Zuzanna Stefania Siwy (born 1972) is a Polish–American chemist at the University of California, Irvine. Her research considers synthetic nanopores and their application in ionic devices. She is a Fellow of the

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and Foundation for Polish Science.

Early life and education

Siwy is from Poland. She studied chemistry at the

Silesian University of Technology The Silesian University of Technology (Polish name: Politechnika Śląska; ) is a university located in the Polish province of Silesia, with most of its facilities in the city of Gliwice. It was founded in 1945 by Polish professors of the Lwow P ...

in Poland. She graduated with a master's degree in polymer technology in 1995, before completing a doctorate in chemical sciences in 1997. Siwy was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Florida.

Research and career

Siwy joined the faculty at the University of California, Irvine in 2005. In 2012 she was made Professor of Chemical Physics. She studies synthetic nanopores, which she looks to use as templates for biomimetic channels as well as ionic diodes and transistors.

Awards and honours

* 2000 Elected Fellow of the Foundation for Polish Science * 2001 Elected Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation * 2007

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Fellow * 2008 National Science Foundation CAREER Award * 2009 Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award * 2009 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers * 2012 University of California, Irvine Distinguished Mid-Career Faculty Award for Research * 2013 Elected Fellow of the

* 2019 Elected Fellow of the

Selected publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Siwy, Zuzanna S. 1972 births Living people American people of Polish descent Polish women scientists Polish women chemists University of California, Irvine faculty Fellows of the American Physical Society Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science Inorganic chemists