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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsJulia M. Phillips
Dates
August 17, 1954 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Phillips, Julia M.
Biography
Abstract
Julia Phillips is Director of Nuclear Weapons Science and Technology Programs at Sandia National Laboratories. She has researched epitaxial metallic and insulating films on semiconductors, high-temperature superconducting, and ferroelectric and magnetic oxide thin films. She also received the American Physical Society's 2008 George E. Pake Prize.
Important Dates
August 17, 1954Birth, Freeport (Ill.).
1976Obtained BS in Physics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg (Va.).
1981Obtained PhD in Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven (Conn.).
1981 – 1984Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1984 – 1995Member, Technical Staff (1984-1988); Program Manager, Consortium for Superconducting Electronics (1989-1992); and Supervisor, Thin Films Research Group, Research Division (1988-1995), AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1995President, Materials Research Society.
1995 – presentDepartment Manager (1995-2000); Director, Physical Chemical and Nano Sciences Center (2001-2010); and Director, Nuclear Weapons Science and Technology Programs (2010-present), Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque (N.M.).
2004Member, National Academy of Engineering.
2005 – 2007Director, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, United States Department of Energy.
2008Awarded George E. Pake Prize, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Materials physicist
Places
Birth
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People
Colleagues
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Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
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Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
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Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
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Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
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Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
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Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
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Institutions
Major Positions
Member, Technical Staff; Program Manager, Consortium for Superconducting Electronics; and Supervisor, Thin Films Research Group, Research Division.
Member, Technical Staff.
Sandia National Laboratories
Department Manager; Director, Physical Chemical and Nano Sciences Center; and Director, Nuclear Weapons Science and Technology Programs.
United States. Department of Energy
Director, Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Received 2008 George E. Pake Prize.
College of William and Mary. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1976).
Materials Research Society
President.
National Academy of Engineering
Member.
Yale University. School of Engineering & Applied Science
Obtained PhD in Applied Physics (1981).