Zahra Fakhraai

Fakhraai, Zahra University of Pennsylvania

Curriculum Vitae Zahra Fakhraai

Department of Chemistry Phone: (215) 746-8436 Fax: (215) 573-2112 University of Pennsylvania [email protected] 231 S. 34th Street http://web.sas.upenn.edu/fakhraaigroup Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323

Positions

Co-PI, NSF-Funded PIRE, “Research and Education for Active Coating Technologies (REACT) for the Human Habitat”, 2015-present Member of the Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter (LRSM), 2011-present Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2011-present NSERC Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2009 - 11, Advisor: Mark D. Ediger Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2007 - 08, Advisor: Gilbert C. Walker

Professional Preparation

Ph.D. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 2003 - 07, “Dy- namics of Polymer Thin Films and Surfaces, Advisor: James A. Forrest M.Sc. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1999 -2001, “Pattern Formation in Viscous Fingering Using Two Miscible Fluids”, Advisor: Shahin Ruhani B.Sc. Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 1995 - 1999.

Awards and Scholarships

Journal of Physical Chemistry B Lectureship Award, American Physical Society PHYS division, 2017. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, 2015. NSF CAREER award, 2014-2019. NSERC Post-Doctoral Scholarship, 2009 - 11. International Travel Grant Award, American Physical Society, 2014. Co-winner:Dr. Sharareh Tavad- dod, Tarbiat Modaress University, Iran

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Frank J. Padden Award, American Physical Society, 2007. Ontario Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology, 2006 -07. Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2005. University of Waterloo President’s Graduate Scholarship, 2005. Sharif University Award for Outstanding Work towards Master’s Degree, 2001.

Professional Afﬁliations

Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015-present. Member of the Materials Research Society , 2014-present. Member of the American Biophysical Society, 2013-present. Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2013-Present. Member of the American Physical Society and Active Member of the Division of Polymer Physics, 2004-Present. Member of the American Chemical Society, 2011-Present. Member of the American Optical Society, 2011-2013.

Publications

Number of times cited: 1159 h index: 17 h index for Penn Publications: 9 ∗ Corresponding authors, † Undergraduate authors, ‡ Graduate students mentored by Fakhraai

Peer Reviewed

Publications at Penn 1. E. C. Glor‡, A. Angrand†, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Exploring the Existence of Two Glass Tran- sitions due to Competing Interfacial Effects in Thin, Supported Polymer Films”, J. Phys. Chem. Accepted, Invited paper for special issues.

2. Y. Zhang‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Decoupling of Surface Diffusion and Relaxation Dynamics of Molecular Glasses”, Proc. Nat. Acd. Sci. Accepted.

3. Y-C Lin‡, M. H. Repollet-Pedrosa, J. J. Ferrie, E. J. Petersson, and Z. Fakhraai*. “Po- tential Artifacts in Sample Preparation Methods Used for Imaging Amyloid Oligomers and Protoﬁbrils due to Surface-Mediated Fibril Formation “, J. Phys. Chem. B., DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b12560 (2017).

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4. E. C. Glor‡, R. C. Ferrier, C. Li, R. J. Composto, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Out of-Plane Orienta- tion Alignment and Reorientation Dynamics of Gold Nanorods in Polymer Nanocomposite Films”, Soft Matter, 13, 2207–2215. DOI: 10.1039/C6SM02403C(2017). 5. Y. Zhang‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Invariant Fast Surface Diffusion on the Surfaces of Ultra- stable and Aged Molecular Glasses”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 118, +066101, DOI: 10.1103/Phys- RevLett.118.066101 (2017). We demonstrated that surface diffusion on the surface of glasses of various stability is constant, and only a function of temperature. These observations rule out the importance of surface diffusion measurements in understanding the formation of exceptionally stable glasses.

6. Y.-C. Lin‡, H. Komatsu, J. Ma, P. H. Axelsen, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Rapid, Label-Free, Quan- titative Analysis of Amyloid Fibril Polymorphism by Atomic Force Microscopy ”, RCS Advances, 6, 114286 114295, Doi:10.1039/C6RA24031C(2016). 7. Y. Zhang‡, R. Potter†, W. Zhang†, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Using Tobacco Mosaic Virus to Probe Enhanced Surface Diffusion of Molecular Glasses”, Soft Matter, 12, 9115-9120, doi: 10.1039/C6SM01566B(2016). We developed a novel technique to readily measure diffusion coefﬁcient of the surface of organic glasses.

8. Y. Zhang‡, E. Glor‡, M. Li‡, T. Liu‡, K. Wahid†, W. Zhang†, R. A. Riggleman, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Ultra-thin Molecular Glass Films”, J. Chem. Phys., 145, 114502, doi: 10.1063/1.4962734 (2016). arXiv preprint version In this paper we show a strong glass to liquid transition in ultra-thin ﬁlms of organic molecule glasses as the ﬁlm thickness is decreased below 30 nm. This study shows that the dynamics in organic glasses are strongly correlated with correlation lengths that are at least ten times larger than the molecules’ size.

9. E. C. Glor‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Cooling Rate Dependent Ellipsometry Measurements to Determine the Dynamics of Thin Glassy Films”,J. of Vis. Exp. (JOVE), 107, e53499, doi: 10.3791/53499 (2016). 10. Z. Qian, C. Li‡, Z. Fakhraai*, and S.-J. Park*, “Unusual Weak Interparticle Distance De- pendence in Raman Enhancement from Nanoparticle Dimers ”, J. Phys. Chem. C., 120, 1824-1830, doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09396 (2016). Highlighted on the cover. 11. E. Glor‡, R. J. Composto, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Glass Transition Dynamics and Fragility of Ultra-Thin Miscible Polymer Blend Films”, Macromolecules, 48, 6682-6689, doi: 10.1021/acs.macromol.5b00979 (2015). In this work we showed that length scales of the propagation of interfacial effects into thin polymer ﬁlms can be as large as 30 nm for a highly miscible polymer blend system, where the glass transition temperature and fragility can be tuned by adjusting the blend composition.

12. T. Liu‡, K. Cheng, E. Salami-Ranjbaran, F. Gao, E. Glor‡, M. Li‡, P. J. Walsh*, and Z Fakhraai* “Synthesis and High-Throughput Characterization of Structural Analogues of Molecular Glassformers: 1,3,5-trisarylbenzenes”, Soft Matter, 11, 7558-7566, doi: 10.1039/C5SM01044F (2015). 13. T Liu‡, K. Cheng, E. Salami-Ranjbaran, F. Gao, C. Li‡, X. Tong, Y.-C. Lin‡, Y. Zhang‡, W. Zhang†, L. Klinge‡, P. Walsh* and Z. Fakhraai*, “The Effect of Chemical Structure on the

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Stability of Physical Vapor Deposited Glasses of 1,3,5-triarylbenzene”, J. Chem. Phys., 143, 084506, doi: 10.1063/1.492852,(2015).

