Judith Driscoll facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Judith Driscoll FRS FREng FRSC FInstP
Born	Judith Louise MacManus
Other names	Judith MacManus-Driscoll
Alma mater	Imperial College London (BSc) University of Cambridge (PhD)
Known for	Engineering thin films of functional oxides for high temperature superconductors, ferroics and multiferroics, ionics, and semiconductors
Scientific career
Fields	Materials Science
Institutions	University of Cambridge Imperial College London Los Alamos National Laboratory

Judith Louise MacManus-Driscoll is a brilliant scientist. She is a Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge. Professor Driscoll is famous for her work with thin films. These are super-thin layers of materials. She finds new ways to make these films work for different uses. Her research helps create things like powerful superconductors and advanced computer parts. She even has patents for her inventions!

Professor Driscoll's Amazing Career

Early Studies and Research

Judith Driscoll earned her PhD in 1991. She studied at the University of Cambridge. Her professors, Jan Evetts and Derek Fray, guided her research.

After her PhD, she became a postdoctoral researcher. From 1991 to 1995, she worked at Stanford University. She also spent time at IBM Almaden Research Center. There, she learned from famous scientists like Ted Geballe and John Bravman.

Teaching and Leading

In 1995, Professor Driscoll joined Imperial College London. She started as a lecturer in the Department of Materials. She was promoted to Reader in 1999.

In 2003, she took a break to work at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She enjoyed it so much that she has been a visiting staff member there ever since. Later in 2003, she moved back to the University of Cambridge. She joined the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. By 2008, she became a Full Professor.

Professor Driscoll is also a Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. She holds a special position as a Royal Academy of Engineering Chair. This role focuses on new memory materials for computers.

Leading a Science Journal

Professor Driscoll was also a very important editor. She helped start a science journal called APL Materials. This journal is from the American Institute of Physics. She was the main editor for 10 years, starting in 2013.

Awards and Recognitions

Professor Driscoll has received many important awards for her work. These awards show how much her research has helped science.

• 2011 Elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society
• 2015 Elected a Materials Research Society Fellow
• 2015 Received the Institute of Physics Joule Medal and Prize
• 2015 Won the Royal Academy of Engineering Armourers and Brasiers' Company Prize
• 2017 Received the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers James Wong Award
• 2017 Elected Fellow of Women's Engineering Society
• 2017 Became a Chartered Engineer
• 2018 Received the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Kroll Prize
• 2018 Elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
• 2021 Elected an American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellow
• 2022 Received the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Griffith Medal
• 2022 Awarded the MRSI Silver Jubilee International Medal
• 2024 Received the Royal Society of Chemistry Interdisciplinary Award
• 2024 Named one of the Women's Engineering Society Top 50 Women Engineers
• 2024 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
• 2025 Gave the CNR Rao Award Lecture
• 2025 Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society