Nadya Mason

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Dean of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and Interim Vice President for Science, Innovation, and Partnership

Nadya Mason 

5640 South Ellis Avenue
ERC 299C
Chicago, IL, 60637
nmason1@uchicago.edu

For PME-Related Matters:
LaKesha Lloyd
773.834.2023
lakesha@uchicago.edu

For Science, Innovation, and Partnerships-Related Matters:
Marvie Rodgers
773.702.9476
mrodgers2@uchicago.edu

Nadya Mason is the Dean of the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) and Interim Vice President for Science, Innovation, and Partnerships at the University of Chicago. She specializes in experimental studies of quantum materials, with a research focus on the electronic properties of nanoscale and correlated systems, such as nano-scale wires, atomically thin membranes, and nanostructured superconductors. Her research is relevant to applications involving nanoscale and quantum computing elements.

Before becoming dean of PME, Mason was the Rosalyn S. Yalow Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she directed the Illinois Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology and also served as founding director of the Illinois Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (I-MRSEC).

In addition to maintaining a rigorous research program and teaching, Mason works to increase diversity in the physical sciences, particularly through mentoring, and is former chair of the APS Committee on Minorities, where she helped initiate the “National Mentoring Community.” Mason can also be seen promoting science on local TV, at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and in a TED talk on “Scientific Curiosity.”

Mason received her B.S. from Harvard University and her PhD from Stanford University, both in physics. Among her many honors, she is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has been recognized for her work with awards, including the 2009 Denise Denton Emerging Leader Award, the 2012 APS Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, and the 2019 APS Bouchet Award.

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