Laura H. Greene

Laura H. Greene is the Francis Eppes Professor of Physics and chief scientist at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University, where she has taught since 2015. She is also the associate director for the Center for Emergent Superconductivity, a consortium of researchers from Brookhaven National Lab, Argonne National Lab and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who advance the understanding and control of materials, mechanisms and critical currents of superconductors. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 2017 she became President of the American Physical Society. She chairs the Board of Governors for the International Institute for Complex and Adaptive Matter (I2CAM). Prior to joining Florida State University, Greene worked at AT&T Bell Labs (later Bellcore) from 1984 to 1993, and then taught at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was the Swanlund and Center for Advanced Study Professor of Physics, from 1993 to 2015. Her research in experimental condensed matter physics focusing on aspects of highly-correlated electron systems and novel materials. Thin film and multilayer growth, materials analysis and physical measurements including tunneling, electronic transport, magnetic resonance and optical techniques are employed to investigate mechanisms of superconductivity and transport across superconducting interfaces. Present research investigates the role of broken symmetries and their physical ramifications in condensed matter systems, especially that of spontaneously broken time reversal symmetry in unconventional superconductors. She is the winner of the E. O. Lawrence Award for Materials Research from the Department of Energy. Greene is a champion for diversity and is active in promoting equal rights for women and minorities. She is a member of the Department of State supported COACh team, an organization for assisting in the success and impact of women scientists and engineers. Greene received the B.S. (1974) and M.S. (1978) degrees in physics from the Ohio State University, worked at Hughes Aircraft, and then received the M.S. (1980) and Ph.D. (1984) in experimental physics from Cornell University.