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Steve Granick strives to create an environment where group members will discuss amongst themselves. He believes that lab members should be independent scientists who, taking ownership of their work, constructively help and encourage each other. This ensures good information flow within the group and gives group members experience that prepares them well to enter whichever job market they choose.
From 2014-2023 he served as the Director of the IBS Center for Soft and Living Matter, the South Korean version of a Max Planck Institute. From 1985-2014 he was on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with primary appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and joint appointments in the Departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Chemistry, and Physics. He was educated by legendary founders of polymer science: P.-G de Gennes (Nobel Prize in physics) as postdoc advisor, and J. D. Ferry (WLF equation) as Ph.D. advisor. He obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin (1982) and his B.A. from Princeton University (1978).
Major honors:
U.S. National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Excellence in Advising Award, University of Illinois
Award in Colloid and Interface Science from the American Chemical Society
Langmuir Lecturer from the American Chemical Society
Polymer Physics Prize from the American Physical Society
Fellow, American Physical Society
Chair, Division of Polymer Physics, American Physical Society
NSF Award for Special Creativity (twice)
Recent review and advisory boards:
Steve Granick serves on the review boards of multiple universities and research institutes, and also on the editorial advisory board of various journals:
Editorial Advisory Board, Accounts in Materials Research, 2020 to date
Editorial Advisory Board, Supramolecular Materials, 2020 to date
Editorial Advisory Board, Matter (Cell Press), 2018-2021
Editorial Advisory Board, Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 2018 to date.
Editorial Advisory Board, Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science, 2017 to date.
Editorial Advisory Board, Phys. Rev. E, 2017-2019
Editorial Advisory Board, Advances in Physics X, 2016 to date
Editorial Advisory Board, NPJ Computational Materials, 2016 to date
Editorial Advisory Board, Emerging Materials Technology, 2016 to date
Editorial Advisory Board, Composite Interfaces, 2010 to date