Zahra Fakhraai: Zahra Fakhraai · Fakhraai, Zahra University of Pennsylvania Curriculum Vitae Zahra Fakhraai Department of Chemistry University of Pennsylvania 231 S. 34th Street

Fakhraai, Zahra University of Pennsylvania

Curriculum Vitae

Zahra Fakhraai

Department of ChemistryUniversity of Pennsylvania231 S. 34th StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19104-6323

Phone: (215) 746-8436

[email protected]

http://web.sas.upenn.edu/fakhraaigroup

Positions

Graduate Chair, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2018-present.

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2017-present.

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, SecondaryAppointment, 2017-present.

Co-PI, “Research and Education for Active Coating Technologies (REACT) for the HumanHabitat”, NSF-Funded PIRE, 2015-present.

Member, Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM),2011-present.

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-2017.

NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison,Advisor: Mark D. Ediger, 2009 - 11.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto,Advisor: Gilbert C. Walker, 2007 - 08.

Professional Preparation

Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 2003 - 07, “Dy-namics of Polymer Thin Films and Surfaces, Advisor: James A. Forrest

M.Sc. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1999 -2001,“Pattern Formation in Viscous Fingering Using Two Miscible Fluids”, Advisor:Shahin Ruhani

B.Sc. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1995 - 1999.

Awards and Scholarships

Penn Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 2018.

University of Waterloo, Young Alumni Award, 2017.

Journal of Physical Chemistry B Lectureship Award, American Chemical Society PHYS divi-sion, 2017.

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Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2015.

NSF CAREER award, 2014-2019.

International Travel Grant Award, American Physical Society, 2014. Co-winner:Dr. Sharareh Tavad-dod, Tarbiat Modaress University, Iran

NSERC Post-Doctoral Scholarship, 2009 - 11.

Frank J. Padden Award, American Physical Society, 2007.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, 2006 -07.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2005.

University of Waterloo President’s Graduate Scholarship, 2005.

Sharif University Award for Outstanding Work towards Master’s Degree, 2001.

Professional Affiliations

Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-present.

Member of the Materials Research Society , 2014-present.

Member of the Biophysical Society, 2013-present.

Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013-Present.

Member of the American Physical Society and Active Member of the Division of PolymerPhysics, 2004-Present.

Member of the American Chemical Society, 2011-Present.

Member of the American Optical Society, 2011-2013.

Publications

Publications at Penn

Peer Reviewed

1. H. Wang‡, J. L. Hor, Y. Zhang‡, T. Liu‡, D. Lee*, and Z. Fakhraai*, ”Dramatic IncreaseIn Polymer Glass Transition Temperature Under Extreme Nanoconfinement In Weakly-Interacting Nanoparticle Films”, ACS Nano DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b01341, ASAP (2018).

2. Y-C. Lin‡, C. Li‡, and Zahra Fakhraai*, “Kinetics of Surface-Mediated Fibrillization of A-β(12-28) Peptides, Langmuir, DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02744 (2018).

3. C. Li‡, S. Lee, Z. Qian, C. Woods‡, S-J. Park*, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Controlling MagneticDipole Resonance in Raspberry-like Metamolecules”, J. Phys. Chem. C., 122, 6808-6817,DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc. 8b00439 (2018).

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4. J. L. Hor, H. Wang‡, Z. Fakhraai,* and D. Lee*, “Effects of Polymer-Nanoparticle Interactionson the Viscosity of Unentangled Polymers Under Extreme Nanoconfinement During Cap-illary Rise Infiltration”, Soft Matter, 14, 2438-2446, DOI:10.1039/C7SM02465G (2018).High-lighted on the cover.

5. J. J. Ferrie, C. M. Haney, J. Yoon, B. Pan, Y-C. Lin‡, Z. Fakhraai, E. Rhoades, A. Nath, andE. J. Petersson*, “Using a Large Ensemble FRET Library with Multiple Probe Pairs to DriveMonte Carlo Simulations of Disordered α-Synuclein, Biophysical Journal, 114, 53-64, DOI:10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.006 (2018).

6. E. D. Cubuk, R. J. S. Ivancic, S. S. Schoenholz, D. J. Strickland, A. Basu, Z. S. Davidson, J.Fontaine, L. Hor, Y. R. Huang, Y. Jiang, N. Keim, K. D. Koshigan, J. Lefever, T. Liu‡, X.-G.Ma, D.J. Magagnosc, C. Ortiz, J. Rieser, A. Shavit, T. Still, Y. Xu, Y. Zhang‡, P. E. Arratia, R.W. Carpick, D. J. Durian, Z. Fakhraai, D. Jerolmack, Daeyeon Lee, J. Li, R. Riggleman, K. T.Turner, A. G. Yodh, D. S. Gianola*, and Andrea J. Liu*, “Universal signatures of plasticityin disordered solids”, Science, 358, 1033-1037, DOI: 10.1126/science.aai8830 (2017).

7. T. Liu‡, A. Exarhos, E. Alguire, F. Gao, E. Salami-Ranjbaran, K. Cheng, T. Jia, J. E. Subotnik,P. J. Walsh, J. M. Kikkawa, and Z. Fakhraai*, “A Birefringent Stable Glass with Predomi-nantly Isotropic Molecular Orientation”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 119, +095502, DOI: 10.1103/Phys-RevLett.119.095502 (2017).Demonstrated that a novel amorphous packing can be achieved in vapor-deposited stable glasses, where the molecule is rotationaly isotropic, but packed in an anisotropic manner.

8. Y. Zhang‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Decoupling of Surface Diffusion and Relaxation Dynamicsof Molecular Glasses”, Proc. Nat. Acd. Sci., 114, 4915 - 4919, doi:10.1073/pnas.1701400114

(2017). Highlighted in Phys.Org, Related Commentary in PNAS. In this work we showed thatsurface diffusion is decoupled from relaxation dynamics at the free surface and is independent of the relaxationdynamics of an ultra-thin film, even when the relaxation times at the free surface are comparable with the timescale of surface diffusion.

9. E. C. Glor‡, A. Angrand†, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Exploring the Broadening and the Existenceof Two Glass Transitions Due to Competing Interfacial Effects in Thin, Supported PolymerFilms”, J. Chem. Phys., 146, +203330, doi: 10.1063/1.4979944 (2017). Invited paper forspecial issues.

10. Y-C Lin‡, M. H. Repollet-Pedrosa, J. J. Ferrie, E. J. Petersson, and Z. Fakhraai*. “Poten-tial Artifacts in Sample Preparation Methods Used for Imaging Amyloid Oligomers andProtofibrils due to Surface-Mediated Fibril Formation “, J. Phys. Chem. B., 121 2534 - 2542,DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b12560 (2017). Demonstrated potential artifacts that arises in sample prepa-ration due to rapid self-assembly of peptides close to surfaces that can show various morphology dependingon the method and speed of drying. We also propose a method of sample preparation that allows artifact-free imaging of fibrils or oligomers that are formed in aqueous environments, but are imaged in dry state forimproved resolution.

11. E. C. Glor‡, R. C. Ferrier, C. Li, R. J. Composto, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Out of-Plane Orienta-tion Alignment and Reorientation Dynamics of Gold Nanorods in Polymer NanocompositeFilms”, Soft Matter, 13, 2207 - 2215. DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02403C (2017).

