Rachel Goldman
Rachel S. Goldman is Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, and Physics at the University of Michigan (UM).
During 2005-2006, she was the Augustus Anson Whitney Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute and Visiting Scientist in the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University.
Goldman received her B.S. in Physics (high honors with distinction) from UM. During the summers following her sophomore and senior years, Goldman interned at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, NY and Thomson-CSF in Orsay, France. She then received her M.S. in Applied Physics from Cornell University and her PhD in Materials Science from the University of California, San Diego. Following her PhD, Goldman was a postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University. In 1997, she joined UM as the Dow Corning Assistant Professor.
Goldman’s research involves developing strategies for manipulating and identifying atoms in novel layered and nanostructured materials, which have several energy applications including high-efficiency photovoltaics and high figure-of-merit thermoelectrics. Goldman's group also uses these materials to examine the mechanisms of several fundamental processes at the nanoscale, including strain relaxation, alloy formation, and diffusion; and correlations between nanometer-scale structure and electronic, magnetic, and optical properties.
Goldman is the author of more than 60 publications, and she has delivered more than 120 invited talks. Goldman has received an MRS Graduate Student Award, an NSF CAREER Award, the AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award, and the UM Ted Kennedy Family Team Award. She has organized 2 MRS Symposia and 3 APS Focus Sessions, served on the MRS Publications Committee, and served as Chair of the EMPD Division of AVS. Goldman is currently Associate Editor of Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A and Journal of Electronic Materials, and Volume Organizer for the MRS Bulletin. She is also serving 3-year terms as a member of the AVS Board of Directors, an APS-FIAP Member-at-Large, and a member of the TMS/IEEE Electronic Materials Committee.
Rachel Goldman is a MMPEI Faculty Fellow.