14. S. P. Hastings‡, Z. Qian, P. Swanglap, Y. Fang, N. Engheta, S.-J. Park, S. Link, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Modal Interference In Spiky Nanoshells”, Optics Express, 23, 11290-11311, doi: 10.1364/OE.23.011290,(2015). Developed a simple and robust theoretical tool to calculate the full scattering matrix of an arbitrary object using FDTD simulations.

15. Z. Qian, S. P. Hastings‡, C. Li‡, B. Edwards, C. K. McGinn†, N. Engheta, Z. Fakhraai* and S.-J. Park*, “Raspberry-like Metamolecules Exhibiting Strong Magnetic Resonances”,ACS Nano , 9, 1263-1270, doi: 10.1021/nn5050678,(2015). Highlighted in Nanotechnology News

16. E. C. Glor‡, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Facilitation of Interfacial Dynamics in Entangled Polymer Films”, J. Chem. Phys., 141, 194505, doi: 10.1063/1.4901512,(2014). Demonstrated that enhanced surface dynamics strongly affects the dynamics of ultra-thin polymer ﬁlms over length scales of 10-20 nm with the extent of the effect depending on the molecular weight of the polymer.

17. Y-C Lin‡, E. J. Petersson, Z. Fakhraai*, “Surface Effects Mediate Self-Assembly of Amyloid- β Peptides”, ACS Nano, 8, 10178-10186, doi: 10.1021/nn5031669,(2014). Developed a novel sample preparation method that allows high resolution AFM imaging of the kinetics of amyloid self-assembly of mono-layer peptides adsorbed on a surface.

18. S. P. Hastings‡, P. Swanglap, Z. Qian, Y. Fang, S.-J. Park*, S. Link, N. Engheta, and Z. Fakhraai*, “Quadrupole Enhanced Raman Scattering (QERS)”, ACS Nano 8, 9025-9034, doi: 10.1021/nn5022346,(2014). First experimental demonstration that dark quadrupole modes can efﬁciently enhance Raman scattering, with exceptional sensitivity and reproducibility.

19. B. L. Sanchez-Gaytan, Z. Qian, S. P. Hastings‡, M. L. Reca‡, Z. Fakhraai*, and S.-J. Park*, “Controlling the Topography and Surface Plasmon Resonance of Gold Nanoshells by a Templated Surfactant-Assisted Seed Growth Method ”, J. Phys. Chem. C. 117, 8916-8923, doi:10.1021/jp401189k, (2013).

20. B. L. Sanchez-Gaytan, P. Swanglap, T. J. Lamkin‡, R. J. Hickey, Z. Fakhraai,* S. Link, and S.-J. Park*, “Spiky Gold Nanoshells: Synthesis and Enhanced Scattering Properties”,J. Phys. Chem. C. 116, 10318-10324, doi:10.1021/jp300009b, (2012). Highlighted on the cover of Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Twice!

21. C. R. Daley, Z. Fakhraai*, M. D. Ediger, and J. A. Forrest,* “Comparing Surface and Bulk Flow of a Molecular Glass Former ”, Soft Matter, 8, 2206-2212, doi:10.1039/C2SM06826E, (2012). Experimental demonstration of enhanced diffusion on the surface of organic glasses. The nanparticle probe technique developed provides simultaneous measurements of the surface and the bulk ﬂow of the material. Featured as SoftMatter hot article.

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Under Review

22. E. D. Cubuk, R. J. S. Ivancic, S. S. Schoenholz, D. J. Strickland, A. Basu, Z. S. Davidson, J. Fontaine, L. Hor, Y. R. Huang, Y. Jiang, N. Keim, K. D. Koshigan, J. Lefever, T. Liu‡, X.-G. Ma, D.J. Magagnosc, C. Ortiz, J. Rieser, A. Shavit, T. Still, Y. Xu, Y. Zhang‡, P. E. Arratia, R. W. Carpick, D. J. Durian, Z. Fakhraai, D. Jerolmack, Daeyeon Lee, J. Li, R. Riggleman, K. T. Turner, A. G. Yodh, D. S. Gianola*, and Andrea J. Liu*, “Universal signatures of plasticity in disordered solids”, Submitted

23. T. Liu‡, A. Exarhos, E. Alguire, F. Gao, E. Salami-Ranjbaran, K. Cheng, T. Jia, J. E. Subotnik, P. J. Walsh, J. M. Kikkawa, and Z. Fakhraai*, “A Birefringent Stable Glass with Predomi- nantly Isotropic Molecular Orientation”, Submitted.

24. D. Sil, C. Lane, E. Glor‡, K. Gilroy, S. Sylla, ,B. Barbiellini, R. Markiewicz, S. Neretina, A. Bansil, Z. Fakhraai, and E. Borguet*, “Plasmonic Synthesis of a Solid Material: Au Hydride”, Submitted..

Previous Publications

25. S. S. Dalal, Z. Fakhraai, and M. D. Ediger*, “High-Throughput Ellipsometric Characteriza- tion of Vapor-Deposited Indomethacin Glasses “, J. Phys. Chem. B. 117, 15415- 15425, doi: 10.1021/jp405005n, (2013).

26. S. S. Dalal, A. Sepúlveda, G. K. Pribil, Z. Fakhraai, and M. D. Ediger,* “Density and Bire- fringence of a Highly Stable α,α,β-trisnaphthylbenzene Glass”, J. Chem. Phys. 136, 204501, doi:10.1063/1.4719532,(2012).

27. M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, N. Gunari, A. Tanur, and G. C. Walker,* “Imaging Secondary Struc- ture of Individual Amyloid Fibrils of a β(2)-Microglobulin Fragment Using Near-Field In- frared Spectroscopy ”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 133, 7376 - 7383, doi:10.1021/ja109316p, (2011).

28. Z. Fakhraai, T. Still, G. Fytas, and M. D. Ediger* “Structural Variations of an Organic Glass- former Vapor-Deposited onto a Temperature Gradient Stage”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 423- 427, doi:10.1021/jz101723d, (2011). Developed a high-throughput sample preparation technique to demonstrated that near-equilibrium glasses can be formed at temperatures down to 100K below the glass transition temperature, by physical vapor deposition. Some of these glass states could take millions of years to form by physical aging.

