Thiel Research Group
Prof. Patricia A. Thiel
Current Appointments
- Faculty Scientist, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, Ames Laboratory
- Distinguished Professor, Deptments of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University
- Member, Chemical Sciences Roundtable, the National Academies
- Associate Editor, the Journal of Chemical Physics
Education
- Ph.D. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; 1981
- B.A. Chemistry (Summa cum laude), Macalester College, St. Paul, MN; 1975
Professional Appointments
- John D. Corbett Professor in Chemistry; 2011 - 2014
- Member, Chemical Sciences Roundtable, the National Academies; 2010 - Present
- Division Director for Science and Technology, Ames Laboratory; 2008 - 2009
- Chair, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University; 1999 - 2002
- Program Director, Materials Chemistry, Ames Laboratory; 1988 - 2003
- Professor (Assistant-Associate-Full-Distinguished), Department of Chemistry, Iowa State University; 1983 - Present
- Chemist (Associate-Full-Senior), Ames Laboratory; 1983 - 2014
- Technical Staff Member, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA; 1982 - 1983
- Postdoctoral Research, Universität München, Germany; 1981
- Scientist, Research Division of Control Data Corp., Minneapolis, MN; 1974 - 1976
Honors, Awards and Professional Activities
- Medard W. Welch Award for "seminal contributions to the understanding of quasicrystalline surfaces and thin-film nucleation and growth"; American Vacuum Society; 2014
- Greek Community Outstanding Faculty, Iowa State University; 2014
- Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society; 2014
- Cassling Family Faculty Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Iowa State University; 2013-2014
- Louis Thompson Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award "in
recognition of an outstanding teaching career with distinguished
achievement in undergraduate education," Iowa State University; 2013
- Fellow, Materials Research Society; 2012
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); 2010
- Liberal Arts & Sciences Institutional Service Award, Iowa State University; 2010
- Liberal Arts & Sciences Master Teacher Award, Iowa State University; 2010
- Arthur W. Adamson Award for Distinguished Service in the Advancement of Surface Chemistry, American Chemical Society; 2010
- David Adler Lectureship Award in the Field of Materials Physics, American Physical Society; 2010
- Honorary Member Award, Iota Sigma Pi the National Honor Society for Women in Chemistry; 2008
- Visiting Professor, Tohoku University, Japan; 2006
- Editor, ICQ9 Conference Proceedings, Special Issues of Philosophical Magazine; 2006
- Co-Organizer, 9th International Conference on Quasicrystals, Ames, Iowa; 2005
- Dr. Honoris Causa (honorary degree), Institut National Polytechnic de Lorraine, France; 2005
- Distinguished Professor, Iowa State University; 2002
- Fellow, American Vacuum Society; 2001
- Fellow, American Physical Society; 2001
- Invitation Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS); 2001
- Visiting Professor, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; 2001
- Visiting Professor, École des Mines, Nancy, France; 1999, 2000, 2002
- U.S. Dept. of Energy Award for Outstanding Scientific Accomplishment in Research; 1998
- ISU Foundation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Research, Iowa State University; 1998
- Wilkinson Teaching Award, Dept. of Chemistry, Iowa State University; 1996
- Faculty Award for Women in Science and Engineering, National Science Foundation; 1991 - 1996
- Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar; 1986 - 1990
- National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator; 1985 - 1989
- Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship; 1984 - 1986