Mary Galvin
Professor Emerita; Dean Emerita
Prospective Graduate Students
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.