29. V. H. Niri, B. K. Flatt, Z. Fakhraai, and J. A. Forrest* “Simultaneous Monitoring of Electofor- mation of Phospholipid Vesicles by Quartz Crystal Microbalance and Optical Microscopy”, Chemistry and Physics of Lipids, 163, 36-41, doi: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.10.004,(2011).

30. M. J. Kofke, D. H. Waldeck, Z. Fakhraai, S. Ip, and G. C. Walker,* “The Effect of Periodicity on the Extraordinary Optical Transmission of Annular Aperture Arrays”, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 023104, doi:10.1063/1.3067835,(2009).

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31. M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, B. B. Akhremitchev, K. Mueller, and G. C. Walker,* “Assembly, Tunning and Use of an Apertureless Near Field Infrared Microscope for Protein Imaging”, J. of Vis. Exp. (JOVE), 33, e1581, doi: 10.3791/1581,(2009).

32. D. Qi, Z. Fakhraai, and J. A. Forrest,* “Substrate and Chain Size Dependence of Near Surface Dynamics of Glassy Polymers”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 096101, doi: 10.1103/Phys- RevLett.101.096101,(2008).

33. K. Mueller, X. Yang, M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, N. Gunari, and G. C. Walker,* “Chemical Imaging of the Surface of Self-Assembled Polystyrene-b-Poly(methyl methacrylate) Diblock Copolymer Films Using Apertureless Near-Field IR Microscopy”, Langmuir, 24, 6946-6951, doi:10.1021/la703406d, (2008).

34. Z. Fakhraai and J. A. Forrest,* “Measuring the Surface Dynamics of Glassy Polymers”, Science, 319, 600-604, doi: 10.1126/science.1151205,(2008). This work was the ﬁrst direct measurement of the temperature dependent relaxation times of the surface of polystyrene glass. It was shown that the relaxation times are orders of magnitude faster at the surface and have a much weaker temperature-dependence compared to the bulk. The surface of polystyrene is an equilibrium liquid even at room temperature. Related Perspective: Glass Surfaces Not so Glassy

35. J. S. Sharp, J. A. Forrest, Z. Fakhraai, M. Khomenko, J. H. Teichroeb, and K. Dalnoki- Veress,* “Reply to Comment on “The Properties of Fee Polymer Surfaces and Their Effect upon the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polystyrene Films ”by S.A. Hutcheson and G.B. McKenna ”, Eur. Phys. J. E. 22, 287-291, doi:10.1140/epje/e2007-00035-8,(2007).

36. Z. Fakhraai, and J. A. Forrest,* “Probing Slow Dynamics in Supported Thin Polymer Films”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 025701, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.025701,(2005). In this work cooling-rate dependent Tg measurements were used as a measure of relaxation dynamics in ultra-thin ﬁlms. It was shown that surprisingly, only slow dynamics (slow cooling rates) were affected by the enhanced interfacial dynamics. This work was important in unifying seemingly contradictory results in the literature by highlighting the importance of the cooling rate in observed interfacial effects.

37. Z. Fakhraai, S. Valadkhan, and J. A. Forrest,* “Qualitative Discrepancy Between Different Measures of Dynamics in Thin Polymer Films ”, Eur. Phys. J. E. 18, 143-148, doi:10.1140/epje/i2004-10158-1,(2005).

38. Z. Fakhraai, J. S. Sharp, J. A. Forrest, *“Effect of Sample Preparation on the Glass-Transition of Thin Polystyrene Films ”, J. Poly. Sci. B - Poly. Phys. 42, 4503-4507, doi: 10.1002/polb.20281, (2004).

Proceedings, Book Chapters, and Other Publications

39. Z. Fakhraai, “Teaching STEM at the Time of Political Distress”, University of Pennsylvania Almanac, Talk About Teaching and Learning, Vol 63, No 20,(2017).

40. M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, I. T. S. Li, N. Gunari, A. E. Tanur, and G. C. Walker,* “Nanoscale Imaging of the Secondary Structure of Individual Amyloid Fibrils Made From a Beta(2)-

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Microglobulin Fragment Using Near-Field Infrared Microscopy”,Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 242, 399-PHYS (2011).

41. Z. Fakhraai, D. Qi and J. A. Forrest,* “Relation Between Enhanced Surface Mobility and Tg Reduction in Thin Polymer ﬁlms”, Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 242, 295-PMSE (2011).

42. L. Stebounova, M. Paulite, Z. Fakhraai, and G. C. Walker,* “Biological Imaging Using Near- Field Scanning Microscopy”, Book Chapter in Comprehensive Nansocience and Nanotechnology by D. Andrews, G. Scholes, G. Wiederechts, Elsevier, 2011, ISBN: 978-0-12-374390-9.

43. R. Leal, C. T. Souza, M. R. da Silva, Z. Fakhraai, J. A. Forrest, and R. M. Papaleo* “Relaxation of Surface Tracks of Polycarbonate Thin Films Induced by MeV Heavy-Ion Impacts”, Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B - Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 268, 3080 - 3083 (2010).

44. M Paulite, Z Fakhraai, N Gunari, A Tanur, GC Walker,* “Different Individual Amyloid Fib- rils Exhibit Different Beta Sheet Secondary Structures via Near-ﬁeld Infrared Spectroscopy”, Biophysical Journal, 96 87a (2009).

45. J. A. Forrest, and Z. Fakhraai,* “Anomalous Long and Short Time Dynamics in Thin Films of Polystyrene ”, Abstract of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 229, 298-PMSE (2005).

Presentations

Invited Talks

National & International Meetings 1. Measuring Glassy Correlation Lengths in Ultra-thin Polymer Films, American Physical So- ciety, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017. 2. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Gordon Plymer Physics, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, June 2016. 3. Emergent Optical Properties of Disordered Nanoparticle Packings, Nano Korea, Seoul, Ko- rea, July 2016. 4. Raspberry-like Meta-Molecules Exhibiting Strong Isotropic Magnetic Plasmon Resonance, Gordon Nobel Metal Nanoparticles, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, June 2016 (poster award presentation). 5. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Biopolymers, Paciﬁchem, Honolulu, HI, December 2015. 6. High-resolution AFM Imaging of Amyloid Aggregates, Center for Neurodegenerative Dis- ease Research Marians Ware Research Retreat, October 2015. 7. Dynamics of Organic Glasses in Nanoscale and Its Connection to the Formation of Excep- tionally Stable Glasses, Gordon conference, Liquids, Chemistry and Physics of, Holderness School, NH, August 2015. 8. Exceptionally Stable Glasses and Their Origins, French American Workshop, Grenoble, France, June 2015.

