Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Biography

2022

Professor Emerita, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame

2015-2022

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame

2015-2020

Dean, College of Science, University of Notre Dame

2013-2015

Director, Division of Materials Research, National Science Foundation

2010-2013

Program Manager, National Science Foundation

2009-2010

Program Manager, Materials Chemistry, Basic Energy Sciences, US Department of Energy

2005-2009

Member of Technology Leadership Team, Air Products and Chemicals

2004-2007

Distinguished Professor of Materials Science, University of Delaware

1998-2004

Professor of Materials Science, University of Delaware

1993-1998

Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories

1984-1993

Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories

1984

Sc.D. in Polymers/Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1982

M.S. in Polymers/Materials Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1973

B.A. in Chemistry, Manhattanville College

Selected Awards

2019

Fellow of the Materials Research Society

2012

Director's Award for Collaborative Integration, National Science Foundation

2008-2009

Member of the Board of Directors, Materials Research Society

1999

Fellow of the American Physical Society

Research Interests

Dean Galvin has established research programs on the structure and property relationships that govern the performance of organic materials in light-emitting diodes (LEDs), photovoltaic cells and thin film transistors. She has co-authored many publications in this area as well as on inorganic/organic nanocomposites and polymer blends and has given numerous invited talks at national and international meetings. She currently holds five U.S. patents.