Bio
Jennifer Dionne is the Senior Associate Vice Provost of Research Platforms/Shared Facilities and an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Radiology (by courtesy) at Stanford. Jen received her Ph.D. in Applied Physics at the California Institute of Technology, advised by Harry Atwater, and B.S. degrees in Physics and Systems & Electrical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to joining Stanford, she served as a postdoctoral researcher in Chemistry at Berkeley, advised by Paul Alivisatos. Jen's research develops nanophotonic methods to observe and control chemical and biological processes as they unfold with nanometer scale resolution, emphasizing critical challenges in global health and sustainability. Her work has been recognized with the Alan T. Waterman Award (2019), an NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2019), a Moore Inventor Fellowship (2017), the Materials Research Society Young Investigator Award (2017), Adolph Lomb Medal (2016), Sloan Foundation Fellowship (2015), and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2014), and was featured on Oprah’s list of “50 Things that will make you say ‘Wow!'"
Academic Appointments
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Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
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Associate Professor (By courtesy), Radiology - Rad/Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
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Member, Bio-X
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Affiliate, Precourt Institute for Energy
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Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
Administrative Appointments
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Senior Associate Dean of Research for Platforms/Shared Facilities, Stanford (2020 - Present)
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Co-Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy (2019 - Present)
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Director, Photonics at Thermodynamic Limits Energy Frontier Research Center (2018 - Present)
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Faculty Co-Director, Stanford Photonics Research Center (2018 - Present)
Honors & Awards
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Alan T. Waterman Award, National Science Foundation (2019)
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New Innovator Award, National Institutes of Health (2019)
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Materials Research Society Outstanding Young Investigator, Materials Research Society (2017)
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Nano Letters Young Investigator Lectureship, American Chemical Society (2017)
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Tau Beta Pi Teaching Honor Roll, Tau Beta Pi, Stanford (2017)
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Adolph Lomb Medal, Optical Society of America (2016)
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Outstanding Undergraduate Engineering Professor, Tau Beta Pi (2016)
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award, Dreyfus Foundation (2015)
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Sloan Research Fellowship, Sloan Foundation (2015)
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Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering, United States government (2014)
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Kavli Early Career Lectureship in Nanoscience, Materials Research Society (2013)
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Oprah’s 50 things that will make you say ‘Wow!’, Oprah Magazine (2013)
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Outstanding Young Alumni Award, Washington University in St. Louis (2012)
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CAREER Award, National Science Foundation (2011)
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TR35, Technology Review (2011)
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Frederick E. Terman Fellow, Stanford University (2010)
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Robert Noyce Family Faculty Fellow, Robert Noyce Scholarship & Fellowship Programs (2010)
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Young Investigator, Air Force Office of Scientific Research (2010)
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Francis Clauser Prize, Clauser family (2009)
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Gold Award, Materials Research Society (2008)
Professional Education
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PhD, California Institute of Technology, Applied Physics (2009)
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MS, California Institute of Technology, Applied Physics (2005)
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BS, Washington University in St. Louis, Physics (2003)
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BS, Washington University in St. Louis, Systems Science and Mathematics (2003)