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9. The importance of surface dynamics in the structure and function of organic glasses, Amer- ican Chemical Society, Northeast Regional Meeting, Ithaca, NY, June 2015. 10. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, American Physical Society, March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2015. 11. Dynamics in Glassy Thin Films Below Tg, 42nd Annual Conference, North American Ther- mal Analysis Society, Santa Fe, NM, September 2014. 12. Quadrupole Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (QERS) of Spiky Nanoshells, Eastern Analyti- cal Symposium, Somerset, NJ, November 2013. 13. Enhanced Surface Mobility Facilitates Tg Reduction in Thin Polystyrene Films, 7th IDMRCS meeting, Barcelona, July 2013. 14. Liquid-Like Behavior of Glassy Surfaces, Comploids Symposium, University of Pennsylva- nia, April 2013. 15. Glass Transition of Polymers near Their Free Surface, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, 2010. 16. Dynamics at the surface of a glass, PHYS Division, American Chemical Society Fall Meet- ing, Philadelphia, PA, August 2012. 17. The Effect of Small Backbone Modiﬁcations on the Nucleation Stage of Amyloid Fibril Formation, Chemical Biophysics Symposium, Toronto, On, April 2012. 18. Enhanced Surface Mobility Near the Free Surface of Glasses, PMSE Division, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Denver, Co, September 2011. 19. Surface Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films, American Physical Society March Meeting, Den- ver, 2007.(Padden Award Symposium)

Upcoming Invited Presentations 20. Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Toronto, ON, May 2017. 21. 8t International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems, Wisla, Poland, July 2017. 22. American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Washington, DC, August 2017.

Seminars & Colloquia 23. Measuring Long-range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, Complex Fluids Work- shop, Yale University, March 2017. 24. Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Glasses and Their Role in the Formation of Ultra- Stable Glasses, Stevens College, February 2017. 25. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, Rice University, January 2017. 26. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, University of California Los-Angeles, November 2016. 27. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, James Frank Institute, University of Chicago, November 2016. 28. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, Columbia University, Oc- tober 2016. 29. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, University Wisconsin- Madison, October 2016.

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30. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, October 2016. 31. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Organic Glasses, Rutgers University, Octo- ber 2016. 32. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Glasses, Princeton, September 2016. 33. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Glasses, Harvard, September 2016. 34. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Glasses, MIT, September 2016. 35. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Emory University, September 2016. 36. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, University of Wash- ington - Seattle, May 2015. 37. Measuring Long-Range Correlated Dynamics in Amorphous Systems, Drexel University, May 2015. 38. Morphology and Dewetting of Ultra-Thin Organic Glass Films, Corning Inc. Oct 23, 2015. 39. Kinetics of Surface Mediated Self-assembly of Amyloid-β Peptides, Department of Chem- istry, University of Chicago, Illinois, Oct 15, 2015. 40. Kinetics of Dewetting and Dynamics of Ultra-Thin Organic Glass Films, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 2015. 41. Kinetics of Surface Mediated Self-assembly of Amyloid-β Peptides, NIH, July 2015. 42. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, Pennsylvania State University, Novem- ber 2014. 43. Plasmonic Properties of Randomly Packed Nanoparticles, Saint Joseph University, October 2014. 44. Plasmonic Properties of Randomly Packed Nanoparticles, Lebanon Valley College, Septem- ber 2014. 45. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, University of Nevada-Reno, Septem- ber 2014. 46. Surface Mediated Self-Assembly of Amyloid Peptides, Arizona State University, September 2014. 47. Emergent Optical Phenomena in Disordered Nanoparticles; Quadrupole Enhanced Raman Scattering (QERS) and Strong Optical Magnetic Plasmons, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), August 2014. 48. Plasmonic Properties of Randomly Packed Nanoparticles, Indiana University of Pennsyl- vania, November 2013. 49. Dynamics of glassy surfaces, Pennsylvania State University, December 2012. 50. Dynamics of Glassy Surfaces, Polymers Division, National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST), May 2012. 51. Exceptionally Stable Glasses; New Class of Materials, Possible Resolution to the Kauzmann Paradox, University of Waterloo, On, January 2011. 52. Non-Glassy Behavior at the Surface of Glassy Materials, University of Pennsylvania, Novem- ber, 2009. 53. Surfaces of Glass Exhibit Non-Glassy Behavior, Wayne State University, October 2009. 54. Dynamics of Polymers in Thin Films and Surfaces, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran, May 2008.

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55. Nanoscale Chemistry Using Near-Field Optics, Sharif University of Technology, Iran, May 2008. 56. Surface Dynamics of Thin Polymer Films, University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 2007. 57. The Glass Transition and Dynamics of Polymer Surfaces and Thin Polymer Films, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, June 2006. 58. The Glass Transition and Dynamics of Polymer Surfaces and Thin Polymer Films, Univer- sity of Amsterdam, July 2005.

Contributed Seminars 1. Measuring the length scale of glassy dynamics in thin polymer and organic glass ﬁlms, PMSE division, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016. 2. Characterizing Optical Properties and Orientational Order Parameter of Gold Nanorods in a Polymer Nanocomposites, Gordon Polymer Physics Conference, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, June 2016. (poster) 3. Kinetics of Dewetting of Ultra-Thin Films of Organic Glasses, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016. 4. Randomly Closed-Packed Optical Gold Nanoclusters, Materials Research Society Fall Meet- ing, Boston, December 2014. (Poster) 5. Free Surface Facilitation of Supported Entangled Polymer Films, Gordon Polymer Physics Conference, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, July 2014. (Poster) 6. Randomly Closed-Packed Clusters of Gold Nanobeads with Strong Magnetic Plasmon Res- onances in Near-IR, Gordon Plasmonics Conference, Sunday River Resort, Newry ME, July 2014. (Poster) 7. Kinetics of Dewetting in Thin Glassy Films Below Tg, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Sym- posium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. 8. Surface Effects Mediate Self-Assembly of Amyloid-β Peptides, Gordon Biopolymers Con- ference, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, June 2014. (Poster) 9. Vapor-Deposited Glasses of Trisnaphthylbenzene and Derivatives, American Physical Soci- ety March Meeting, Denver, 2014. 10. Self-assembly of Alzheimer-β Peptide Fragments on a Hydrophobic Surface, Gordon Liq- uids Conference, Holderness School, August 2013. (Poster) 11. Spiky Gold Nanoshells: Enhanced Scattering Properties and Fano Resonance in Solution, Gordon Plasmonics Conference, Colby College, 2012. (poster) 12. Enhanced Surface Mobility Near the Free Surface of Molecular Glasses, American Physical Society March Meeting, Boston, 2012. 13. Structural Properties and Stability of Vapor-Deposited Glasses, Gordon Liquids Conference, Holderness School, July 2011. (Poster) 14. Structural Variations of Indomethacin as a Function of Temperature; Evidence of Enhanced Surface Mobility, American Physical Society March Meeting, Dallas, 2011. 15. Ellipsometric Studies of the Structure and Transformation Kinetics of Ultra Stable Glasses into the Supercooled Liquid, American Physical Society March Meeting, Oregon, 2010. 16. The Role of Surfaces in Preparing and Transformation of Ultra-Stable Organic Glasses, 6th IDMRCS meeting, Rome, July 2005. 17. Probing the Dynamics of Glassy Surfaces Using a Gentle Nano-Deformation Technique, Gordon Liquids Conference, Holderness School, July 2009. (Poster Selected for a Short Presentation)

