding mechanisms to support high risk, high reward projects that expand engineering frontiers. To catalyze strategic priority areas at scale and speed, Margulies launched dozens of partnerships with federal agencies in the US and abroad, and with industry and philanthropic organizations.

As a scholar, Margulies is internationally recognized for pioneering studies to identify mechanisms underlying brain injuries in children and adolescents and lung injuries associated with mechanical ventilation, leading to improved injury prevention, diagnosis and treatments. She has launched numerous training and mentorship programs for students and faculty, created institute-wide initiatives to broaden participation, and led innovative projects in engineering education. With over $35 million in research funding, over 350 peer-reviewed scientific articles and 11 book chapters.[15][16] and 50 graduate and post-doctoral trainees, Margulies’ transdisciplinary scholarly impact has been recognized by her election to the National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Medicine, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Association for the Advancement of Science, Association for the Advancement of Science, and the National Academy of Inventors. In her disciplines she is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Biomedical Engineering Society, and the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.

Honours and awards


References

  1. ↑ "NSF selects Susan S. Margulies to head the Engineering Directorate". www.nsf.gov. July 2021. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  2. ↑ "New chair named for Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering". 22 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 "Meet New Chair Susan Margulies". Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. 1 2 "Honors: GSE, SSW, SEAS, Publications, Solomon Labs, Honorary Degrees". almanac.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Stopping the leak in the pipeline: Dr. Susan Margulies on her career path and work towards equality in academia". Beta Pleated Chic. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  6. ↑ Margulies, Susan Sheps (1987). Biomechanics of traumatic coma in the primate (head injury) (Thesis). University of Pennsylvania.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Canada, The 3rd Biennial Conference on Brain Injury in Children July 9–11, 2013 - Toronto. "Dr. Margulies obtained her BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, and her PhD in Bioengineering from University of Pennsylvania". www.sickkids.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Past Fellows". The Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, TAU. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  9. ↑ "Dr. Susan S. Margulies". NAE Website. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
  10. ↑ "National Academy of Medicine Elects 100 New Members". National Academy of Medicine. 2020-10-19. Retrieved 2021-06-08.
  11. ↑ "New members". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
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