Adrienne Stiff-Roberts

Alma mater| Spelman College

University of Michigan

Georgia Institute of Technology
Scientific career
Institutions| Duke University

Adrienne Stiff-Roberts is an Associate Professor of Electrical engineering at Duke University. She studies novel hybrid materials for optoelectronic and energy devices.

## Early life and education

Stiff-Roberts completed her bachelor's degree in physics at Spelman College.[1] She was part of a NASA and Spelman College Women in Science and Engineering program.[2] During the summer vacation, Stiff-Roberts worked at Ames Research Center.[2] She joined Georgia Institute of Technology, where she earned a Bachelor of Engineering in 1999.[1] She moved to University of Michigan for her graduate studies, studying 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]

## Research and career

In 2008 Stiff-Roberts was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers from the Office of Naval Research.[5] In 2014 she won an Energy Initiative grant to study plasmonic solar cells.[6] At Duke University, Stiff-Roberts leads a lab focussed on Resonant Infrared Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (RIR-MAPLE).[7][8][9][10] It is a versatile technology that has evolved from pulsed laser deposition, which offers precise control of a material's composition.[11] The technique involves freezing a solution of molecular building blocks, then blasting them with a laser in a vacuum chamber.[12] The laser is tuned to the molecular bonds of the frozen solvent.[12] She is working with David Mitzi to create perovskite solar cells.[12][13]

Stiff-Roberts is involved with several initiatives to improve diversity within engineering.[14] At Duke University Stiff-Roberts runs the Student Engineers Network, Strengthening Opportunities in Research (SENSOR) Saturday Academy for minority students in the 8th grade.[15][16] She won the 2016 Julian Abele Award for graduate mentor of the year.[17] In 2017, Stiff-Roberts took part in Duke University's celebration of Hidden Figures.[18] She is a member of the National Society of Black Physicists.[19]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Stiff-Roberts" (in en). Duke Electrical and Computer Engineering. 2018-05-20. https://ece.duke.edu/faculty/adrienne-stiff-roberts.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "NASA - A Wise Choice" (in en). https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/postsecondary/features/a-wise-choice.html.
3. ↑ "Hybrid Thin Film Deposition by Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation". https://mems.wustl.edu/memsatwashu/Documents/Seminar 02 01 18.pdf.
4. ↑ "Awards and Accolades - July 2009 | Burroughs Wellcome Fund" (in en). https://www.bwfund.org/awards-and-accolades-july-2009.
5. ↑ "President Obama Honors Outstanding Early-Career Scientists" (in en). whitehouse.gov. 2010-01-13. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/11/18/president-obama-honors-outstanding-early-career-scientists.
6. ↑ "Energy Initiative Provides First Round of Research Seed Funding" (in en). https://today.duke.edu/2014/04/energygrants.
7. ↑ "Overview | Stiff-Roberts Research Group" (in en). http://stiffrobertslab.pratt.duke.edu/research/overview.
8. ↑ Duke Engineering (2015-06-11), 2015 Frontiers - Adrienne Stiff-Roberts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xJWurIZZnQ, retrieved 2018-05-20
9. ↑ "Duke’s materials science sparks a brighter energy future | energy.duke.edu" (in en). https://energy.duke.edu/news/duke’s-materials-science-sparks-brighter-energy-future.
10. ↑ "Novel materials can reduce solar power costs | Stiff-Roberts Research Group" (in en). http://stiffrobertslab.pratt.duke.edu/news/novel-materials-can-reduce-solar-power-costs.
11. ↑ "Overview | Stiff-Roberts Research Group" (in en). http://stiffrobertslab.pratt.duke.edu/research/overview.
12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Laser evaporation technology to create new solar materials". https://phys.org/news/2018-01-laser-evaporation-technology-solar-materials.html.
13. ↑ "Perovskites Improved with Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation - Solar Novus Today". http://www.solarnovus.com/perovskites-improved-with-matrix-assisted-pulsed-laser-evaporation_N11355.html.
14. ↑ "Academic Council hears data on Duke's growth, increasing minority population". The Chronicle. http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/09/academic-council-hears-data-on-dukes-population-growth-increasing-minority-population.
15. ↑ "SENSOR Saturday Academy Floats the Eno River | Stiff-Roberts Research Group" (in en). http://stiffrobertslab.pratt.duke.edu/news/sensor-saturday-academy-floats-eno-river.
16. ↑ "SENSOR Saturday Academy | Stiff-Roberts Research Group" (in en). http://stiffrobertslab.pratt.duke.edu/sensor-saturday-academy.
17. ↑ "Prof. Stiff-Roberts Receives 2016 Julian Abele Award for Graduate Mentor of the Year | Stiff-Roberts Research Group" (in en). http://stiffrobertslab.pratt.duke.edu/news/prof-stiff-roberts-receives-2016-julian-abele-award-graduate-mentor-year.
18. ↑ "Hidden No More: Women in STEM reflect on their Journeys – Duke Research Blog" (in en-US). https://sites.duke.edu/dukeresearch/2017/03/29/hidden-no-more-women-in-stem-reflect-on-their-journeys/.
19. ↑ "Adrienne Stiff-Roberts's profile" (in en-gb). https://nsbp.org/profile/884-adrienne-roberts/friends.

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