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18. Chemical Imaging of the Surface of Polymeric Nanostructures Using Apertureless Near- Field Scanning IR Microscopy, American Physical Society March Meeting, New Orleans, 2008. 19. Probing Surface Relaxation of Polystyrene Films, American Physical Society March Meet- ing, Baltimore, 2006. 20. Towards an Understanding of Tg Reductions in Thin Polymer Films, 5th IDMRCS meeting, Lille, July 2005. 21. Qualifying Discrepancy Between Motion on Different Length Scales in Thin Polymer Films, American Physical Society March Meeting, Los Angeles, 2005. 22. Effect of Sample Preparation on the Glass Transition Temperature of Thin Polymer Films, American Physical Society March Meeting, Montreal, 2004. 23. The Effect of Time Scale on Tg Reduction in Thin Polymer Films, American Physical Society March Meeting, Montreal, 2004. 24. Pattern Formation in Viscous Fingering in a Radial Hele-Shaw Cell, Annual Physics Con- ference of Iran, Shahrood, 2000. 25. Pattern Formation in Viscous Fingering, First Annual Complex Systems Meeting, Tehran, 2000.

Posters and Talks Presented by Group Members 1. “Long-range correlated dynamics in amorphous selenium”, Tianyi Liu, American Physical Society, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017. 2. “Invariant fast surface diffusion on ultra-stable and aged molecular glasses”, Yue Zhang, Padden Award Symposium, American Physical Society, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017. 3. “Mechanical Properties of Stable Glasses Using Nanoindentation”, Sarah Wolf, American Physical Society, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017 (Poster). 4. “Using in-Situ Ellipsometry to Monitor Self-Assembly of Polymer Nanocomposites during Solvent Annealing”, Melissa Vettleson, American Physical Society, March Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 2017 (Poster). 5. “Exploring Polymorphism of Amyloid-beta (1-40) Fibrils by Atomic Force Microscopy Imag- ing”, Yi-Chih Lin, Biophysical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February, 2017. 6. “Optical analysis of the orientational order parameter in gold nanorod composites”, Chen Li, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016. 7. “Formation of amyloid ﬁbril on two-dimensional surface”, Yi-Chih Lin, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 2016. 8. “Characterizing Optical Properties and Orientational Order Parameter of Gold Nanorods in a Polymer Nanocomposites”, Chen Li, Gordon Nobel Metal Nanoparticles, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA, June 2016. (Poster) 9. “Measuring Surface Diffusion of Organic Glasses Using Tobacco Mosaic Virus as Probe Nanoparticles”, Yue Zhang, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016. 10. “Birefringence and Enhanced Stability in Stable Organic Glasses”, Tianyi Liu, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016.(Winner of the Ovshinsky Student Travel Award)

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11. Using Self-Similarity to Simulate the Evolution of Meniscus around TMV Due to Surface Diffusion, Yue Zhang, Richard Potter, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016. (Poster) 12. “A novel method to characterize nanorod orientation and aggregation in polymer nanocom- posits”, Ethan Glor, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016. 13. “Exploring the existence of two Tgs in thin, supported polymer films”, Gabriel Angrand, Ethan Glor, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 2016. (Poster) 14. “The formation of amyloid fibril on two-dimensional surfac”, Yi-Chih Lin, Biophysical So- ciety Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, Feb 2016. (Poster) 15. ” Synthesis and Characterization of Exceptionally Stable Glasses of 1,3-Bis(1-naphthyl),5- (2-aryl)benzene”, Tianyi Liu, American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, 2015. 16. “Measurements of Viscosity and Dynamics of Thin Films of Organic Glass TPD via Hole Growth Dewetting Studies”, Kareem Wahid, American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, 2015. 17. ”Probing the Dynamics of Thin TPD Glass Films via Dewetting”, Yue Zhang, American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, 2015. 18. ”Investigating the effect of chain architecture on the dynamics of thin entangled polymer films”, Ethan Glor, American Physical Society March Meeting, San Antonio, 2015. 19. “Detailed Mechanism of Rapid Amyloid Fibril Self-Assembly due to Surface Diffusion”, Yi-Chih Lin, 59th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, Baltimore, February 2014. (Poster) 20. ”Raspberry-Like Metamolecules with Enhanced Optical Properties. Department of Chem- istry”, Zhaoxia Qian, University of Washington, WA, January 2015. (Invited talk) 21. ”Gold Metamolecules Exhibiting Strong Isotropic Magnetic Plasmon Resonance, Chen Li, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, December 2014. (poster) 22. ”Controlled Assembly of Metal Nanoparticles with Enhanced Optical Properties. Depart- ment of Chemical Engineering”, Zhaoxia Qian, Columbia University, NY, July 2014. (Invited talk) 23. ”Physical Vapor Deposited Exceptionally Stable Glasses”, Tianyi Liu, Dow Chemical Com- pany BEST Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014 24. ”Isotropic Gold Nanoparticle Clusters Exhibiting Strong Magnetic Dipole and Quadrupole Resonance”, Zhaoxia Qian, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. 25. ”Surfaces Self-Assembly and Rapid Growth of Amyloid Fibrils”, Yi-Chih Lin, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. 26. ”Free Surface Facilitation of Supported Entangled Polymer Films”, Ethan C. Glor, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. (poster) 27. ”Probing Surface Mobility of Small Molecule Organic Glasses Via Dewetting”, Yue Zhang, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. (poster) 28. “Physical Vapor Deposited Stable Glasses of Trisnaphthylbenzene and Its Derivatives ”, Tianyi Liu, ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Philadelphia, PA, June 2014. (poster) 29. “Surfaces Self-Assembly and Rapid Growth of Amyloid Fibrils”, Yi-Chih Lin, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, 2014. 30. “Free surface facilitation of the dynamics of entangled polymer films”, Ethan C. Glor, Amer- ican Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, 2014. 31. “Spinodal Dewetting of TPD Well Below Tg“, Yue Zhang, American Physical Society March Meeting, Denver, 2014.

