Adrienne Stiff-Roberts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S.E.E.)
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Spelman College (B.S.) Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S.E.E.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Electrical engineering |
| Institutions | Duke University |
| Website | http://stiffrobertslab.pratt.duke.edu/ |
Adrienne Stiff-Roberts is an American electrical engineering and Jeffrey N. Vinik Professor of Electrical and computer engineering at Duke University. Her research is on novel hybrid materials for optoelectronic and energy devices.
Stiff-Roberts completed her bachelor's degree in physics at Spelman College in 1991.[1] She was part of a NASA and Spelman College Women in Science and Engineering program.[2] Through this program, Stiff-Roberts worked as an intern at Ames Research Center during the summer.[2] She then joined the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she earned a Bachelor of Engineering in 1999.[1] She moved to the University of Michigan for her graduate studies, during which she investigated quantum dot photodetectors, gaining her PhD in 2004.[1] She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa.[1] She was funded by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Graduate Scholars Fellowship and AT&T Labs Fellowship.[3] She was also awarded the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.[4]