Lynn Walker is a professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota. Her research considers the rheology of complex fluids and how nanostructure impacts the behavior of complex systems. She is a Fellow of the

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, the

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, and the

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Early life and education

In 1990, Walker obtained her B.Sc. degree in chemical engineering at the University of New Hampshire. She then obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Delaware in 1995, under the supervision of

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. She did her postdoctoral research at

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, where she continued to investigate the rheology and rheo-optics of liquid crystalline polymers.

Research and career

In 1997, Walker joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at

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. Her research efforts look to develop rheological characterization and the development of macromolecular analytical techniques. Her early work characterized non-Newtonian fluids. She has since demonstrated that inkjet printing can be used for biomaterials and solution shearing can be used to control the order of block copolymers. She developed a microtensiometer platform that made it possible to study the dynamics of physical processes at oil-water interfaces. Walker was a visiting professor at Polymer IRC, University of Leeds during her sabbatical in 2007. Within Carnegie Mellon University, Walker also has courtesy appointments in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Materials Science & Engineering. In 2023 September, Walker left CMU, where she worked 26 years, and joined University of Minnesota.

Awards and honors

* 2015

Mentorship Excellence Award * 2016 Barbara Lazarus Award for Graduate Student and Junior Faculty Mentoring * 2017 Elected Fellow of the

* 2022

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Selected publications

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References

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