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12. Y. Zhang‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Invariant Fast Surface Diffusion on the Surfaces of Ultra-stable and Aged Molecular Glasses”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 118, +066101, DOI: 10.1103/Phys-RevLett.118.066101 (2017). We demonstrated that surface diffusion on the surface of glasses of variousstability is constant, and only a function of temperature. These observations rule out the importance of surfacediffusion measurements in understanding the formation of exceptionally stable glasses.

13. Y.-C. Lin‡, H. Komatsu, J. Ma, P. H. Axelsen, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Rapid, Label-Free, Quan-titative Analysis of Amyloid Fibril Polymorphism by Atomic Force Microscopy ”, RCSAdvances, 6, 114286 - 114295, Doi:10.1039/C6RA24031C (2016).

14. Y. Zhang‡, R. Potter†, W. Zhang†, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Using Tobacco Mosaic Virus toProbe Enhanced Surface Diffusion of Molecular Glasses”, Soft Matter, 12, 9115 - 9120, doi:10.1039/C6SM01566B (2016). We developed a novel technique to readily measure diffusion coefficient ofthe surface of organic glasses.

15. Y. Zhang‡, E. Glor‡, M. Li‡, T. Liu‡, K. Wahid†, W. Zhang†, R. A. Riggleman, and Z.Fakhraai*, “Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Ultra-thin Molecular Glass Films”, J. Chem.Phys., 145, +114502, doi: 10.1063/1.4962734 (2016). arXiv preprint version In this paper we show astrong glass to liquid transition in ultra-thin films of organic molecule glasses as the film thickness is decreasedbelow 30 nm. This study shows that the dynamics in organic glasses are strongly correlated with correlationlengths that are at least ten times larger than the molecules’ size.

16. E. C. Glor‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Cooling Rate Dependent Ellipsometry Measurements toDetermine the Dynamics of Thin Glassy Films”,J. of Vis. Exp. (JOVE), 107, e53499, doi:10.3791/53499 (2016).

17. Z. Qian, C. Li‡, Z. Fakhraai*, and S.-J. Park*, “Unusual Weak Interparticle Distance De-pendence in Raman Enhancement from Nanoparticle Dimers ”, J. Phys. Chem. C., 120,1824-1830, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09396 (2016). Highlighted on the cover.

18. E. Glor‡, R. J. Composto, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Glass Transition Dynamics and Fragility ofUltra-Thin Miscible Polymer Blend Films”, Macromolecules, 48, 6682-6689,doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00979 (2015). In this work we showed that length scales of the propaga-tion of interfacial effects into thin polymer films can be as large as 30 nm for a highly miscible polymer blendsystem, where the glass transition temperature and fragility can be tuned by adjusting the blend composition.

19. T. Liu‡, K. Cheng, E. Salami-Ranjbaran, F. Gao, E. Glor‡, M. Li‡, P. J. Walsh*, and Z Fakhraai*“Synthesis and High-Throughput Characterization of Structural Analogues of MolecularGlassformers: 1,3,5-trisarylbenzenes”, Soft Matter, 11, 7558-7566, doi: 10.1039/C5SM01044F(2015).

20. T Liu‡, K. Cheng, E. Salami-Ranjbaran, F. Gao, C. Li‡, X. Tong, Y.-C. Lin‡, Y. Zhang‡, W.Zhang†, L. Klinge‡, P. Walsh* and Z. Fakhraai*, “The Effect of Chemical Structure on theStability of Physical Vapor Deposited Glasses of 1,3,5-triarylbenzene”, J. Chem. Phys., 143,+084506, doi: 10.1063/1.492852, (2015).

21. S. P. Hastings‡, Z. Qian, P. Swanglap, Y. Fang, N. Engheta, S.-J. Park, S. Link, and Z.Fakhraai*, “Modal Interference In Spiky Nanoshells”, Optics Express, 23, 11290-11311, doi:

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10.1364/OE.23.011290, (2015). Developed a simple and robust theoretical tool to calculate the full scat-tering matrix of an arbitrary object using FDTD simulations.

22. Z. Qian, S. P. Hastings‡, C. Li‡, B. Edwards, C. K. McGinn†, N. Engheta, Z. Fakhraai* andS.-J. Park*, “Raspberry-like Metamolecules Exhibiting Strong Magnetic Resonances”,ACSNano , 9, 1263-1270, doi: 10.1021/nn5050678, (2015). Highlighted in Nanotechnology News

23. E. C. Glor‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Facilitation of Interfacial Dynamics in Entangled PolymerFilms”, J. Chem. Phys., 141, +194505, doi: 10.1063/1.4901512, (2014). Demonstrated that enhancedsurface dynamics strongly affects the dynamics of ultra-thin polymer films over length scales of 10-20 nm withthe extent of the effect depending on the molecular weight of the polymer.

24. Y-C Lin‡, E. J. Petersson, Z. Fakhraai*, “Surface Effects Mediate Self-Assembly of Amyloid-β Peptides”, ACS Nano, 8, 10178-10186, doi: 10.1021/nn5031669, (2014). Developed a novelsample preparation method that allows high resolution AFM imaging of the kinetics of amyloid self-assemblyof mono-layer peptides adsorbed on a surface.

25. S. P. Hastings‡, P. Swanglap, Z. Qian, Y. Fang, S.-J. Park*, S. Link, N. Engheta, and Z.Fakhraai*, “Quadrupole Enhanced Raman Scattering (QERS)”, ACS Nano 8, 9025-9034, doi:10.1021/nn5022346, (2014). First experimental demonstration that dark quadrupole modes can efficientlyenhance Raman scattering, with exceptional sensitivity and reproducibility.

26. B. L. Sanchez-Gaytan, Z. Qian, S. P. Hastings‡, M. L. Reca‡, Z. Fakhraai*, and S.-J. Park*,“Controlling the Topography and Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold Nanoshells by aTemplated Surfactant-Assisted Seed Growth Method ”, J. Phys. Chem. C. 117, 8916-8923,doi:10.1021/jp401189k, (2013).

27. B. L. Sanchez-Gaytan, P. Swanglap, T. J. Lamkin‡, R. J. Hickey, Z. Fakhraai,* S. Link, andS.-J. Park*, “Spiky Gold Nanoshells: Synthesis and Enhanced Scattering Properties”,J. Phys.Chem. C. 116, 10318-10324, doi:10.1021/jp300009b, (2012). Highlighted on the cover ofJournal of Physical Chemistry C, Twice!

28. C. R. Daley, Z. Fakhraai*, M. D. Ediger, and J. A. Forrest,* “Comparing Surface and BulkFlow of a Molecular Glass Former ”, Soft Matter, 8, 2206-2212, doi:10.1039/C2SM06826E,(2012). Experimental demonstration of enhanced diffusion on the surface of organic glasses. The nanparti-cle probe technique developed provides simultaneous measurements of the surface and the bulk flow of thematerial. Featured as SoftMatter hot article.

Under Review

29. J. L. Hor, Y. H. Wang‡, Z. Fakhraai*, and D. Lee*, “Effect of Weakly-Interacting PhysicalNanoconfinement on the Viscosity of Unentangled Polymers during Capillary Rise Infiltra-tion”, Submitted to Macromolecules.

30. Y. Zhang‡, M. Alvarez†, C. Woods‡, R. R. Riggleman, Z. Fakhraa*i, “Effect of SubstrateInteractions on the Glass Transition and Length-scale of Correlated Dynamics in Ultra-thinMolecular Glass Films”, Submitted.

