Silvija Gradecak
Thomas Lord Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Education

2003: PhD in Physics
Interdisciplinary Center of Electron Microscopy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland)

1999: Diploma in Physics
Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)

Research Experience

2004-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow
Professor Charles M. Lieber group, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

2004: Research Associate
Institute of Quantum Electronics and Photonics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland), Professor Marc Ilegems

1999-2003: Graduate Student
Interdisciplinary Center of Electron Microscopy, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland), Professor Pierre Stadelmann

1999: Undergraduate Student
Laboratory for Thermal Conductivity Investigation, Institute of Physics (Zagreb, Croatia)

1998-1999: Research Assistant
Laboratory for Structural Investigation, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)

Awards and Achievements

2013: Promoted to tenured Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2013
2012: Nano Letters Young Investigator Lectureship
2012: Promoted to Associate Professor, effective July 1, 2012
2010: Thomas Lord Career Development Chair
2008: NSF CAREER (Faculty Early Career Development) Award
2007: 3M Innovation Award 2007
2007: MIT Alumni Fund Award for Teaching and Education Enhancement
2006: Merton C. Flemings Career Development Chair
2004: Swiss National Science Foundation Fellowship for Prospective Researchers
2003: Diploma in Entrepreneurship Course at the CREATE Branco Weiss Chairs of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (Lausanne, Switzerland)
2002: Organization of the scientific expedition Electrophonic Fireball Project, Terra Alta region, Spain
2001: Scholarship of Swiss Society for Optics and Microscopy
1998: Organization of the scientific project International Leonid Watch – Croatia, Ulan Bator, Mongolia
1996: Dean's Prize for the Best Student Project at University of Zagreb in 1995/96 Academic Year (Zagreb, Croatia)
1996: Scholarship of the City Council of Zagreb (Zagreb, Croatia)