Susan Fullerton is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and Vice Chair for Graduate Education at the University of Pittsburgh. After completing her PhD at Penn State in Chemical Engineering in 2009, she joined the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame as a Research Assistant Professor. At Notre Dame, she extended her PhD work on polymer electrolytes to include applications in nanoelectronics based on 2D crystals. She joined Pitt in the fall of 2015 and leads the Nanoionics and Electronics Lab.
Fullerton’s awards include an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry (2020), an NSF CAREER award (2018), AAAS Marion Milligan Mason Award for Women in Chemical Sciences (2018), the James Pommersheim Award for Excellence in Teaching from her department (2018), and an ORAU Ralph E. Powe Jr. Faculty Award (2016). Susan, her husband, Patrick Shirey, and their daughters enjoy the many family friendly activities that Pittsburgh has to offer! (Kennywood, Idlewild, Phipps Conservatory, Carnegie Science Center, the Pittsburgh zoo, the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, and great food options!)
Additional affiliations: The Pittsburgh Quantum Institute (PQI), the Center for 2D Materials at CMU