2008 MRS Secretary, Treasurer, and Governing Committee Chairs Announced
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2008 MRS Secretary, Treasurer, and Governing Committee Chairs Announced
Bethanie J.H. Stadler
David S. Ginley
Bethanie J.H. Stadler of the University of Minnesota has been elected as Secretary for a two-year term for the Materials Research Society. During the 2007 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, the MRS Board of Directors appointed director David S. Ginley (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) as MRS Treasurer to serve in 2008. Also at the meeting, 2008 President Cynthia A. Volkert announced the chairs of the governing committee: Ginley for Operational Oversight, J. Charles Barbour (Sandia National Laboratories) for Planning, and Susan P. Ermer (Lockheed Martin) for External Relations. The Operational Oversight Committee is accountable for overseeing MRS’s operational and financial performance, as well as the operations and effectiveness of the Society’s operating committees, ensuring that volunteer involvement in the Society’s programs is highly productive and satisfying. The Planning Committee is accountable for developing and leading the Board’s participation in all MRS planning, including the annual budget preparation. The External Relations Committee is responsible for developing policy and strategy recommendations for establishing and maintaining effective relationships with the Society’s various external constituencies. Bethanie J.H. Stadler Secretary Bethanie J.H. Stadler is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. Stadler received her PhD degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1994) in materials science and engineering. Prior to joining the University, she was a National Research Council postdoctoral fellow in the Air Force Rome Laboratory. She has received numerous awards including the NSF CAREER award. Stadler is currently working on magnetic nanowires
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J. Charles Barbour
for magnetoelectronics and sensor applications. For MRS, Stadler served on the Board of Directors where she served on all three governing subcommittees, including co-chair of the Operations and the Planning committees. She has also served as chair of the Academic Affairs committee, co-organized three symposia, and cochaired the 2004 MRS Fall Meeting. She also founded and directed the Undergraduate Materials Research Initiative. David S. Ginley Treasurer; Chair, Operational Oversight Committee David S. Ginley is group manager of the Process Technology and Advanced Concepts group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. His current work focuses on the development and basic science of very high-quality materials for solar energy conversion and storage and combination of these materials with new process technology for practical device development to produce both new basic understanding as well as practical technologies. Ginley received a PhD degree in inorganic chemistry from the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology. He has published more than 320 papers, received 28 patents, and been honored with a Department of Energy Award for Sus tained Research in Superconductin
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