Director

Jacqueline Krim, nee Scherrer

Distinguished University Professor Emerita
Department of Physics
North Carolina State University
jkrim@ncsu.edu
Raleigh, NC 27695
Phone: (919) 513-2684
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EDUCATION

1984	Ph.D., Physics, University of Washington, Seattle
1980	M.S., Physics, University of Washington, Seattle
1978	B.A., Physics, University of Montana, Missoula
1977	University of California, Berkeley(summer)
1976	American Institute of Foreign Study (U.S.S.R.)(summer)

POSITIONS HELD

1998 – present	Professor (1998), Distinguished University Professor (2014), Distinguished University Professor Emerita (2020) of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
1985-1998	Assistant (1985), Associate (1992), Professor (1996) 0f Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
2011-2015	Associate Dean for Research, College of Sciences (College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences prior to 2012), North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2009	Visiting Professor of Physics (sabbatical), Duke University, Durham, NC
1991-1992	Senior Research Fellow (sabbatical), Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium
1984-1985	NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Universite d’Aix-Marseille, France
1984	Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Washington
1980-1984	Research Associate, University of Washington

HONORS

2019	Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), “for distinguished contributions to the understanding of atomic-scale friction, wetting and surface roughening, and for exemplary efforts in scientific outreach and diversity”
2018	Fellow, Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE)
2015	American Physical Society David Adler lectureship award for “pioneering work in the physics of tribology, including elucidation of the relative importance of electronic and phononic dissipation mechanisms, and for excellent outreach to scientific and non-scientific audiences”
2014	Outstanding Referee Recognition by the American Physical Society
2010	NSF DMR American Competitiveness and Innovation (ACI) Fellow, “For outstanding contributions to understanding friction at the nanoscale and exemplary efforts in broadening participation in science through maintaining a diverse research group and explaining research to the lay public”
2001-2003	Distinguished Lecturer, Sigmi Xi Society
2002	North Carolina State University Alumni Outstanding Researcher Award
2000	Fellow, American Physical Society
1999	Fellow, American Vacuum Society
1995	NSF Creativity Award, Division of Materials Research
1994	R.F. Bunshah Award for Best Paper at the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films
1987	NSF Presidential Young Investigator Award
1984	NATO Postdoctoral Fellow
1984	Recipient of the first annual Joseph and Evelyn Henderson Award, for excellence in completed graduate research at the University of Washington
1983	Achievement Rewards for College Scientists, (ARCS) dissertation fellowship for outstanding doctoral students
1975-1978	Recipient of a tuition waiver from the University of Montana for academic excellence; B.A. with High Honors
1974	Higher education scholarship recipient as the winner of a state wide competition for the design of the Bicentennial Commemorative Medallion for the State of Wisconsin