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31. Y. Zhang, C. Li‡, Z. Fakhraai, B. Moosa, P. Yang, N. Khashab*, “Synthesis of Spiked Plas-monic Nanorods with Interior Nanogap for Quantitative Surface Enhanced Raman Scatter-ing Analysis”, Submitted.

32. D. Sil, C. Lane, E. Glor‡, K. Gilroy, S. Sylla, ,B. Barbiellini, R. Markiewicz, M. Hajfathalian,S. Neretina, A. Bansil, Z. Fakhraai, and E. Borguet*, “Plasmonic Synthesis of Au Hydride”,Submitted..

Proceedings, Book Chapters, and Other Publications

33. Z. Fakhraai, “Teaching STEM at the Time of Political Distress”, University of PennsylvaniaAlmanac, Talk About Teaching and Learning, Vol 63, No 20, (2017).

Previous Publications

34. S. S. Dalal, Z. Fakhraai, and M. D. Ediger*, “High-Throughput Ellipsometric Characteriza-tion of Vapor-Deposited Indomethacin Glasses “, J. Phys. Chem. B. 117, 15415- 15425, doi:10.1021/jp405005n, (2013).

35. S. S. Dalal, A. Sepúlveda, G. K. Pribil, Z. Fakhraai, and M. D. Ediger,* “Density and Bire-fringence of a Highly Stable α,α,β-trisnaphthylbenzene Glass”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 204501,doi:10.1063/1.4719532, (2012).

36. M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, N. Gunari, A. Tanur, and G. C. Walker,* “Imaging Secondary Struc-ture of Individual Amyloid Fibrils of a β(2)-Microglobulin Fragment Using Near-Field In-frared Spectroscopy ”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 7376 - 7383, doi:10.1021/ja109316p, (2011).

37. Z. Fakhraai, T. Still, G. Fytas, and M. D. Ediger* “Structural Variations of an Organic Glass-former Vapor-Deposited onto a Temperature Gradient Stage”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 423-427, doi:10.1021/jz101723d, (2011). Developed a high-throughput sample preparation technique todemonstrated that near-equilibrium glasses can be formed at temperatures down to 100K below the glass tran-sition temperature, by physical vapor deposition. Some of these glass states could take millions of years toform by physical aging.

38. V. H. Niri, B. K. Flatt, Z. Fakhraai, and J. A. Forrest* “Simultaneous Monitoring of Electofor-mation of Phospholipid Vesicles by Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Optical Microscopy”,Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 163, 36-41, doi: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.10.004, (2011).

39. M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, I. T. S. Li, N. Gunari, A. E. Tanur, and G. C. Walker,* “NanoscaleImaging of the Secondary Structure of Individual Amyloid Fibrils Made From a Beta(2)-Microglobulin Fragment Using Near-Field Infrared Microscopy”,Abstract of Papers of theAmerican Chemical Society, 242, 399-PHYS (2011).

40. Z. Fakhraai, D. Qi and J. A. Forrest,* “Relation Between Enhanced Surface Mobility and TgReduction in Thin Polymer films”, Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 242,295-PMSE (2011).

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41. L. Stebounova, M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, and G. C. Walker,* “Biological Imaging Using Near-Field Scanning Microscopy”, Book Chapter in Comprehensive Nansocience and Nanotechnologyby D. Andrews, G. Scholes, G. Wiederechts, Elsevier, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-12-374390-9.

42. R. Leal, C. T. Souza, M. R. da Silva, Z. Fakhraai, J. A. Forrest, and R. M. Papaleo* “Relaxationof Surface Tracks of Polycarbonate Thin Films Induced by MeV Heavy-Ion Impacts”, NuclearInstruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interactions with Materials andAtoms, 268, 3080 - 3083 (2010).

43. M. J. Kofke, D. H. Waldeck, Z. Fakhraai, S. Ip, and G. C. Walker,* “The Effect of Periodicityon the Extraordinary Optical Transmission of Annular Aperture Arrays”, Appl. Phys. Lett.94, 023104, doi:10.1063/1.3067835, (2009).

44. M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, B. B. Akhremitchev, K. Mueller, and G. C. Walker,* “Assembly,Tunning and Use of an Apertureless Near Field Infrared Microscope for Protein Imaging”,J. of Vis. Exp. (JOVE), 33, e1581, doi: 10.3791/1581, (2009).

45. M Paulite, Z Fakhraai, N Gunari, A Tanur, GC Walker,* “Different Individual Amyloid Fib-rils Exhibit Different Beta Sheet Secondary Structures via Near-field Infrared Spectroscopy”,Biophysical Journal, 96 87a (2009).

46. D. Qi, Z. Fakhraai, and J. A. Forrest,* “Substrate and Chain Size Dependence of NearSurface Dynamics of Glassy Polymers”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 096101, doi: 10.1103/Phys-RevLett.101.096101, (2008).

47. K. Mueller, X. Yang, M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, N. Gunari, and G. C. Walker,* “ChemicalImaging of the Surface of Self-Assembled Polystyrene-b-Poly(methyl methacrylate) DiblockCopolymer Films Using Apertureless Near-Field IR Microscopy”, Langmuir, 24, 6946-6951,doi:10.1021/la703406d, (2008).

48. Z. Fakhraai and J. A. Forrest,* “Measuring the Surface Dynamics of Glassy Polymers”, Sci-ence, 319, 600-604, doi: 10.1126/science.1151205, (2008). This work was the first direct measurementof the temperature dependent relaxation times of the surface of polystyrene glass. It was shown that the re-laxation times are orders of magnitude faster at the surface and have a much weaker temperature-dependencecompared to the bulk. The surface of polystyrene is an equilibrium liquid even at room temperature. RelatedPerspective: Glass Surfaces Not so Glassy

49. J. S. Sharp, J. A. Forrest, Z. Fakhraai, M. Khomenko, J. H. Teichroeb, and K. Dalnoki-Veress,* “Reply to Comment on “The Properties of Fee Polymer Surfaces and Their Effectupon the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polystyrene Films ”by S.A. Hutcheson andG.B. McKenna ”, Eur. Phys. J. E. 22, 287-291, doi:10.1140/epje/e2007-00035-8, (2007).

50. Z. Fakhraai, and J. A. Forrest,* “Probing Slow Dynamics in Supported Thin Polymer Films”,Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 025701, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.025701, (2005). In this work cooling-rate dependent Tg measurements were used as a measure of relaxation dynamics in ultra-thin films. It wasshown that surprisingly, only slow dynamics (slow cooling rates) were affected by the enhanced interfacial dy-namics. This work was important in unifying seemingly contradictory results in the literature by highlightingthe importance of the cooling rate in observed interfacial effects.

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51. Z. Fakhraai, S. Valadkhan, and J. A. Forrest,* “Qualitative Discrepancy Between DifferentMeasures of Dynamics in Thin Polymer Films ”, Eur. Phys. J. E. 18, 143-148,doi:10.1140/epje/i2004-10158-1, (2005).

52. J. A. Forrest, and Z. Fakhraai,* “Anomalous Long and Short Time Dynamics in Thin Filmsof Polystyrene ”, Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 229, 298-PMSE (2005).

53. Z. Fakhraai, J. S. Sharp, J. A. Forrest, *“Effect of Sample Preparation on the Glass-Transitionof Thin Polystyrene Films ”, J. Poly. Sci. B - Poly. Phys. 42, 4503-4507, doi: 10.1002/polb.20281,(2004).

