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Lane W. Martin

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Lane W. Martin
Born
SpouseSophi
AwardsPresidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
Academic background
EducationBSc, 2003, Carnegie Mellon University
MS, 2006, PhD, 2008, University of California, Berkeley
ThesisEngineering multiferroic materials and new functionalities in materials (2008)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Lane Wyatt Martin is an American chemical engineer. He is a professor in the department of materials science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Early life and education

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Martin was born and raised in rural western Pennsylvania. He chose to enroll at Carnegie Mellon University for his undergraduate degree in business but eventually switched to material science.[1] Following this, he completed his master's degree in 2006 and PhD in 2008 from the University of California, Berkeley.[2]

Career

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Following his PhD, Martin served as a postdoctoral fellow in the quantum materials program at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory before accepting a faculty position at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.[2] As an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, Martin received a National Science Foundation CAREER Award for his proposal, "Enhanced Pyroelectric and Electrocaloric Effects in Complex Oxide Thin Film Heterostructures."[3] He also helped devise a method to make thin films of ferroelectric material with twice the strain of traditional methods, giving the films exceptional electric properties.[4] In 2013, Martin was nominated for a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers by the United States Department of Defense "for his research accomplishments in the synthesis and study of multifunctional materials that have enabled the development and understanding of fundamentally new materials phenomena and potential for advanced devices."[5]

In 2014, Martin returned to his alma mater, the University of California, Berkeley, as a faculty member in their department of materials science and engineering.[6] As an associate professor of materials science and engineering, Martin oversaw a research team that found a way to control the movement and placement of electrons in graphene.[7] While serving in this role, he received the 2015 American Associate for Crystal Growth Young Author Award for his "outstanding accomplishments in the heteroepitaxial crystal growth of complex oxide thin films."[8] He also received the 2016 Robert L. Coble Award for Young Scholars from the American Ceramic Society for outstanding contributions in ceramics research.[9] In 2021, Martin was elected to the American Physical Society for his seminal contributions to the science of ferroelectrics.[10]

Personal life

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Martin and his wife Sophi have one son together.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Faculty spotlight: Lane W. Martin". University of California, Berkeley. 24 April 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Lane W. Martin". American Ceramic Society. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  3. ^ "Martin receives 2012 NSF CAREER Award". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. February 8, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Ahlberg, Liz (February 11, 2013). "Researchers strain to improve electrical material and it's worth it". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  5. ^ Ahlberg, Liz (January 9, 2014). "Illinois professor Lane Martin earns Presidential Early Career Award". University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  6. ^ "Lane Martin and Phil Messersmith will be joining MSE Faculty". University of California, Berkeley. April 21, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  7. ^ Yang, Sarah (January 26, 2015). "Scientists take big step in making graphene a viable silicon substitute". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  8. ^ "Professor Martin wins 2015 American Association for Crystal Growth Young Author Award". University of California, Berkeley. June 22, 2015. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  9. ^ Hernandez, Daisy (April 8, 2016). "Professor Martin Wins the ACers Coble Award for Young Scholars". University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  10. ^ "Berkeley engineers named American Physical Society Fellows". University of California, Berkeley. October 13, 2021. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  11. ^ "Exploring New Territory" (PDF). Carnegie Mellon University. 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
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Lane W. Martin publications indexed by Google Scholar