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32. ”Surfaces Self-Assembly and Rapid Growth of Amyloid Fibrils, Yi-Chih Lin, 58th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting, San Francisco, February 2014. (poster) 33. “Quadrupole Enhanced Raman Scattering with Spiky Nanoshells, Simon Hastings, 6th In- ternational Conference on Surface Plasmon Photonics, Ottawa, June 2013. (poster) 34. “A Length Scale for the Free Surface of Polymer Films”, Ethan Glor, American Physical Society March Meeting, Baltimore, March, 2013. (poster) 35. “An Investigation into the Formation of Alzheimer Amyloid b-Peptide Fibril, Yi-Chih Lin, 5th Annual Frontiers at the Chemistry-Biology Interface Symposium, University of Penn- sylvania, April 2012. (poster)

Service Activities

Professional Activities Member of the “Membership Committee”, Division of Polymer (DPOLY), American Physical Society, 2016-present. Observer, Division of Colloids Executive Committee meeting, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, 2016. Editorial Board Member, Scientiﬁc Reports, Nature Publishing Group, 2013-2016. Manuscript Referee

ACS Macro Letters, European Physical Journal E, Journal of American Chemical Society, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Molecular Structure, Journal of Physical Chem- istry, Part C., Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, Journal of Polymer Science B; Polymer Physics, Macromolecules, Nano Letters, Polymer, Review of Scientiﬁc Instruments, Soft Mat- ter, Materials Express, ACS Nano, ACS Macro Letters, Nature Communications

Grant Reviewer

NSF-CHE, Chemical Measurement & Imaging, 2017. Alzheimer’s Association, 2015, 2016. NSF-DMR, Solid-State and Materials Chemistry, 2014, 2015, 2016. NSF-DMR, Polymers, 2015. DOE ofﬁce of science graduate fellowship (DOE SCGF), 2012.

Meeting Organization

Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. December 2016. Organizer: Focus session “Stable Glasses, Properties and Origins”, APS March Meeting, San Antonio, March 2015. Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. December 2014. Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Glassy Polymers Under Conﬁnement ”, APS March Meeting, Denver, March 2014.

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Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. December 2013. Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Glassy Polymers Under Confinement ”, APS March Meeting, Baltimore, March 2013. Participant: Abstract sorting meeting for the American Physical Society’s March Meeting. December 2012. Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena due to Confinement”, APS March Meeting, Boston, February 2012. Co-organizer: Focus session “Dynamics of Polymers: Phenomena due to Confinement”, APS March Meeting, Dallas, March 2011.

Service to the Community and Outreach Participant and Presenter: Dpoly Short Course on Glass Transition, Division of Polymer, Amer- ican Physical Society, March Meeting, March 2015. Participant: Research Experience for Undergraduates, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, Hosted a undergraduate student in my laboratory, summer 2014. Presenter: NSF-REU Lecture Series, “Spinodal dewetting of thin ﬁlms of organic glasses”, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, June 2014. Presenter: “Dynamics of Polymer Glasses on the Surface” Penn Summer Research Academy, Department of Chemistry, July 2013. Presenter: “Dynamics of Polymer Glasses on the Surface” Science Lectures for High School Teachers, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, October 2012. Participant: Research Experience for Teachers, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, Hosted a high school teacher in my laboratory, summer 2012. Presenter: “Dynamics of Polymer Glasses on the Free Surface”, Summer Course in Materials Science for High School Students, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, July 2012. Demonstrator: Science Cabaret organized by the Chemical Heritage foundation as Part of Philadelphia Science Festival, April, 2012. Speaker: “What do Bullet-proof Windows, Silly Putty and Tires Have in Common?”, LRSM Science Café’, December 2011. Presenter: NSF-REU Lecture Series, “Dynamics of Glasses in two Dimensions”, NSF funded MRSEC outreach program, June 2011. Demonstrator: Philadelphia Area Girls Enjoying Science (PAGES), April 2011. Demonstrator: Pre-College Enrichment Opportunity Program for Learning Excellence (PEO- PLE), Summer 2009.

Outreach activities by graduate students:

Science After Hours event at the Franklin Institute: Group members Melissa Vettleson, Sarah Wolf, Chen Li, Erich Chen, and I demonstrated “Muggle Magic”, Sept 2016.

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Girard college National Society of Black Engineers: Group members Melissa Vettleson, Sarah Wolf and Tiany Liu, along with undergraduate student Gabriel Angrand (organizer of the event) participated in hands-on experiments and demonstration for black high-school students. October 2016. Philadelphia Science Festival: Group members Melissa Vettleson, Sarah Wolf, and Haonan Wang presented experiments under the title “Thanks to Chemistry, Who Says Muggles Can’t do Magic?”, May 2016. Philly Materials Day: Group members Tianyi Liu, Sarah Wolf, and Yue Zhang, introduced concepts of polymer physics, Feb 2016. Science After Hours event at the Franklin Institute: Group members Ethan Glor and Tianyi Liu presented “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure”, June 2015 Penn Nanoday, (NanoDay@Penn): Group members, Ethan Glor, Tianyi Liu and Yue Zhang, Yi-Chih Lin introduced concepts of nanoscience, to high school students from inner city Philadelphia, Oct 2014 and Oct 2015, Oct 2016. Philadelphia Science Festival: Group member, Ethan Glor ran a booth and presented demonstrations under the title of “Are you a Chemistry Superhero?, May, 2014, May 2015.

Service to the University Co-PI: Partnerships for International Research and Education I am a co-PI of an NSF funded PIRE program Research and Education in Active Coating Tech- nologies (REACT) for the Human Habitat lead by Professor Russell Composto. As a co-PI my responsibilities include mentoring graduate and undergraduate students, participation in the selection of new cohorts of students and post-doctoral fellows for the program, participation in the selection of undergraduate fellows who visit our International Summer Research at GIANT, maintaining the information on the REACT website, and organizing our annual symposia hosted at Penn, including the REACT Kick off meeting. News highlights for the project can be found here and here.

Committee Work at UPenn Member of the Biophysics major committee, 2016-present. Pre-major Adviser, cohort of 10 students, School of Arts and Sciences, Academic Years 2015- 2017. Member of the Graduate Admissions Committee, Department of Chemistry, 2011-2016. Member of the Joint Seminar/Named Lecture Committee, Department of Chemistry, 2012- 2016. First-year Adviser for incoming graduate students, cohort of 14 students, Department of Chem- istry, 2012-2016. Member of the Facilities Committee, University of Pennsylvania, Academic Year 2012-2015. Member, Search committee for Donner chair hire, 2014-15.