Presentations

Invited Talks

National & International Meetings

1. Is a "glass" phase buried in plain sight at an accessible dimension/time scales?, UnifyingConcepts in Glass Physics VII, Bristol, UK, June 2018.

2. How Do You Make a Stable Glass?, 8t IDMRCS meeting, Wisla, Poland, July 2017.3. Measuring Long-range Correlated Dynamics in Glass Films and its Role in the Formation

of Stable Glasses, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2017

(JPC-PHYS Lectureship Award Symposium).4. Emergent Optical Properties of Disordered Nanoparticle Packings, American Chemical So-

ciety Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2017.5. Optical Properties of Disordered Nanoparticle Packings; Strong Optical Magnetic Plas-

mons, French American Workshop, Grenoble, France, June 2017.6. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Molecular Glasses, Mid-Atlantic Soft Matter Work-

shop, Philadelphia, PA, May 2017.7. Emergent Optical Properties of Disordered Nanoparticle Packings; Strong Optical Magnetic

Plasmons, Canadian Chemistry Conference, Toronto, May 2017.8. Measuring Glassy Correlation Lengths in Ultra-thin Polymer Films, American Physical So-

ciety, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017.9. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Gordon Plymer Physics,

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, June 2016.10. Emergent Optical Properties of Disordered Nanoparticle Packings, Nano Korea, Seoul, Ko-

rea, July 2016.11. Raspberry-like Meta-Molecules Exhibiting Strong Isotropic Magnetic Plasmon Resonance,

Gordon Nobel Metal Nanoparticles, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, June 2016

(poster award presentation).12. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Biopolymers, Pacifichem, Honolulu, HI, December

2015.13. High-resolution AFM Imaging of Amyloid Aggregates, Center for Neurodegenerative Dis-

ease Research Marians Ware Research Retreat, October 2015.14. Dynamics of Organic Glasses in Nanoscale and Its Connection to the Formation of Excep-

tionally Stable Glasses, Gordon conference, Liquids, Chemistry and Physics of, HoldernessSchool, NH, August 2015.

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15. Exceptionally Stable Glasses and Their Origins, French American Workshop, Grenoble,France, June 2015.

16. The importance of surface dynamics in the structure and function of organic glasses, Amer-ican Chemical Society, Northeast Regional Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 2015.

17. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, American Physical Society, MarchMeeting, San Antonio, TX, 2015.

18. Dynamics in Glassy Thin Films Below Tg, 42nd Annual Conference, North American Ther-mal Analysis Society, Santa Fe, NM, September 2014.

19. Quadrupole Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (QERS) of Spiky Nanoshells, Eastern Analyti-cal Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 2013.

20. Enhanced Surface Mobility Facilitates Tg Reduction in Thin Polystyrene Films, 7th IDMRCSmeeting, Barcelona, July 2013.

21. Liquid-Like Behavior of Glassy Surfaces, Comploids Symposium, University of Pennsylva-nia, April 2013.

22. Glass Transition of Polymers near Their Free Surface, American Physical Society MarchMeeting, Baltimore, 2010.

23. Dynamics at the surface of a glass, PHYS Division, American Chemical Society Fall Meet-ing, Philadelphia, PA, August 2012.

24. The Effect of Small Backbone Modifications on the Nucleation Stage of Amyloid FibrilFormation, Chemical Biophysics Symposium, Toronto, On, April 2012.

25. Enhanced Surface Mobility Near the Free Surface of Glasses, PMSE Division, AmericanChemical Society Fall Meeting, Denver, Co, September 2011.

26. Surface Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films, American Physical Society March Meeting, Den-ver, 2007. (Padden Award Symposium)

Seminars & Colloquia

27. Self-Assembled Nanomaterials for Energy Generation and Storage, REACT workshop andnetworking event, French Embassy, Washington, DC, November 2017.

28. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Glasses and its role in engineering stable glasses,Institut Laue-Langevin, Rutgers University, November 2017.

29. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Glasses and its role in engineering stable glasses,Temple University, October 2017.

30. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Glasses and its role in engineering stable glasses,Lehigh University, October 2017.

31. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Glasses and its role in engineering stable glasses, UC-Berkeley, October 2017.

32. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Glasses and its role in engineering stable glasses,Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenobe, France, June 2017.

33. Engineering Stable Molecular Glasses Using Long-Range Correlated Dynamics, Solvay Inc.June 2017.

34. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Glasses and Their Role in the Formation of Ultra-Stable Glasses, Stevens College, February 2017.

35. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, Rice University, January2017.

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36. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, University of CaliforniaLos-Angeles, November 2016.

37. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, James Frank Institute,University of Chicago, November 2016.

38. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, Columbia University, Oc-tober 2016.

39. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, University Wisconsin-Madison, October 2016.

40. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, University of Illinois,Urbana-Champaign, October 2016.

41. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, Rutgers University, Octo-ber 2016.

42. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Glasses, Princeton, September2016.

43. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Glasses, Harvard, September2016.

44. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Glasses, MIT, September 2016.45. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Emory University,

September 2016.46. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, University of Wash-

ington - Seattle, May 2015.47. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Drexel University,

May 2015.48. Morphology and Dewetting of Ultra-Thin Organic Glass Films, Corning Inc. Oct 23, 2015.49. Kinetics of Surface Mediated Self-assembly of Amyloid-β Peptides, Department of Chem-

istry, University of Chicago, Illinois, Oct 15, 2015.50. Kinetics of Dewetting and Dynamics of Ultra-Thin Organic Glass Films, University of

Massachusetts-Amherst, October 2015.51. Kinetics of Surface Mediated Self-assembly of Amyloid-β Peptides, NIH, July 2015.52. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, Pennsylvania State University, Novem-

ber 2014.53. Plasmonic Properties of Randomly Packed Nanoparticles, Saint Joseph University, October

2014.54. Plasmonic Properties of Randomly Packed Nanoparticles, Lebanon Valley College, Septem-

ber 2014.55. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, University of Nevada-Reno, Septem-

ber 2014.56. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, Arizona State University, September

2014.57. Emergent Optical Phenomena in Disordered Nanoparticles; Quadrupole Enhanced Raman

Scattering (QERS) and Strong Optical Magnetic Plasmons, Center for Nanoscale Scienceand Technology, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), August 2014.

58. Plasmonic Properties of Randomly Packed Nanoparticles, Indiana University of Pennsyl-vania, November 2013.

59. Dynamics of glassy surfaces, Pennsylvania State University, December 2012.

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60. Dynamics of Glassy Surfaces, Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Tech-nology (NIST), May 2012.

61. Exceptionally Stable Glasses; New Class of Materials, Possible Resolution to the KauzmannParadox, University of Waterloo, On, January 2011.

62. Non-Glassy Behavior at the Surface of Glassy Materials, University of Pennsylvania, Novem-ber, 2009.

63. Surfaces of Glass Exhibit Non-Glassy Behavior, Wayne State University, October 2009.64. Dynamics of Polymers in Thin Films and Surfaces, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran,

May 2008.65. Nanoscale Chemistry Using Near-Field Optics, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, May

2008.66. Surface Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2007.67. The Glass Transition and Dynamics of Polymer Surfaces and Thin Polymer Films, Sharif

University of Technology, Tehran, June 2006.68. The Glass Transition and Dynamics of Polymer Surfaces and Thin Polymer Films, Univer-

sity of Amsterdam, July 2005.

Contributed Seminars

1. Suppression of Polymer Degradation in Polymer Infiltrated Nanoparticle Films, AmericanPhysical Society, March Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2018

2. Measuring the length scale of glassy dynamics in thin polymer and organic glass films,PMSE division, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016.

