Materials Research Society Announces Vice President and New Board Members for 2025
Sep 5, 2024
WARRENDALE, PA—The Materials Research Society (MRS) is pleased to announce the Vice President/President Elect and new Board Members for 2025, elected by the Society's global membership of nearly 13,000.
Young-Chang Joo, Seoul National University, will serve as MRS Vice President beginning January 1, 2025. He will lead the Board of Directors as MRS President in 2026, and finish his three-year term as Immediate Past President in 2027.
The election also brings four new members to the MRS Board of Directors, who will each serve three-year terms beginning January 1, 2025. They are:
- Derya Baran, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Lane W. Martin, Rice University
- Izabela Szlufarska, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Ashley White, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The MRS Board of Directors is the governing body of the Materials Research Society and is responsible for setting the strategic direction of major Society activities.
MRS would like to thank its Membership for participating in the 2024 election. Your engagement helps shape the future of the Society and materials research as a whole.
Newly elected Vice President and Board Members
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| Young-Chang Joo Seoul National University | Derya Baran King Abdullah University of Science and Technology | Lane W. Martin Rice University | Izabela Szlufarska University of Wisconsin - Madison | Ashley White Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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About the Materials Research Society
MRS is an organization of over 13,000 materials researchers from academia, industry and government worldwide, and a recognized leader in promoting the advancement of interdisciplinary materials research and technology to improve the quality of life. MRS members are students and professionals hailing from physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics and engineering—the full spectrum of materials research. Headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania (USA), MRS membership now spans 90 countries, with approximately 45 percent of members residing outside the United States.
MRS serves and engages members across generations to advance their careers and promote materials research and innovation. The Society produces high-quality meetings and publications, assuring that members of all career stages can present and publish their most important and timely work to an international and interdisciplinary audience. MRS continues to expand its professional development portfolio, as well as promote diversity and inclusion in the scientific workforce, with career services for researchers worldwide. The Society advocates for the importance of scientific research and innovation to policymakers and the community. And the MRS Awards program honors those whose work has already had a major impact in the field, as well as those whose work shows great promise for future leadership.
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