1 | Name: | Dr. Dawn A. Bonnell | |
Institution: | University of Pennsylvania | ||
Year Elected: | 2024 | ||
Class: | 1. Mathematical and Physical Sciences | ||
Subdivision: | 103. Engineering | ||
Residency: | Resident | ||
Living? : | Living | ||
Birth Date: | 1961 | ||
Dr. Bonnell is the is the Henry Robinson Towne Professor of Engineering and Applied Science and the Senior Vice Provost for Research at the University of Pennsylvania. She received her B.A. and PhD from the University of Michigan and was a Fulbright scholar to the Max-Planck-Institute in Stuttgart, Germany. Dr. Bonnell is recognized for advances in atomic imaging and local electronic structure of complex surfaces, obtaining the first scanning probe images of atoms on oxide surfaces, a result that generated a new field of research. She has advanced probes of local properties, interfaces in electronic and plasmonic hybrid nanostructures, and ferroelectric nanolithography. She has served as President AVS: Science and Technology Society and vice President of the American Ceramic Society. She has authored or coauthored over 250 publications and edited or coedited seven books. Dr. Bonnell received the Sosman Award from the American Ceramic Society, the AVS Nanotechnology Award, the Staudinger/Durrer Medal from ETH Zurich, and several distinguished lectureships. She is a fellow of the Materials Research Society, Honorary Fellow of the AVS, Distinguished Life Fellow of the ACerS, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. |