Nancy Johnson Dudney is a retired American materials scientist, formerly a corporate fellow at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is known for her research on electric batteries and energy storage. [1]
Dudney graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1975, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. She earned a Ph.D. in ceramics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [2] supervised by Robert L. Coble. [3]
She joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1979 for postdoctoral research as a Wigner Fellow, and obtained a permanent staff researcher position there in 1981. She became a group leader in thin film ceramics in 1999, a senior research staff member in 2006, and a distinguished senior research staff member in 2010. [2] She retired in 2021. [1] [4]
Dudney was named as a fellow of the Electrochemical Society in 2013. UT–Battelle named her as a distinguished inventor in 2014, [4] and Oak Ridge named her as a corporate fellow in 2015. [5] She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022, [4] "for contributions to the development of high-performance solid-state rechargeable batteries". [6]
Nancy Johnson Dudney is a retired American materials scientist, formerly a corporate fellow at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She is known for her research on electric batteries and energy storage. [1]
Dudney graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1975, with a bachelor's degree in chemistry. She earned a Ph.D. in ceramics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [2] supervised by Robert L. Coble. [3]
She joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1979 for postdoctoral research as a Wigner Fellow, and obtained a permanent staff researcher position there in 1981. She became a group leader in thin film ceramics in 1999, a senior research staff member in 2006, and a distinguished senior research staff member in 2010. [2] She retired in 2021. [1] [4]
Dudney was named as a fellow of the Electrochemical Society in 2013. UT–Battelle named her as a distinguished inventor in 2014, [4] and Oak Ridge named her as a corporate fellow in 2015. [5] She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2022, [4] "for contributions to the development of high-performance solid-state rechargeable batteries". [6]