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Pre-major Adviser, School of Arts and Sciences,cohort of 10 students, Academic Years 2013- 2015. Member, Committee to hire Elizabeth Rhoades, senior biochemist, 2014. Member of the Graduate Student Awards Committee, Physical Chemistry Division, Depart- ment of Chemistry, 2011-2014. Pre-major Adviser, School of Arts and Sciences, cohort of 6 students, Academic Years 2011- 2013. Member of the Physical Chemistry Seminar Committee, Department of Chemistry, 2011-2012.

Seminar Organizations and Presentations at UPenn Co-organizer: SAS Seminar Series, “4th Annual Polymer Symposium”, 2016-2017. Presenter: Ethics training seminars, March 2015. Co-organizer: Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, “Polymers ”, Academic Year 2012-2013. Presenter: Ethics training seminars, March 2013. Co-organizer: Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, “New Experimental Tools for Interro- gating Single and Assembled Macromolecules ”, Academic Year 2011-2012.

Collaborators and Other Afﬁliates

Current Collaborators UPenn 1. Paulo Arratia, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 2012-present. 2. Paul H. Axelsen, School of Medicine, 2014-present. 3. Robert W. Carpick, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 2014- present. 4. Russell Composto, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2013-present. 5. Douglas Durian, Department of Physics, 2016-present. 6. Nader Engheta, Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, 2013-present. 7. Jay Kikkawa, Department of Physics and Astronomy, 2014-present. 8. Daeyeon Lee, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 2012-present. 9. Andrea Liu, Department of Physics, 2012-present. 10. James Petersson, Department of Chemistry, 2011-present. 11. Robert Riggleman, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, 2011-present. 12. Elizabeth Rhoades, Department of Chemistry, 2016-present. 13. Kevin Turner, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, 2014-present. 14. Patrick Walsh, Department of Chemistry, 2012-present. 15. Karen Winey, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2014-present.

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External 16. Eric Borguet, Department of Chemistry, Temple University, 2014-present. 17. Xiao Liu, Naval Research Laboratory, 2015-present. 18. Prantik Mazumder, Corning Inc. 2015-present. 19. So-Jung Park, Department of Chemistry, Ewha Women’s University, 2010-present.

Past Collaborators

1. Stephan Link, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, 2013-2014. 2. James Forrest, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, 2009-2011. 3. George Fytas, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 2009-2010. 4. Xiao Tong, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 2013-2014. 5. David Waldeck, Department of Physics, Pittsburgh University, 2008. 6. Ricardo Papaleo, University of Rio Grande do Sul, 2007.

Student Mentoring

Total Advisees since 2011: 11 PhD (5 Female), 6 MSc. (1 Female), 16 Undergraduates (6 female, 4 under-represented minorities, 2 REU, 2 French exchange, 1 person with disabilities), 4 high school students (2 female) and one high-school teacher (female).

Current Students Post Doctoral Fellows: Subarna Samanta PhD students: Yue Zhang, Yi-Chih Lin, Tianyi Liu, Chen Li, Haonan Wang, Sarah Wolf, Melissa Vettleson, Alex Moore (CBE, co-advised with Robert Riggleman), Connor Woods, Aixi Zhang Undergraduate students: Eric Chen, Gabriel Angrand, Bohan Li

Research Supervised Ethan C. Glor, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2016. Currently at Dow Chemicals. Simon Hastings, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Physics, 2014. Currently at ASML, Nether- lands Zhaoxia Qian, University of Pennsylvania, PhD in Chemistry, 2014. Co-advised with So-Jung Park. Currently Washington Research Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington. William Zheng, University of Pennsylvania, MSc. in Biochemistry 2014. Guoyu Yang, University of Pennsylvania, Msc. in Chemistry, 2014.

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Student Honors and Awards 1. Yue Zhang, Padden Award, American Physical Society, 2017. 2. Yue Zhang, Excelence in Chemistry Graduate Research Award, University of Pennsylvania, 2016. 3. Eric Chen, Jumpstart for Juniors Award, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, 2016. 4. Tianyi Liu, Ovshinsky Student Travel Award, American Physical Society, 2015. 5. Zhaoxia Qian, Washington Research Foundation Innovation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014.

Past Students and Visitors Post Doctoral Fellows: Zhaoxia Qian (2015), Sharareh Tavaddod (2015-2016). Master’s Students: Mu Li (MSE, 2014-2015, Currently a PhD student at Akron), Chen Li (MSE, 2012-13), Yanfeng Xia, (Nanotechnology, 2013), Lucas Pinel (NBIC- MINATEC exchange student, summer 2013), Thomas J. Lamkin (2011) Undergraduate Students and Visitors: Sunjay Lee (PIRE-GIANT exchange student, summer 2016), Richard Potter (Summer and Fall 2015), Sophia Hu (Spring 2015), Kareem Waheed (REU student, Univ. of Texas-Pan American, summer 2014, Currently at Univ. of Texas, Huston McGovern Medical School), Joo Young Lee (summer 2014), Artem Nurlat (summer 2013), Patricia Campos (2011-13, Currently at Ohio State College of Medicine), Raymond Habbaz (2012), Soo Jeong (summer 2012), Rachel Margulies (Princeton University, summer 2013, Cur- rently at Google) Ruoyu Wang (Tsinghua University, China, exchange student, summer 2013), Michael Thees (Boston University, Visiting scholar, 2012-13, Currently a PhD student at Emory), Qingqing Cao (Baylor College, summer 2012), Yuetong Kang (Tsinghua University, China, exchange student, summer 2012) High School Students and Teachers: Mahima Shah (Summer 2014), Jennifer Saouaf (Sum- mer 2013, Currently an undergrad at UPEnn), Jeremy Amdur (2012, Currently at RPI), Nolan Averbuch (Summer 2012), Mary Kling, (High School Teacher, Summer 2012).

