Pinshane Y. Huang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She also holds an appointment in the Materials Research Laboratory at UIUC. Pinshane holds a Ph.D. and an M.S. in Applied and Engineering Physics from Cornell University, as well as a B.A, in Physics from Carleton College. Her research has been featured in National Geographic, BusinessWeek, CBS News, Discover Magazine, and the Guinness Book of World Records.
Research Awards
- Packard Fellowship (2017)
- 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award (2017)
- Albert Crewe Award, Microscopy Society of America (2017)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award (2016)
- Williams Nichols Finley Award for Exceptional Research, Cornell University (2013)
- Raymond Castaing Award, Microbeam Analysis Society (2012)
- Presidential Scholarship Award, Microscopy Society of America (2012)
Teaching Awards
- Illinois Student Government Teaching Excellence Award (2018-2019)
- List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent by Their Students for MSE 481: Introduction to Transmission Electron Microscopy (Spring 2017, 2018)
- List of Teachers Ranked As Excellent by Their Students for MSE 182: Introduction to Materials Science (Fall 2016, 2017, 2018)