Kerstin N. Nordstrom is an American physicist who is the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics at Mount Holyoke College. Her research focuses on soft matter physics; her work has been featured in the LA Times[1] and in the BBC News.[2]
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| Alma mater | Bryn Mawr College University of Pennsylvania |
| Awards | NSF Career Award |
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| Thesis | Jamming and Flow of Soft Particle Suspensions (2010) |
| Website | https://kerstinnordstrom.com/ |
Early life and education edit
Nordstrom completed a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics at Bryn Mawr College in 2004.[3][4] She joined the University of Pennsylvania as a graduate student, earning a Master of Science in 2006 and a PhD in 2010. Her doctoral thesis focused on the "Jamming and flow of soft particle suspensions."[5] In 2011, Nordstrom joined the University of Maryland, College Park as a postdoctoral researcher. At the University of Maryland, Nordstrom worked on several topics, including how beds of granular materials respond to impact[6] and how razor clams burrow in sand.[7]
Research and career edit
In 2014, Nordstrom joined Mount Holyoke College as an Assistant Professor.[8] She is interested in complex fluid flows, including the systems of solid particles found in granular materials.[9]
Awards and honors edit
- 2012 AAAS Mass Media Fellow[10]
- 2018 Cottrell Scholar Award[11]
- 2019 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[12]
External media edit
References edit
- ^ Khan, Amina. "RoboClam: Robot inspired by the razor clam's amazing digging powers". latimes.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Morgan, James (2014-04-10). "'RoboClam' could anchor submarines". Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Kerstin Nordstrom". Kerstin Nordstrom. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Physics Colloquium and Dinner with Kerstin Nordstrom '04 | Bryn Mawr College". www.brynmawr.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ Nordstrom, Kerstin N (2010-01-01). "Jamming and flow of soft particle suspensions". Dissertations Available from ProQuest: 1–115.
- ^ Nordstrom, K. N.; Lim, E.; Harrington, M.; Losert, W. (2014-06-06). "Granular Dynamics During Impact". Physical Review Letters. 112 (22): 228002. arXiv:1304.6419. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.228002. PMID 24949789. S2CID 776868.
- ^ "Buzz Blog: Can You Dig the RoboClam?". www.physicscentral.com. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Kerstin Nordstrom". Mount Holyoke College. 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Physics is her jam". Mount Holyoke College. 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Media Fellows Train on the Job". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Physics professor wins prestigious award". Mount Holyoke College. 2018-02-16. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "NSF Award Search: Award#1846991 - CAREER: Mesoscale Analysis of Dense Granular Flows". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "MHC professor on "Jeopardy!"". Mount Holyoke College. 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2019-03-04.