3. Characterizing Optical Properties and Orientational Order Parameter of Gold Nanorods ina Polymer Nanocomposites, Gordon Polymer Physics Conference, Mount Holyoke College,South Hadley MA, June 2016. (poster)

4. Kinetics of Dewetting of Ultra-Thin Films of Organic Glasses, American Physical SocietyMarch Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016.

5. Randomly Closed-Packed Optical Gold Nanoclusters, Materials Research Society Fall Meet-ing, Boston, December 2014. (Poster)

6. Free Surface Facilitation of Supported Entangled Polymer Films, Gordon Polymer PhysicsConference, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, July 2014. (Poster)

7. Randomly Closed-Packed Clusters of Gold Nanobeads with Strong Magnetic Plasmon Res-onances in Near-IR, Gordon Plasmonics Conference, Sunday River Resort, Newry ME, July2014. (Poster)

8. Kinetics of Dewetting in Thin Glassy Films Below Tg, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Sym-posium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014.

9. Surface Effects Mediate Self-Assembly of Amyloid-β Peptides, Gordon Biopolymers Con-ference, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, June 2014. (Poster)

10. Vapor-Deposited Glasses of Trisnaphthylbenzene and Derivatives, American Physical Soci-ety March Meeting, Denver, 2014.

11. Self-assembly of Alzheimer-β Peptide Fragments on a Hydrophobic Surface, Gordon Liq-uids Conference, Holderness School, August 2013. (Poster)

12. Spiky Gold Nanoshells: Enhanced Scattering Properties and Fano Resonance in Solution,Gordon Plasmonics Conference, Colby College, 2012. (poster)

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13. Enhanced Surface Mobility Near the Free Surface of Molecular Glasses, American PhysicalSociety March Meeting, Boston, 2012.

14. Structural Properties and Stability of Vapor-Deposited Glasses, Gordon Liquids Conference,Holderness School, July 2011. (Poster)

15. Structural Variations of Indomethacin as a Function of Temperature; Evidence of EnhancedSurface Mobility, American Physical Society March Meeting, Dallas, 2011.

16. Ellipsometric Studies of the Structure and Transformation Kinetics of Ultra Stable Glassesinto the Supercooled Liquid, American Physical Society March Meeting, Oregon, 2010.

17. The Role of Surfaces in Preparing and Transformation of Ultra-Stable Organic Glasses, 6thIDMRCS meeting, Rome, July 2005.

18. Probing the Dynamics of Glassy Surfaces Using a Gentle Nano-Deformation Technique,Gordon Liquids Conference, Holderness School, July 2009. (Poster Selected for a ShortPresentation)

19. Chemical Imaging of the Surface of Polymeric Nanostructures Using Apertureless Near-Field Scanning IR Microscopy, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans,2008.

20. Probing Surface Relaxation of Polystyrene Films, American Physical Society March Meet-ing, Baltimore, 2006.

21. Towards an Understanding of Tg Reductions in Thin Polymer Films, 5th IDMRCS meeting,Lille, July 2005.

22. Qualifying Discrepancy Between Motion on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer Films,American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, 2005.

23. Effect of Sample Preparation on the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polymer Films,American Physical Society March Meeting, Montreal, 2004.

24. The Effect of Time Scale on Tg Reduction in Thin Polymer Films, American Physical SocietyMarch Meeting, Montreal, 2004.

25. Pattern Formation in Viscous Fingering in a Radial Hele-Shaw Cell, Annual Physics Con-ference of Iran, Shahrood, 2000.

26. Pattern Formation in Viscous Fingering, First Annual Complex Systems Meeting, Tehran,2000.

Posters and Talks Presented by Group Members

1. “Effects of Microstructure Formation on the Stability of Vapor Deposited Glasses”, AlexMoore, American Physical Society, March Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2018.

2. “The Role of Surface Diffusion in Stable Glass Formation”, American Physical Society, Sub-arna Samanta, March Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2018.

3. “The Effect of Extreme Spatial Confinement and Interfacial Interactions on the Glass Tran-sition of Polymers in Polymer-infiltrated Nanoparticle Packings”, Haonan Wang, AmericanPhysical Society, March Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2018.

4. “Measuring Hardness of Stable Glasses Using Nanoindentation”, Sarah Wolf, AmericanPhysical Society, March Meeting, Los Angeles, March 2018.

5. “Long-range correlated dynamics in amorphous selenium”, Tianyi Liu, American PhysicalSociety, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017.

6. “Invariant fast surface diffusion on ultra-stable and aged molecular glasses”, Yue Zhang,Padden Award Symposium, American Physical Society, March Meeting, New Orleans,LA, March 2017.

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7. “Mechanical Properties of Stable Glasses Using Nanoindentation”, Sarah Wolf, AmericanPhysical Society, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017 (Poster).

8. “Using in-Situ Ellipsometry to Monitor Self-Assembly of Polymer Nanocomposites duringSolvent Annealing”, Melissa Vettleson, American Physical Society, March Meeting, NewOrleans, LA, March 2017 (Poster).

9. “Exploring Polymorphism of Amyloid-beta (1-40) Fibrils by Atomic Force Microscopy Imag-ing”, Yi-Chih Lin, Biophysical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February, 2017.

10. “Optical analysis of the orientational order parameter in gold nanorod composites”, ChenLi, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016.

11. “Formation of amyloid fibril on two-dimensional surface”, Yi-Chih Lin, American ChemicalSociety Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016.

12. “Characterizing Optical Properties and Orientational Order Parameter of Gold Nanorods ina Polymer Nanocomposites”, Chen Li, Gordon Nobel Metal Nanoparticles, Mount HolyokeCollege, South Hadley MA, June 2016. (Poster)

13. “Measuring Surface Diffusion of Organic Glasses Using Tobacco Mosaic Virus as ProbeNanoparticles”, Yue Zhang, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD,2016.

14. “Birefringence and Enhanced Stability in Stable Organic Glasses”, Tianyi Liu, AmericanPhysical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016. (Winner of the Ovshinsky StudentTravel Award)

15. Using Self-Similarity to Simulate the Evolution of Meniscus around TMV Due to SurfaceDiffusion, Yue Zhang, Richard Potter, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore,MD, 2016. (Poster)

16. “A novel method to characterize nanorod orientation and aggregation in polymer nanocom-posits”, Ethan Glor, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016.

17. “Exploring the existence of two Tgs in thin, supported polymer films”, Gabriel Angrand,Ethan Glor, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016. (Poster)

18. “The formation of amyloid fibril on two-dimensional surfac”, Yi-Chih Lin, Biophysical So-ciety Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 2016. (Poster)

19. ” Synthesis and Characterization of Exceptionally Stable Glasses of 1,3-Bis(1-naphthyl),5-(2-aryl)benzene”, Tianyi Liu, American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, 2015.

20. “Measurements of Viscosity and Dynamics of Thin Films of Organic Glass TPD via HoleGrowth Dewetting Studies”, Kareem Wahid, American Physical Society March Meeting, SanAntonio, 2015.

21. ”Probing the Dynamics of Thin TPD Glass Films via Dewetting”, Yue Zhang, AmericanPhysical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, 2015.

22. ”Investigating the effect of chain architecture on the dynamics of thin entangled polymerfilms”, Ethan Glor, American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, 2015.

