Materials Science and Engineering

Teri Odom

Board of Lady Managers of the Columbian Exposition Professor of Chemistry and (by courtesy) Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Research Interests

Nanofabrication, plasmonic materials and characterization, nano-lasers, bioimaging.

Significant Recognition

• Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University, 1996
• S.S. & I.M.F. Marsden Memorial Prize for Chemistry Research, Stanford University, 1996
• NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, 1996-99
• White Prize for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching, Harvard University, 1999
• IUPAC Prize for Young Chemists, 2001
• Australian Journal of Chemistry Top Prize, 2001
• NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard University, 2001-2002
• Dow Teacher-Scholar Award, Northwestern University, 2002-2004
• Research Innovation Award, Northwestern University, 2002
• Hewlett Funding for Undergraduate Innovation in Teaching, Northwestern Universty, 2002
• Victor K. LaMer Award (ACS Colloids and Surface Chemistry), 2003
• Searle Fellow, Northwestern University, 2003-2004
• David and Lucille Packard Fellowship, Northwestern University, 2003-2007
• NSF CAREER Award, Northwestern University, 2004-2008
• NSF NUE Award, Northwestern University, 2004-2006
• Named to the MIT Technology Review TR100 as "one of the world’s top young innovators", 2004
• Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, 2005
• DuPont Young Investigator Grant, 2005
• Cottrell Scholar Award (Research Corporation), 2005
• ExxonMobil Solid State Chemistry Faculty Fellowship, 2006
• Rohm and Haas New Faculty Award, 2007
• NIH Director's Pioneer Award, 2008