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Jennifer Dionne
Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Professor (By courtesy), Radiology - Rad/Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford
Member, Bio-X
Member, Cardiovascular Institute
Affiliate, Precourt Institute for Energy
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute
PhD, California Institute of Technology, Applied Physics (2009)
MS, California Institute of Technology, Applied Physics (2005)
BS, Washington University in St. Louis, Physics (2003)
BS, Washington University in St. Louis, Systems Science and Mathematics (2003)
Affiliation:
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!'"