Nina Markovic, an assistant professor
in the Henry A. Rowland Department
of Physics and Astronomy,
has won the National Science Foundation's
Faculty Early Career Development Award,
which recognizes young scientists' devotion
to both research and education. This
prestigious prize brings with it a five-year
$500,000 grant that will enable Markovic
to continue her investigations into the
electrical properties of nanometer scale
materials.
"I am indeed privileged to get this award,"
Markovic said. "It is very competitive, and
it is truly an honor to receive it. I have
recently finished building a laboratory at
Johns Hopkins and have four graduate students
working on various aspects of electron
transport in low dimensions. The award will
pay for their stipends and supplies for our
experiments, such as liquid helium. Receiving
this award from the National Science
Foundation is a wonderful start for me and
my group."
The National Science Foundation's Faculty
Early Career Development Program
supports the early career development
activities of teacher-scholars, according
to Wendy Fuller-Mora, program director
for NSF's Condensed Matter Physics section.
"Successful applicants to the CAREER
competition have proposed creative, integrative
and effective research and education
plans, developed within the context
of the mission, goals and resources of their
organizations. These plans will build a firm
foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions
to research and education," she
said.
Markovic came to Johns Hopkins in 2003
from work as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard.
She earned her bachelor's degree in
physics in 1993 from the University of
Zagreb, Croatia, and her doctorate in physics
in 1998 from the University of Minnesota.
In 2004, she received a Sloan Research
Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
"We are fortunate to have Dr. Markovic
on our faculty," said Jonathan Bagger, department
chair. "Her research is exciting, she is a
magnet for students, and she is active in our
program for public outreach. I am delighted
that she has been honored in this way by the
National Science Foundation.".