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Fredrickson Research Group

University of California, Santa Barbara

Glenn Fredrickson

Glenn H. Fredrickson

Materials Research Laboratory
3105 MRL Building
University of California
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5150 USA

Telephone: (805) 893-8308
Facsimile: (805) 893-8797
Email: ghf@mrl.ucsb.edu
Education
Ph.D. Chemical EngineeringStanford University1984
M.S. Chemical EngineeringStanford University1981
B.S. Chemical EngineeringUniversity of Florida1980
Appointments
UC Santa BarbaraMitsubishi Chemical Chair in Functional Materials2004-Present
Founding Director, Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials (MC-CAM)2001-Present
Director, Complex Fluids Design Consortium (CFDC)2002-Present
Associate Director, Materials Research Laboratory (MRL)2004-2008
Chairman of Chemical Engineering1998-2001
Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials1991-2005
Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials2005-Present
AT&T Bell LaboratoriesDistinguished Member of Technical Staff1989-1990
Member of Technical Staff1984-1989
The KAITEKI Institute, Tokyo, JapanExecutive Director, Board Member2009-2014
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings, Tokyo, JapanMember of the Board,
Chief Technology Officer
2014-2017
Mitsubishi Chemical Group, Tokyo, JapanMember of the Board,
Corporate Executive Advisor
2017-2024
Honors
H. Willard Davis Lecture, University of South Carolina, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry2024
Inaugural Highly Ranked Scholar – Lifetime, ScholarGPS2024
Chemistry of Thermoplastic Elastomers Award, Rubber Division, American Chemical Society2023
Nebraska Cluster for Computational Chemistry (NC3) Award, University of Nebraska2021
Elected to National Academy of Sciences, USA2021
Seoul National University, Chemical and Biological Engineering Distinguished Lectureship2018
Bird Stewart Lightfoot Lectureship, University of Wisconsin, Madison2018
Materials Theory Award, Materials Research Society2017
Lacey Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology2017
Hiroshi Ito Memorial Award, SPIE (with C. Carpenter, K. T. Delaney)2017
William H. Walker Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers2016
Amundson Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota 2016
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science2013
Exxon-Mobil Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2011
Discovery Lecturer, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2011
Fellow, American Academy of Arts & Sciences2011
David M. Mason Lecturer, 50th Anniversary celebration of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University 2010
Collaboration Success Award, Council for Chemical Research2010
Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society2009
Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers2009
Texas Distinguished Faculty Lecturer, Chem. Engr., U. Texas, Austin2009
Richard S. H. Mah Lectures, Northwestern University2008
Cooperative Research Award in Polymer Science and Engineering, PMSE Division, American Chemical Society2008
Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society 2007
Warren L. McCabe Lecturer, Chem. Engr., NC State University 2005
Aggarwal Lectures in Polymer Science, Cornell University2005
Election to the National Academy of Engineering2003
G. Stafford Whitby Lecturer, Polymer Sci., University of Akron2001
Creativity Extension, Materials Theory Program, NSF2000
Distinguished Alumni Award, Chem. Engr., University of Florida1999
Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers1999
Fellow of the American Physical Society1998
Professor Joliot Curie, City of Paris, France1994
Visiting Miller Research Professor, UC Berkeley1993
Piercy Distinguished Professor, University of Minnesota1992
John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society1992
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow1992
Allan P. Colburn Lecturer, University of Delaware1991
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award1991
Presidential Young Investigator, National Science Foundation1990
Distinguished Technical Staff Award, AT&T Bell Labs1989