Cammy R. Abernathy is a materials scientist who is the current dean of the University of Florida's Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering.

Education

Abernathy graduated from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

in 1980 followed by MS and PhD degrees from

Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

. She received all three of her degrees in materials science and engineering.

Recognition

Abernathy was recognized as a

Fellow of the American Physical Society The American Physical Society honors members with the designation ''Fellow'' for having made significant accomplishments to the field of physics. The following lists are divided chronologically by the year of designation. * List of American Physic ...

in 2009 "for contributions to the development of compound semiconductor materials growth using molecular beam epitaxy". She is also a fellow of the

American Vacuum Society AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and ProcessingAIP: A Federation of the Physical Sciences

. In 2016, the Association for Academic Women at the

University of Florida The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...

honored Dean Abernathy as its 2016 Woman of Distinction for her leadership and commitment to diversity and inclusion.

References

Living people University of Florida faculty MIT School of Engineering alumni Stanford University School of Engineering alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) American materials scientists Women materials scientists and engineers Fellows of the American Physical Society {{US-academic-administrator-stub