23. “Detailed Mechanism of Rapid Amyloid Fibril Self-Assembly due to Surface Diffusion”,Yi-Chih Lin, 59th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore, February 2014. (Poster)

24. ”Raspberry-Like Metamolecules with Enhanced Optical Properties. Department of Chem-istry”, Zhaoxia Qian, University of Washington, WA, January 2015. (Invited talk)

25. ”Gold Metamolecules Exhibiting Strong Isotropic Magnetic Plasmon Resonance, Chen Li,Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, December 2014. (poster)

26. ”Controlled Assembly of Metal Nanoparticles with Enhanced Optical Properties. Depart-ment of Chemical Engineering”, Zhaoxia Qian, Columbia University, NY, July 2014. (Invitedtalk)

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27. ”Physical Vapor Deposited Exceptionally Stable Glasses”, Tianyi Liu, Dow Chemical Com-pany BEST Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014

28. ”Isotropic Gold Nanoparticle Clusters Exhibiting Strong Magnetic Dipole and QuadrupoleResonance”, Zhaoxia Qian, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA,June 2014.

29. ”Surfaces Self-Assembly and Rapid Growth of Amyloid Fibrils”, Yi-Chih Lin, ACS Colloid& Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014.

30. ”Free Surface Facilitation of Supported Entangled Polymer Films”, Ethan C. Glor, ACSColloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. (poster)

31. ”Probing Surface Mobility of Small Molecule Organic Glasses Via Dewetting”, Yue Zhang,ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. (poster)

32. “Physical Vapor Deposited Stable Glasses of Trisnaphthylbenzene and Its Derivatives ”,Tianyi Liu, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. (poster)

33. “Surfaces Self-Assembly and Rapid Growth of Amyloid Fibrils”, Yi-Chih Lin, AmericanPhysical Society March Meeting, Denver, 2014.

34. “Free surface facilitation of the dynamics of entangled polymer films”, Ethan C. Glor, Amer-ican Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, 2014.

35. “Spinodal Dewetting of TPD Well Below Tg“, Yue Zhang, American Physical Society MarchMeeting, Denver, 2014.

36. ”Surfaces Self-Assembly and Rapid Growth of Amyloid Fibrils, Yi-Chih Lin, 58th AnnualBiophysical Society Meeting, San Francisco, February 2014. (poster)

37. “Quadrupole Enhanced Raman Scattering with Spiky Nanoshells, Simon Hastings, 6th In-ternational Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics, Ottawa, June 2013. (poster)

38. “A Length Scale for the Free Surface of Polymer Films”, Ethan Glor, American PhysicalSociety March Meeting, Baltimore, March, 2013. (poster)

39. “An Investigation into the Formation of Alzheimer Amyloid b-Peptide Fibril, Yi-Chih Lin,5th Annual Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium, University of Penn-sylvania, April 2012. (poster)

Service Activities

Professional Activities

Member at Large, Division of Chemical Physics, American Physical Society, 2018.

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Physical Chemistry, 2017-present.

Observer, Division of Colloids Executive Committee meeting, American Chemical Society FallMeeting, 2016.

Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2013-2016.

Manuscript Referee

ACS Macro Letters, ACS Nano, ACS Photonics, European Physical Journal E, Journal ofAmerican Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Molecular Structure,Journal of Physical Chemistry, Part C., Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal of Poly-mer Science B; Polymer Physics, Macromolecules, Materials Express, Nano Letters,Nature

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Communications, Physical Review Letters, Polymer, Review of Scientific Instruments, SoftMatter.

Grant Reviewer

Judge, Padden Award, APS-Dpoly, 2018.NSF-CHE, Chemical Measurement & Imaging, 2017.Alzheimer’s Association, 2015, 2016.NSF-DMR, Solid-State and Materials Chemistry, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017.NSF-DMR, Polymers, 2015.DOE office of science graduate fellowship (DOE SCGF), 2012.

Meeting Organization

Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. December2016.Organizer: Focus session “Stable Glasses, Properties and Origins”, APS March Meeting, SanAntonio, March 2015.Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. December2014.Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Glassy Polymers Under Confinement ”, APSMarch Meeting, Denver, March 2014.Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. December2013.Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Glassy Polymers Under Confinement ”, APSMarch Meeting, Baltimore, March 2013.Participant: Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting.December 2012.Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena due to Confinement”, APSMarch Meeting, Boston, February 2012.Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena due to Confinement”, APSMarch Meeting, Dallas, March 2011.

Service to the Community and Outreach

Mentor: The Supernova Foundation, Mentoring for Women in Physics, July 2017-present.

Presenter: “Coatings: Glasses and Polymers”, Summer Course in Materials Science for HighSchool Students, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, August 2017.

Participant and Presenter: Dpoly Short Course on Glass Transition, Division of Polymer, Amer-ican Physical Society, March Meeting, March 2015.

Participant: Research Experience for Undergraduates, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program,Hosted a undergraduate student in my laboratory, summer 2014.

Presenter: NSF-REU Lecture Series, “Spinodal dewetting of thin films of organic glasses”, NSFfunded MRSEC outreach program, June 2014.

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Presenter: “Dynamics of Polymer Glasses on the Surface” Penn Summer Research Academy,Department of Chemistry, July 2013.

Presenter: “Dynamics of Polymer Glasses on the Surface” Science Lectures for High SchoolTeachers, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, October 2012.

Participant: Research Experience for Teachers, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, Hosteda high school teacher in my laboratory, summer 2012.

Presenter: “Dynamics of Polymer Glasses on the Free Surface”, Summer Course in MaterialsScience for High School Students, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, July 2012.

Demonstrator: Science Cabaret organized by the Chemical Heritage foundation as Part ofPhiladelphia Science Festival, April, 2012.

Speaker: “What do Bullet-proof Windows, Silly Putty and Tires Have in Common?”, LRSMScience Café’, December 2011.

Presenter: NSF-REU Lecture Series, “Dynamics of Glasses in two Dimensions”, NSF fundedMRSEC outreach program, June 2011.

Demonstrator: Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science (PAGES), April 2011.

Demonstrator: Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEO-PLE), Summer 2009.

Outreach activities by graduate students:

Philadelphia Science Festival: Group members Melissa Vettleson, Haonan Wang, SubarnaSamanta, and Aixi Zhang presented experiments under the title “What Are the Bear Essen-tials of Polymers?, May 2017.Philly Materials Day: Group members Tianyi Liu, Sarah Wolf, and Yue Zhang, introducedconcepts of polymer physics, Feb 2016.Science After Hours event at the Franklin Institute: Group members Melissa Vettleson, SarahWolf, Chen Li, Erich Chen, and I demonstrated “Muggle Magic”, Sept 2016.Girard college National Society of Black Engineers: Group members Melissa Vettleson, SarahWolf and Tiany Liu, along with undergraduate student Gabriel Angrand (organizer of theevent) participated in hands-on experiments and demonstration for black high-school stu-dents. October 2016.Philadelphia Science Festival: Group members Melissa Vettleson, Sarah Wolf, and HaonanWang presented experiments under the title “Thanks to Chemistry, Who Says Muggles Can’tdo Magic?”, May 2016.Philly Materials Day: Group members Tianyi Liu, Sarah Wolf, and Yue Zhang, introducedconcepts of polymer physics, Feb 2016.Science After Hours event at the Franklin Institute: Group members Ethan Glor and TianyiLiu presented “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”, June 2015

Penn Nanoday, (NanoDay@Penn): Group members, Ethan Glor, Tianyi Liu and Yue Zhang,Yi-Chih Lin introduced concepts of nanoscience, to high school students from inner cityPhiladelphia, Oct 2014 and Oct 2015, Oct 2016.Philadelphia Science Festival: Group member, Ethan Glor ran a booth and presented demon-strations under the title of “Are you a Chemistry Superhero?, May, 2014, May 2015.

