Kerstin Nordstrom

Kerstin N. Nordstrom

Alma mater| Bryn Mawr College
University of Pennsylvania
Awards| NSF Career Award
Scientific career
Thesis| Jamming and Flow of Soft Particle Suspensions (2010)
Website| https://kerstinnordstrom.com/

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]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and education
* 2 Research and career
* 3 Awards and honors
* 4 External media
* 5 References

## Early life and education

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

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

* 2012 AAAS Mass Media Fellow[10]
* 2018 Cottrell Scholar Award[11]
* 2019 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[12]

## External media

* In 2016, Nordstrom appeared on Jeopardy!.[13]

## References

1. ↑ Khan, Amina. "RoboClam: Robot inspired by the razor clam's amazing digging powers". https://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-roboclam-robot-clam-digs-physics-bioinspired-20140305-story.html.
2. ↑ Morgan, James (2014-04-10). "'RoboClam' could anchor submarines" (in en-GB). https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-26939126.
3. ↑ "Kerstin Nordstrom" (in en). https://kerstinnordstrom.com/.
4. ↑ "Physics Colloquium and Dinner with Kerstin Nordstrom '04 | Bryn Mawr College". https://www.brynmawr.edu/events/physics-colloquium-and-dinner-kerstin-nordstrom-04.
5. ↑ Nordstrom, Kerstin N (2010-01-01). "Jamming and flow of soft particle suspensions". Dissertations Available from ProQuest: 1–115. https://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3447180.
6. ↑ Nordstrom, K. N.; Lim, E.; Harrington, M.; Losert, W. (2014-06-06). "Granular Dynamics During Impact". Physical Review Letters 112 (22). doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.228002. PMID 24949789. https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.228002.
7. ↑ "Buzz Blog: Can You Dig the RoboClam?". http://www.physicscentral.com/buzz/blog/index.cfm?postid=516949794215242861.
8. ↑ "Kerstin Nordstrom" (in en). 2016-07-11. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/people/kerstin-nordstrom.
9. ↑ "Physics is her jam" (in en). 2017-10-16. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/physics-her-jam.
10. ↑ "Media Fellows Train on the Job" (in en). https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201210/2012mediafellow.cfm.
11. ↑ "Physics professor wins prestigious award" (in en). 2018-02-16. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/physics-professor-wins-prestigious-award.
12. ↑ "NSF Award Search: Award#1846991 - CAREER: Mesoscale Analysis of Dense Granular Flows". https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1846991&HistoricalAwards=false.
13. ↑ "MHC professor on "Jeopardy!"" (in en). 2016-04-04. https://www.mtholyoke.edu/media/mhc-professor-appear-jeopardy.

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