Susan Sinnott | |
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Born | Susan Buthaina Sinnott |
Alma mater |
University of Texas at Austin (BS) Iowa State University (PhD) |
Awards | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Computational materials science Computational physics Computational chemistry [1] |
Institutions |
Pennsylvania State University University of Florida University of Kentucky United States Naval Research Laboratory |
Thesis | Density functional studies: first principles and semi-empirical calculations of clusters and surfaces (1993) |
Website |
research |
Susan Buthaina Sinnott is professor and head of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University. [1] [2] Sinnott is a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Physical Society (APS). She has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Computational Materials Science since 2014.
Sinnott received a bachelors of science in chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. [3] [4] She moved to Iowa State University for her graduate studies, and earned her doctoral degree in physical chemistry in 1993. [3]
After graduating Sinnott moved to the United States Naval Research Laboratory where she worked on surface chemistry. [3] [5]
After two years at the Naval Research Laboratory, Sinnott was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. [7] In 2000 she was recruited to the University of Florida as an Associate Professor. [3] Sinnott was promoted to Professor at the University of Florida in 2005, where she led projects on cyber infrastructure and quantum theory. [3] In 2015 Sinnott was appointed Head of Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. [3] [8] [9]
Sinnott's research involves the development of computational methods to understand the electronic and atomic structure of materials. [1] Her computational models include continuum level modelling and fluid dynamics and take into account material behaviour at the nanoscale. [7] She has investigated the formation and role of grain boundaries, dopants, defects and heterogeneous interfaces. [10] [11] Her research has considered perovskites, showing that the alignment or tilting of the perovskite oxygen cages impacts the materials properties. [12] Sinnott has served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Computational Materials Science since 2014. [10]
Her principal research interests at Penn State University include two-dimensional and nano-structured materials, gas adsorption and separation in porous solid materials, and condensed matter physics. [13]
Her awards include:
Her publications [1] [2] include
Susan Sinnott | |
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![]() Susan Sinnott in 2015 | |
Born | Susan Buthaina Sinnott |
Alma mater |
University of Texas at Austin (BS) Iowa State University (PhD) |
Awards | Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010) |
Scientific career | |
Fields |
Computational materials science Computational physics Computational chemistry [1] |
Institutions |
Pennsylvania State University University of Florida University of Kentucky United States Naval Research Laboratory |
Thesis | Density functional studies: first principles and semi-empirical calculations of clusters and surfaces (1993) |
Website |
research |
Susan Buthaina Sinnott is professor and head of materials science and engineering at Pennsylvania State University. [1] [2] Sinnott is a fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Physical Society (APS). She has served as editor-in-chief of the journal Computational Materials Science since 2014.
Sinnott received a bachelors of science in chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin. [3] [4] She moved to Iowa State University for her graduate studies, and earned her doctoral degree in physical chemistry in 1993. [3]
After graduating Sinnott moved to the United States Naval Research Laboratory where she worked on surface chemistry. [3] [5]
After two years at the Naval Research Laboratory, Sinnott was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky. [7] In 2000 she was recruited to the University of Florida as an Associate Professor. [3] Sinnott was promoted to Professor at the University of Florida in 2005, where she led projects on cyber infrastructure and quantum theory. [3] In 2015 Sinnott was appointed Head of Materials Science and Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. [3] [8] [9]
Sinnott's research involves the development of computational methods to understand the electronic and atomic structure of materials. [1] Her computational models include continuum level modelling and fluid dynamics and take into account material behaviour at the nanoscale. [7] She has investigated the formation and role of grain boundaries, dopants, defects and heterogeneous interfaces. [10] [11] Her research has considered perovskites, showing that the alignment or tilting of the perovskite oxygen cages impacts the materials properties. [12] Sinnott has served as editor-in-chief of the scientific journal Computational Materials Science since 2014. [10]
Her principal research interests at Penn State University include two-dimensional and nano-structured materials, gas adsorption and separation in porous solid materials, and condensed matter physics. [13]
Her awards include:
Her publications [1] [2] include