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Service to the University

Co-PI: Partnerships for International Research and Education

I am a co-PI of an NSF funded PIRE program Research and Education in Active Coating Tech-nologies (REACT) for the Human Habitat lead by Professor Russell Composto. As a co-PI myresponsibilities include mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, participation in the se-lection of new cohorts of students and post-doctoral fellows for the program, participation inthe selection of undergraduate fellows who visit our International Summer Research at GIANT,outreach to NGOs and broader community, maintaining the information on the REACT website,and organizing our annual symposia hosted at Penn, including the REACT Kick off meeting.News highlights for the project can be found here and here.

Committee Work at UPenn

Member of the Vice Provost for Education Fellowship Selection Committee, 2018-present.

Member of the Biophysics major committee, 2016-present.

Pre-major Adviser, cohort of 10 students, School of Arts and Sciences, 2015-2017.

Campus Security Authority, responsible for reporting incidences related to the Clery act, 2016-present.

Member of the Facilities Committee, University of Pennsylvania, 2012-2015.

Pre-major Adviser, School of Arts and Sciences,cohort of 10 students, 2013-2015.

Pre-major Adviser, School of Arts and Sciences, cohort of 6 students, 2011-2013.

Committee Work at Chemistry Department

Graduate Chair, Position starts July 2018.

Member of Graduate committee, 2017-18.

Member of the Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Chemistry, 2011-2016.

Member of the Department chair selection committee, 2017.

Member of the Joint Seminar/Named Lecture Committee, 2012-2016.

First-year Adviser for first year physical chemistry graduate students students, Department ofChemistry, 2012-2016.

Member, Search committee for Donner chair hire, 2014-15.

Member, Committee to hire Elizabeth Rhoades, senior biochemist, 2014.

Member of the Graduate Student Awards Committee, 2011-2014.

Member of the Physical Chemistry Seminar Committee, 2011-2012.

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Seminar Organizations and Presentations at UPenn

Organizer: REACT@Penn annual symposium, Jan 2017, Jan 2018.

Co-organizer: SAS Seminar Series, “Annual Penn Polymer Symposium”, 2016-2018.

Presenter: Ethics training seminars, March 2015.

Co-organizer: Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, “Polymers ”, Academic Year 2012-2013.

Presenter: Ethics training seminars, March 2013.

Co-organizer: Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, “New Experimental Tools for Interro-gating Single and Assembled Macromolecules ”, Academic Year 2011-2012.

Professional Development

Penn Fellows: The Penn Fellows program provides leadership development to select Pennfaculty members in mid-career. It includes opportunities to build cross-campus networks, meetwith academic leaders both inside and outside Penn, think strategically about universities anduniversity governance, and interact informally with Penn administrators, 2018.

American Physical Society Leadership Convocation, Feb 2018: This workshop includes a dayof congressional visits for science advocacy on behalf of APS.

Campus Security Authority Clery Training: This is an annual training focused on Title IXreporting requirements. I have been a CSA since 2016.

Penn Faculty Pathways Program: A two-year monthly program for junior faculty leadershipand career development sponsored by the Provost’s office at the University of Pennsylvania,2013-2015.

SAIL seminar: Structured, Active, In-class Learning Program, A year-long monthly seminarfocused on supporting faculty in reimagining classes to emphasize the active engagement ofstudents in class through structured work, guided by the instructor, 2014-2015 & 2015-2016.

Teaching Science seminar: A year-long monthly seminar focused on teaching physical sciencecourses organized by Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of Pennsylva-nia, 2013-2014, & 2016-2017.

Collaborators and Other Affiliates

Current Collaborators

UPenn

1. Paulo Arratia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 2012-present.2. Paul H. Axelsen, School of Medicine, 2014-present.3. Robert W. Carpick, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 2014-

present.4. Russell Composto, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2013-present.5. Douglas Durian, Department of Physics, 2016-present.

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6. Daeyeon Lee, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 2012-present.7. Andrea Liu, Department of Physics, 2012-present.8. James Petersson, Department of Chemistry, 2011-present.9. Robert Riggleman, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 2011-present.

10. Richard Stephens, Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, 2016-present.11. Kevin Turner, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 2014-present.12. Patrick Walsh, Department of Chemistry, 2012-present.13. Karen Winey, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2014-present.

External14. Jiangwei Feng, Corning Inc. 2016-present.15. Xiao Liu, Naval Research Laboratory, 2015-present.16. Prantik Mazumder, Corning Inc. 2015-present.17. So-Jung Park, Department of Chemistry, Ewha Women’s University, 2010-present.

Past Collaborators

1. Eric Borguet, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, 2014-2016.2. Nader Engheta, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, 2013-2017.3. Jay Kikkawa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2014-2017.4. Stephan Link, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 2013-2014.5. James Forrest, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 2009-2011.6. George Fytas, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 2009-2010.7. Xiao Tong, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2013-2014.8. David Waldeck, Department of Physics, Pittsburgh University, 2008.9. Ricardo Papaleo, University of Rio Grande do Sul, 2007.

Student Mentoring

Student Honors and Awards1. Murray Skolnick, Hypercube Award, Department of Chemistry, UPenn, 2018.2. Sarah Wolf, Dean’s scholar, School of Arts and Sciences, UPenn, 2018.3. Gabriel Angrand, ACS Analytical Chemistry Prize, 2017.4. Gabriel Angrand, Hypercube Award, Department of Chemistry, UPenn, 2017.5. Bohan Li, Joel Barrish Fellowship, Department of Chemistry, UPenn, 2017.6. Yue Zhang, Padden Award, American Physical Society, 2017.7. Yue Zhang, Excellence in Chemistry Graduate Research Award, University of Pennsylvania,

2016.8. Eric Chen, Jumpstart for Juniors Award, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Uni-

versity of Pennsylvania, 2016.9. Tianyi Liu, Ovshinsky Student Travel Award, American Physical Society, 2015.

10. Zhaoxia Qian, Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014.

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Current Students

Post Doctoral Fellows: Subarna Samanta

PhD students: Haonan Wang, Sarah Wolf, Alex Moore (CBE, co-advised with Robert Riggle-man), Connor Woods, Aixi Zhang, Yi Jin, Shivajee Govind

Undergraduate students: Omar Ibrahim, Taylor Durkin, Murray Skolnick, Mauricio Alvarez,Nathaniel

Highschool student: Sathya Edamadaka

PhD and Masters Graduated

Melissa Vettelson, University of Pennsylvania, MSc. in Chemistry, 2018.

Yue Zhang, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2017. Currently at Exxon Mobil.

Tianyi Liu, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2017. Currently at L’Oreal.

Yi-Chih Lin, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2017. Currently a Post-doctoralFellow at Cornell.

Chen Li, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2017.

Ethan C. Glor, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2016. Currently at Dow Chemicals.

Simon Hastings, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Physics, 2014. Currently at ASML, Nether-lands

Zhaoxia Qian, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2014. Co-advised with So-JungPark. Currently Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington.

William Zheng, University of Pennsylvania, MSc. in Biochemistry 2014.

Guoyu Yang, University of Pennsylvania, Msc. in Chemistry, 2014.

