Biography:Sharon Gerbode

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Short description: American physicist researching biomechanics

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 B.S. in physics at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 2003, where she worked on her senior thesis with Bruce Schumm.[3] She earner her Ph.D. in soft 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

  • Cottrell Scholar (2016) by Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA)[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Refrigerators of the future may be inspired by the weird physics of rubber". PBS. 10 October 2019. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/twistocaloric-cooling/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Gerbode named 2016 Cottrell Scholar". https://www.hmc.edu/about-hmc/2016/04/05/gerbode-named-2016-cottrell-scholar/. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  3. ↑ "UC Santa Cruz - Undergraduate Admissions _ Physics". https://admissions.sa.ucsc.edu/majors/physics. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Sharon J. Gerbode - Physics". Harvey Mudd College. https://physics.hmc.edu/faculty/gerbode/. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  5. ↑ "The Counterintuitive Behavior of the Cucumber Tendril". August 31, 2012. https://scitechdaily.com/the-counterintuitive-behavior-of-the-cucumber-tendril/. 
  6. ↑ "HMC Expert: Sharon Gerbode". Harvey Mudd College. https://www.hmc.edu/about-hmc/hmc-experts/sharon-gerbode/. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  7. ↑ Cash, Caitlin E.; Wang, Jeremy; Martirossyan, Maya M.; Ludlow, B. Kemper; Baptista, Alejandro E.; Brown, Nina M.; Weissler, Eli J.; Abacousnac, Jatin et al. (2018). "Local Melting Attracts Grain Boundaries in Colloidal Polycrystals". Physical Review Letters 120 (1): 018002. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.018002. PMID 29350950. Bibcode: 2018PhRvL.120a8002C. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.018002. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  8. ↑ Gerbode, Sharon J.; Lee, Stephanie H.; Liddell, Chekesha M.; Cohen, Itai (2008). "Restricted Dislocation Motion in Crystals of Colloidal Dimer Particles". Physical Review Letters 101 (5): 058302. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.058302. PMID 18764434. Bibcode: 2008PhRvL.101e8302G. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.058302. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  9. ↑ Gerbode, Sharon J.; Agarwal, Umang; Ong, Desmond C.; Liddell, Chekesha M.; Escobedo, Fernando; Cohen, Itai (2010). "Glassy dislocation dynamics in 2D colloidal dimer crystals". Physical Review Letters 105 (7): 078301. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.078301. PMID 20868079. Bibcode: 2010PhRvL.105g8301G. https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.078301. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  10. ↑ Gerbode, Sharon J.; Puzey, Joshua R.; McCormick, Andrew G.; Mahadevan, L. (2012). "How the Cucumber Tendril Coils and Overwinds". Science 337 (6098): 1087–1091. doi:10.1126/science.1223304. PMID 22936777. Bibcode: 2012Sci...337.1087G. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.1223304. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  11. ↑ "Watching crystals grow provides clues to making smoother, defect-free thin films". Cornell Chronicle. http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2010/01/researchers-study-colloid-crystal-growth. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  12. ↑ Ehrenstein, David (5 January 2018). "Focus: How to Sculpt a Crystal". Physics 11: 1. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.018002. PMID 29350950. https://physics.aps.org/articles/v11/1. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  13. ↑ Corté, L.; Gerbode, S. J.; Man, W.; Pine, D. J. (2009). "Synopsis: Gravity organizes sediment". Physical Review Letters (Physics) 103 (24): 248301. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.248301. PMID 20366236. https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.248301. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  14. ↑ "Unwinding the Cucumber Tendril Mystery". National Public Radio (NPR). https://www.npr.org/2012/08/31/160391680/unwinding-the-cucumber-tendril-mystery. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 
  15. ↑ "Scopus: Sharon Gerbode". https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=24528458900. Retrieved 26 November 2019. 

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