Sharon C. Glotzer

Research ranges from advancing fundamental understanding of the glass transition to the design of novel self-assembling nanomaterials. Discovered the collective stringlike motion of molecules in glassy liquids, which forms the basis for theories of the glass transition. Leader in the development of design principles underlying the self-assembly of anisotropic and patchy particles- a work of enormous significance because it enables the rational design of complex structures from simple nano-scale building blocks. Discovered that hard tetrahedra assemble into an entropy-stabilized dodecagonal quasicrystal and holds the world record for the densest packing of these particles. Service activities support the The National Academies, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, American Physical Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, and several university advisory boards. Work has been sponsored by the Department of Defense, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, NASA, and the J.S. McDonnell Foundation, among others. Fellow, American Physical Society. National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellow, Department of Defense.