PhD Student Advising Current: Victoria Barber (Lester group), Shenglan Chen (Chair) , Gaohan Miao (Subotnik group), Kenneth Weaver (Chair, Saven group), David Ring (Lee Group, CBE), Yumin Lee (Ann Group), John Ferrie (Petersson Group), Mary Rose Mintzer (Gai Group), Yi Fang (Lester Group), Daniel Straus (Kagan Group), Jing Yang (Rappe Group), Qi Ou (Subotnik Group), Yubo Qi (Subotnik Group), Emmabeth Parrish(Composto Group, MSE), Past: Chun-Wei Lin (Gai Group, PhD 2016), Qingjie Luo (Park Group, PhD 2016), Ileana Pazos (Gai Group, PhD 2015), Hongseok Yun (Murray Group, PhD 2015), Earl Goodwin (Kagan Group, PhD 2015),Amit Shavit (Riggleman Group, CBE, PhD 2015),John Brehm (Rappe Group, PhD 2014), Chen Zhu (Baumgart Group, PhD. 2014), Zhaoxia Qian (Park Group, PhD. 2014), Melodie Mirth Ting (Lester Group, M.Sc. 2011).

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Education and Teaching

Teaching Experience Chem 521: Statistical Mechanics I,Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014 (co-taught with Prof. Saven). Chem 222: Physical Chemistry II, Spring 2013 (Co-taught with Prof. Gai ), Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016 (taught in Active Learning class format), Spring 2017 (Current). Chem 704: Selected Topics in Chemistry, “Polymer Dynamics ”, Spring 2011. Chem 3993: Independent Study, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.

Course Development Developed worksheets, quizzes, and demonstrations for Structured, Active, In-Class, Learn- ing (SAIL) class for Chem 222. This effort was funded by a grant from the Center for Teaching and Learning at UPenn. SAIL is taught in an active-learning format where students work on class material in groups of 4-6 and there is minimal lecture time. I implemented the class in the course of two years (Spring 2015 and Spring 2016). Developed lecture materials and assignments for Polymer Dynamics class in Spring of 2011. There are currently no other classes at UPenn covering the topics of this class.

Guest Lectures Short course, Division of Polymers, American Physical Society, March Meeting, San Antonio, TX, 2015. Title: ”Dynamics of Glass Surfacesand Relationship with Thin Film Dynamics” Physics of Polymeric Glasses, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, March 2012. Title:” Physics of Stable Glasses”. Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Amphiphiles, Department of Chemiscal and Biological Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, October 2011. Title:” Viscoelastic Properties of Poly- mers”.

Professional Development

Penn Faculty Pathways Program: A two-year monthly program for junior faculty leadership and career development sponsored by the Provost’s ofﬁce at the University of Pennsylvania, 2013-2015 Teaching Science seminar: A year-long monthly seminar focused on teaching physical science courses organized by Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of Pennsylva- nia, 2013-2014 SAIL seminar: Structured, Active, In-class Learning Program, A year-long monthly seminar focused on supporting faculty in reimagining classes to emphasize the active engagement of students in class through structured work, guided by the instructor, 2014-2015. SAIL seminar, 2015-2016.

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Teaching Science seminar: A year-long monthly seminar focused on teaching physical science courses organized by Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) at the University of Pennsylva- nia, 2016-2017.

Current and Pending Support

Active Support National Science Foundation, (PIRE-1545884) “PIRE: Research and Education in Active Coatings Technologies (REACT) for the Human Habi- tat” PI: Russell Composto Co PIs: Zahra Fakhraai, Kristin Field, Daeyeon Lee 10/01/15-9/30/20, $3,529,407

National Science Foundation (DMR-1628407) “DMREF: Engineering Stable Glass Films Using Molecular Design and Surface Mediated Equi- libration” PI: Zahra Fakhraai Co PIs: Robert Riggleman, Patrick Walsh 8/1/2016 - 7/30/2019, $ 1,200,000

National Science Foundation, (DMR-1350044) “CAREER: Free Surface Mobility and its Role in the Formation of Exceptionally Stable Glasses” PI: Zahra Fakhraai 3/15/2014 - 2/28/2019, $575,000

Sloan Research Fellowship “Emerging Properties of Disordered Nanoscale Materials” PI: Zahra Fakhraai 09/15/2015-9/14/2017 , $50,000

National Science Foundation, (DMR-1120901) “Center of Excellence for Materials Research and Innovation (CEMRI)” Seed title: “Dynamics of Glasses and Polymers in Nanoconﬁnement” PI: Zahra Fakhraai, Robert Riggleman, Karen Winey 9/1/2012 - 08/31/2017, $390,000

Coning Incorporated “Studies of Chemical Reactions under Conﬁned Geometries” PI: Zahra Fakhraai 6/15/2016 - 6/14/2017, $ 100,767

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National Science Foundation “Materials Research Science and Engineering Center - REU” PI: Arjun Yodh 02/01/2017 - 01/31/2020, $294,915

Pending Support Department of Energy “Understanding the Interplay Between Molecular Structure, Packing, and Mechanical Stability in Exceptionally Stable Inorganic and Organic Glass” PI: Zahra Fakhraai CoPIs: Richard Stephens, Kevin Turner 05/01/2017 - 04/30/2020, §1,047,359

National Science Foundation “Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)” PI: Arjun Yodh 09/01/2017 - 08/31/2023, $23,292,196

National Science Foundation “Acquisition of a Ultra-Small-Angle to Wide-Angle Dual Source X-ray Scattering Instrument for Materials Characterization, DMR-MRI” PI: Arjun Yodh 7/1/2017 - 6/31/2018, $597,855

Past Support

School of Arts and Sciences Conference Support Grant “4th Annual Penn Polymer Symposium” PI: Robert Riggleman Co PI: Zahra Fakhraai, 02/01/16 - 01/31/17, $5,000

University of Pennsylvania, University Research Foundation “Keysight Magnetic AC Mode upgrade for Agilent AFM “ PI: Zahra Fakhraai, 02/01/16 - 01/31/17, $9,000

Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Pennsylvania “Structured Active In-class Learning (SAIL) Lecture Development for Physical Chemistry II, Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics”

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PI: Zahra Fakhraai 09/01/15 - 08/31/16, $ 5,000

University of Pennsylvania, University Research Foundation “TA Instruments Discovery Differential Scanning Calorimetry to Enhance Materials Research and Education “ PI: Zahra Fakhraai, 02/01/13 - 01/31/14, $50,000

Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund, University of Pennsylvania “New Experimental Tools for Investigating Single and Assembled Macromolecules” PI: Russell Composto, Zahra Fakhraai 09/01/2011 - 05/01/2013, $10,000

National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS (09478) “Alzheimer’s Disease Core Center” Research Pilot Study Grant (P30 AG010124-23) “The Effect of Surface Interactions on the Early Stages of Aβ Fibril Growth” PI: Zahra Fakhraai 07/01/13 - 06/30/2014 , $ 50,000

American Physical Society International Travel Grant Award(ITGAP) PI: Zhara Fakhraai, Sharareh Tavaddod $2000

Department of Chemistry Start-up Funds.

Last updated: March 25, 2017