Athena Sefat
Athena Sefat
Born1977
Iran
Alma materMcMaster University (BS, PhD)
Scientific career
Institutions
ThesisMagnetic and electronic transitions in neodymium(1-x) titanium oxide: A study of correlation effects (2005)

Athena Safa Sefat, born 1977 in Iran[1] is a Canadian/American physicist, with research focus on quantum materials and correlated phenomena.[2] She was a senior scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and led the DOE Basic Energy Science on "Probing Competing Chemical, Electronic, and Spin Correlations for Quantum Materials Functionality". She is currently a Program Manager at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences, with Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering.[3]

Early life and education

Sefat was born in Iran and came to Canada in her teens. She studied chemistry for her bachelor's degree at McMaster University (Canada).[1] Sefat remained at McMaster for her PhD, completing a thesis entitled Magnetic and electronic transitions in neodymium(1-x) titanium oxide: A study of correlation effects in 2005[4] where she was supervised by John E. Greedan.[5]

Career and research

Sefat was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship at Ames Laboratory working under Paul C. Canfield.[5] She joined ORNL in 2007 and was awarded the prestigious DOE Office of Science Early Career Award[6] for the period 2010–2015. She is a fellow of the American Physical Society[7] and the Institute of Physics.[8] She serves as a member of the American Physical Society Committee on International Freedom of Scientists,[9] and the Materials Research Society New Meetings Subcommittee.

Sefat has participated in science communication and outreach events like Science Saturdays at ORNL.[1]

Awards and honours

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society[7]
  • Fellow of the Institute of Physics[8]
  • Eugene Wigner Fellowship Award[1]
  • U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Early Career Research Award[1]
  • Named among Thomas Reuters’ top influential researchers for 2014[1][10]
  • 2011 Gordon Battelle Award for Group Scientific Discovery[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 press release knoxnews.com,2015
  2. ↑ "Oak Ridge National Laboratory – Athena S Sefat".
  3. ↑ Sefat, Athena. "Department of Energy - Basic Energy Sciences". Energy.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-03-02. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  4. ↑ Safa-Sefat, Athena (2005). Magnetic and electronic transitions in neodymium(1-x) titanium oxide: A study of correlation effects (Thesis). OCLC 181788652.
  5. 1 2 "AthenaSefat - USERN". usern.tums.ac.ir. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  6. ↑ "Athena Safa Sefat: Then and now | US Department of Energy Science News | EurekAlert! Science News". www.eurekalert.org. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  7. 1 2 "Six ORNL researchers elected fellows of the American Physical Society | ORNL". www.ornl.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  8. 1 2 "ORNL's Sefat named Institute of Physics Fellow | ORNL". www.ornl.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-10.
  9. ↑ "American Physical Society - Committee on International Freedom of Scientists".
  10. ↑ "Five ORNL scientists rated among world's most influential". Oak Ridge Today. 2014-08-01. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  11. ↑ "HFIR and SNS Experiments Take Gordon Battelle Awards for Scientific Discovery | Neutron Science at ORNL". neutrons.ornl.gov. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.