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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For contributions to understanding of biological systems and bioinspired materials design.
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2017 - MRS Medal, Materials Research Society For developing new synthesis routes inspired by biological principles for the fabrication of advanced complex multifunctional materials and devices
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For research in biomineralization and the control of templated nucleation and growth of crystals
  • 2006 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Joanna Aizenberg is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has a research portfolio primarily focused on materials science and engineering. Their work encompasses various subfields including materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, surfaces, coatings and films, as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their major research topics cover catalytic processes in materials science, advanced materials and mechanics, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, micro and nano robotics, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, and catalysis and oxidation reactions.

Recent publications by Joanna Aizenberg include the following papers:

  • Mechanically robust lattices inspired by deep-sea glass sponges, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Self-regulated non-reciprocal motions in single-material microstructures, 2022, Nature
  • Liquid-induced topological transformations of cellular microstructures, 2021, Nature
  • Dilute Alloys Based on Au, Ag, or Cu for Efficient Catalysis: From Synthesis to Active Sites, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Depletion of Lubricant from Nanostructured Oil-Infused Surfaces by Pendant Condensate Droplets, 2020, ACS Nano

Their frequent co-authors include C. M. Friend, Jessi E. S. van der Hoeven, Michael Aizenberg, Anatoly I. Frenkel, and Nicholas Marcella.

Joanna Aizenberg's research is published extensively in venues such as Harvard Dataverse, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information), Nature Communications, and Advanced Materials.

They have been recognized by several awards and honors, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019
  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering, 2019, for contributions to understanding of biological systems and bioinspired materials design
  • MRS Medal, Materials Research Society, 2017, for developing new synthesis routes inspired by biological principles for the fabrication of advanced complex multifunctional materials and devices
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society, 2014
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2014
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2012, citation for research in biomineralization and the control of templated nucleation and growth of crystals
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2006

Best Publications

  • Bioinspired self-repairing slippery surfaces with pressure-stable omniphobicity

    Tak-Sing Wong;Sung Kang;Sindy K. Y. Tang;Elizabeth J. Smythe

  • Design of anti-icing surfaces: smooth, textured or slippery?

    Michael Joseph Kreder;Jack Alvarenga;Philseok Kim;Joanna Aizenberg

  • Liquid-Infused Nanostructured Surfaces with Extreme Anti-Ice and Anti-Frost Performance

    Philseok Kim;Tak Sing Wong;Jack Alvarenga;Michael J. Kreder

  • Design of ice-free nanostructured surfaces based on repulsion of impacting water droplets.

    Lidiya Mishchenko;Benjamin Hatton;Vaibhav Bahadur;J. Ashley Taylor

  • Skeleton of Euplectella sp.: Structural Hierarchy from the Nanoscale to the Macroscale

    Joanna Aizenberg;James C. Weaver;James C. Weaver;James C. Weaver;Monica S. Thanawala;Monica S. Thanawala;Monica S. Thanawala;Vikram C. Sundar;Vikram C. Sundar;Vikram C. Sundar

  • Control of crystal nucleation by patterned self-assembled monolayers

    Joanna Aizenberg;Andrew J. Black;George M. Whitesides

  • Liquid-infused structured surfaces with exceptional anti-biofouling performance

    Alexander K. Epstein;Tak Sing Wong;Rebecca A. Belisle;Emily Marie Boggs

  • Condensation on slippery asymmetric bumps

    Kyoo-Chul Park;Philseok Kim;Alison Elizabeth Grinthal;Neil He

  • Amorphous calcium carbonate transforms into calcite during sea urchin larval spicule growth

    Elia Beniash;Joanna Aizenberg;Lia Addadi;Stephen Weiner

  • A bioinspired omniphobic surface coating on medical devices prevents thrombosis and biofouling

    Daniel Leslie;Anna Waterhouse;Julia B Berthet;Julia B Berthet;Julia B Berthet;Thomas M Valentin

  • Calcitic microlenses as part of the photoreceptor system in brittlestars

    Joanna Aizenberg;Alexei Tkachenko;Steve Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Assembly of large-area, highly ordered, crack-free inverse opal films

    Benjamin Hatton;Lidiya Mishchenko;Stan Davis;Kenneth H. Sandhage

  • Reversible Switching of Hydrogel-Actuated Nanostructures into Complex Micropatterns

    Alexander Sidorenko;Tom Krupenkin;Ashley Taylor;Peter Fratzl

  • Direct fabrication of large micropatterned single crystals

    Joanna Aizenberg;David A. Muller;John L. Grazul;D. R. Hamann

  • Oriented Growth of Calcite Controlled by Self-Assembled Monolayers of Functionalized Alkanethiols Supported on Gold and Silver

    Joanna Aizenberg;and Andrew J. Black;George M. Whitesides

  • Adaptive fluid-infused porous films with tunable transparency and wettability

    Xi Yao;Yuhang Hu;Yuhang Hu;Alison Elizabeth Grinthal;Tak-Sing Wong;Tak-Sing Wong

  • Factors Involved in the Formation of Amorphous and Crystalline Calcium Carbonate: A Study of an Ascidian Skeleton

    Joanna Aizenberg;Gretchen Lambert;Steve Weiner;Lia Addadi

  • Patterned colloidal deposition controlled by electrostatic and capillary forces.

    Joanna Aizenberg;Paul V. Braun;Pierre Wiltzius

  • Hierarchical or not? Effect of the length scale and hierarchy of the surface roughness on omniphobicity of lubricant-infused substrates

    Philseok Kim;Michael J. Kreder;Jack Alvarenga;Joanna Aizenberg

  • Synthetic homeostatic materials with chemo-mechano-chemical self-regulation

    Ximin He;Michael Aizenberg;Olga Kuksenok;Lauren D. Zarzar

  • Condensation on Slippery Asymmetric Bumps

    Kyoo-Chul Park;Philseok Kim;Joanna Aizenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Benjamin Hatton
Benjamin Hatton University of Toronto
Nicolas Vogel
Nicolas Vogel University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Anna C. Balazs
Anna C. Balazs University of Pittsburgh
Lia Addadi
Lia Addadi Weizmann Institute of Science
Marko Loncar
Marko Loncar Harvard University
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides Harvard University
Ximin He
Ximin He University of California, Los Angeles
Peter Fratzl
Peter Fratzl Max Planck Society
Shu Yang
Shu Yang University of Pennsylvania
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University

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