Mary E. Galvin is an American scientist and the former Dean of the
University of Notre Dame College of Science
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= Education =
She earned her
BA in
chemistry
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at
Manhattanville College and her
MSc
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degrees in
polymers and
materials science at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
= Career and Research =
Galvin worked at
Bell Laboratories following the completion of her doctorate work until 1998, when she joined the faculty at the
University of Delaware. In 2005, Galvin entered the private sector as a technical lead in new technology development at
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. In 2013, she became the director of the Materials Science division at the
National Science Foundation, and then in 2015 began as the dean of the
Notre Dame College of Science
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History
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= Awards =
* Fellow of the
American Physical Society
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- 1999
* Elected fellow of the
Materials Research Society.
* Served on the board of directors for the Materials Research Society. - 2008 to 2009
* Served on the Advisory Council for the
Gordon Research Conferences
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- 2001 to 2003
* Director's Award for Collaborative Integration,
National Science Foundation - 2012
References
American materials scientists
Manhattanville University alumni
MIT School of Engineering alumni
University of Notre Dame faculty
Scientists from New York (state)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Fellows of the American Physical Society
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