Cherry A. Murray
| Cherry Ann Murray | |
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Cherry Murray
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| Born | Fort Riley, Kansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields |
Physics, Applied physics, Experimental physics |
| Institutions |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Bell Laboratories, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences |
| Alma mater |
S.B. (Physics) (MIT, 1973), Ph.D. (Physics) (MIT, 1978) |
| Notable awards | American Physical Society Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award (1989), American Physical Society George E. Pake Prize (2005), National Medal of Technology and Innovation (2012) |
Cherry A. Murray, Ph.D., is the Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy at, and former dean of, the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). In October 2014, she announced via an email to the Harvard community that she would be stepping down from her post at the end of the year, with an interim dean to be named by FAS Dean Michael Smith and a permanent dean following a formal search. She was the 2009 President of the American Physical Society (APS) and Chair of the Division of Engineering and Physical Science of the National Research Council.
Born in Fort Riley, Kansas, and the daughter of a diplomat, Murray lived in the United States, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, and Indonesia as a child. Murray completed her undergraduate science degree in physics in 1973 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from where she was awarded her Ph.D. in physics in 1978. She then conducted postgraduate and post-doctoral research on ultrahigh-vacuum and surface physics, studying the surface phonons of porous vycor glass with Professor Thomas J. Greytak from 1974 to 1978. During this time, she was awarded with an IBM Graduate Fellowship from 1975 to 1977.
Murray has published more than 70 papers in peer-reviewed journals and holds two patents in near-field optical data storage and optical display technology. Her current primary research focus includes the use of light scattering, soft condensed matter, and complex fluids. Prior to her appointment at SEAS on July 1, 2009, Murray was Principal Associate Director for Science and Technology at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and previously has held numerous research and leadership positions at Bell Laboratories (the last as senior vice president for physical sciences and wireless research).
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