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Kathryn J. Wahl |
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Trustee (2009-2011)
KATHRYN J. WAHL is a Research Materials Scientist in the Chemistry Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL). She received a B.A. in physics and mathematics from St. Olaf College in 1987, and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from Northwestern University in 1992. She came to the NRL as a National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow in the Tribology Section and studied friction, wear and transfer film formation of model solid lubricant coatings. Since joining the research staff at NRL in 1995, her research has focused on fundamental physics and chemistry of sliding and adhesive interfaces, for contact ranging from macroscopic to nanometer-scale. Currently, her research focuses on the development of in situ chemical and mechanical methods to probe sliding and adhesive contacts. Her group is applying these approaches to a diverse set of materials problems ranging from friction and deformation behavior of nanostructured materials to secondary structure and curing kinetics of barnacle glue proteins. Kathy has presented over 75 invited talks at conferences and universities and has authored over 35 refereed journal articles. She has served on the Editorial Advisory Board of Review of Scientific Instruments, and currently serves on the Editorial Boards of Tribology Letters and Wear. Kathy has been an active member of AVS serving as the Local Arrangements Chair for the 2003 AVS International Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland and is presently serving on the Executive Committee of the Nanometer-scale Science and Technology Division as Vice-Chair. She is the incoming Program Chair (2009) for the AVS-sponsored ICMCTF meeting, and Chair of the 2008 Gordon Research Conference on Tribology. Kathy was elected AVS Fellow in 2006. |