Past Students and Visitors

Post Doctoral Fellows: Zhaoxia Qian (2015), Sharareh Tavaddod (2015-2016).

Master’s Students: Melissa Vettelson (2018), Mu Li (MSE, 2014-2015, Currently a PhD studentat Akron), Chen Li (MSE, 2012-13), Yanfeng Xia, (Nanotechnology, 2013), Lucas Pinel (NBIC-MINATEC exchange student, summer 2013), Thomas J. Lamkin (2011)

Undergraduate Students and Visitors: Gabriel Angrand (2015-17), Sisanmofe Dorsu (summer2017), Chloé Aimaretti (French exchange student, Summer 2017), Eric Chen (CBE, 2015-16),Sunjay Lee (PIRE-GIANT exchange student, summer 2016), Richard Potter (Summer and Fall2015), Sophia Hu (Spring 2015), Kareem Wahid (REU student, Univ. of Texas-Pan American,summer 2014, Currently at Univ. of Texas, Huston McGovern Medical School), Joo Young Lee(summer 2014), Artem Nurlat (summer 2013), Patricia Campos (2011-13, Currently at OhioState College of Medicine), Raymond Habbaz (2012), Soo Jeong (summer 2012), Rachel Mar-gulies (Princeton University, summer 2013, Currently at Google) Ruoyu Wang (Tsinghua Uni-versity, China, exchange student, summer 2013), Michael Thees (Boston University, Visitingscholar, 2012-13, Currently a PhD student at Emory), Qingqing Cao (Baylor College, summer2012), Yuetong Kang (Tsinghua University, China, exchange student, summer 2012)

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High School Students and Teachers: Mahima Shah (Summer 2014), Jennifer Saouaf (Sum-mer 2013, Currently an undergrad at UPEnn), Jeremy Amdur (2012, Currently at RPI), NolanAverbuch (Summer 2012), Mary Kling, (High School Teacher, Summer 2012).

Education and Teaching

Teaching ExperienceChem 521: Statistical Mechanics I,Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 (co-taught with Prof. Saven).

Chem 222: Physical Chemistry II, Spring 2013 (Co-taught with Prof. Gai ), Spring 2014, Spring2015, Spring 2016 (taught in Active Learning class format), Spring 2017, Spring 2018 (Current).

Chem 704, 732: Selected Topics in Chemistry, “Polymer Dynamics ”, Spring 2011, Spring 2017

(Current).

Chem 399: Independent Study, Spring 2015, Fall and Spring 2016, Fall and Spring 2017, Spring2018.

Course Development

Developed worksheets, quizzes, and demonstrations for Structured, Active, In-Class, Learn-ing (SAIL) class for Chem 222. This effort was funded by a grant from the Center for Teachingand Learning at UPenn. SAIL is taught in an active-learning format where students work onclass material in groups of 4-6 and there is minimal lecture time. I implemented the class inthe course of two years (Spring 2015 and Spring 2016).

Developed lecture materials and assignments for Polymer Dynamics class in Spring of 2011.

Guest Lectures

Short course, Division of Polymers, American Physical Society, March Meeting, San Antonio,TX, 2015. Title: ”Dynamics of Glass Surfacesand Relationship with Thin Film Dynamics”

Physics of Polymeric Glasses, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University,March 2012. Title:” Physics of Stable Glasses”.

Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Amphiphiles, Department of Chemiscal and BiologicalEngineering, University of Pennsylvania, October 2011. Title:” Viscoelastic Properties of Poly-mers”.

Current and Past Support

Active Support

National Science Foundation, (PIRE-1545884)“PIRE: Research and Education in Active Coatings Technologies (REACT) for the Human Habi-tat”PI: Russell CompostoCo PIs: Zahra Fakhraai, Kristin Field, Daeyeon Lee

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10/01/15-9/30/20, $3,529,407

National Science Foundation (DMR-1628407)“DMREF: Engineering Stable Glass Films Using Molecular Design and Surface Mediated Equi-libration”PI: Zahra FakhraaiCo PIs: Robert Riggleman, Patrick Walsh8/1/2016 - 7/30/2019, $ 1,200,000

National Science Foundation, (DMR-1350044)“CAREER: Free Surface Mobility and its Role in the Formation of Exceptionally Stable Glasses”PI: Zahra Fakhraai3/15/2014 - 2/28/2019, $575,000

National Science Foundation (DMR-1720530)“Materials Research Science and Engineering Center - REU”PI: Arjun Yodh02/01/2017 - 01/31/2020, $294,915

National Science Foundation (MRI-1725969)“Acquisition of a Ultra-Small-Angle to Wide-Angle Dual Source X-ray Scattering Instrumentfor Materials Characterization, DMR-MRI”PI: Arjun YodhCoPIs:Paul Heiney, Karen Winey, Zahra Fakhraai, Eric Detsi7/1/2017 - 6/31/2018, $538,840

National Science Foundation (DMR-1720530)“Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)”PI: Arjun Yodh09/01/2017 - 08/31/2023, $23,292,196

University of Pennsylvania, School of Art’s and Sciences, DeanâAZs Global Inquiries grant“Active Coating Technologies(ACT) to Mittigate the Global Water Crisis“PI: Zahra Fakhraai,CoPIs: Russell Composto, Daeyeon Lee, Kristin Field11/1/18 - 10/31/20, $37,000

Past Support

Sloan Research Fellowship“Emerging Properties of Disordered Nanoscale Materials”PI: Zahra Fakhraai

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09/15/2015-9/14/2017 , $50,000

National Science Foundation, (DMR-1120901)“Center of Excellence for Materials Research and Innovation (CEMRI)”Seed title: “Dynamics of Glasses and Polymers in Nanoconfinement”PI: Zahra Fakhraai, Robert Riggleman, Karen Winey9/1/2012 - 08/31/2017, $390,000

Coning Incorporated“Studies of Chemical Reactions under Confined Geometries”PI: Zahra Fakhraai6/15/2016 - 6/14/2017, $ 100,767

School of Arts and Sciences Conference Support Grant“4th Annual Penn Polymer Symposium”PI: Robert RigglemanCo PI: Zahra Fakhraai,02/01/16 - 01/31/17, $5,000

University of Pennsylvania, University Research Foundation“Keysight Magnetic AC Mode upgrade for Agilent AFM “PI: Zahra Fakhraai,02/01/16 - 01/31/17, $9,000

Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Pennsylvania“Structured Active In-class Learning (SAIL) Lecture Development for Physical Chemistry II,Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics”PI: Zahra Fakhraai09/01/15 - 08/31/16, $ 5,000

University of Pennsylvania, University Research Foundation“TA Instruments Discovery Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Enhance Materials Researchand Education “PI: Zahra Fakhraai,02/01/13 - 01/31/14, $50,000

Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund, University of Pennsylvania“New Experimental Tools for Investigating Single and Assembled Macromolecules”PI: Russell Composto, Zahra Fakhraai09/01/2011 - 05/01/2013, $10,000

National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS (09478)“Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center”

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Fakhraai, Zahra University of Pennsylvania

Research Pilot Study Grant (P30 AG010124-23)“The Effect of Surface Interactions on the Early Stages of Aβ Fibril Growth”PI: Zahra Fakhraai07/01/13 - 06/30/2014 , $ 50,000

American Physical SocietyInternational Travel Grant Award(ITGAP)PI: Zhara Fakhraai, Sharareh Tavaddod$2000

Department of Chemistry Start-up Funds.

Last updated: June 20, 2018

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