Sharon Gerbode

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Sharon J. Gerbode is a soft matter physicist[1] and the Iris and Howard Critchell Associate Professor of Physics at Harvey Mudd College. She is recognized for her contributions to the fields of soft matter and biomechanics and is a 2016 Cottrell Scholar, a distinction given to top early career academic scientists by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).[2]

Education

Gerbode obtained her

condensed matter physics research under the guidance of Itai Cohen at Cornell University.[4] In 2010, Gerbode began working as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University with Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan,[4] where she researched mechanical behaviors observed in coiling tendrils of the cucumber plant.[5]

Academic career

In 2012, she joined Harvey Mudd College as the Iris and Howard Critchell assistant professor in the physics department. In 2018, Gerbode was promoted and became an associate professor of physics.[6]

Research and achievements

Gerbode works on studying dynamics in experimental two-dimensional colloidal crystals [7][8][9] and plant biomechanics, notably on cucumber tendrils.[10] Her work has been featured in the Cornell Chronicle,[11] the American Physical Society's Physics,[12][13] and NPR.[14] According to Scopus, Gerbode's publications have received over 431 citations and her h-index is 10.[15]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ^ "Refrigerators of the future may be inspired by the weird physics of rubber". PBS. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  2. ^ a b "Gerbode named 2016 Cottrell Scholar". Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  3. ^ "UC Santa Cruz - Undergraduate Admissions _ Physics". Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  4. ^ a b "Sharon J. Gerbode - Physics". Harvey Mudd College. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  5. ^ "The Counterintuitive Behavior of the Cucumber Tendril". August 31, 2012. Retrieved 2020-02-29.
  6. ^ "HMC Expert: Sharon Gerbode". Harvey Mudd College. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  7. S2CID 5904155
    . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  8. S2CID 18045491
    . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  9. S2CID 14301506
    . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  10. S2CID 17405225
    . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Watching crystals grow provides clues to making smoother, defect-free thin films". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  12. S2CID 5904155
    . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  13. PMID 20366236
    . Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Unwinding the Cucumber Tendril Mystery". National Public Radio (NPR). Retrieved 26 November 2019.
  15. ^ "Scopus: Sharon Gerbode". Retrieved 26 November 2019.

External links

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