Judith Driscoll facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Judith Driscoll FREng 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 top scientist. She is a Professor of Materials Science at the University of Cambridge. Professor Driscoll studies how to make very thin layers of materials. These layers are called "thin films." She focuses on special materials called "functional oxides." These materials can do amazing things. For example, they can be used in super-fast computers or new types of energy. She has also worked on materials for superconductors, magnets, and electronics. She even has patents for some of her inventions!

Her Amazing Career

Early Studies and Research

Judith Driscoll got her PhD degree in 1991. She studied at the University of Cambridge. After that, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher. This means she did more advanced research after her PhD. She worked at Stanford University and IBM Almaden Research Center until 1995.

Teaching and Leading

In 1995, she started teaching at Imperial College London. She became a Reader there in 1999. In 2003, she visited Los Alamos National Laboratory. She has been a visiting scientist there ever since. Later in 2003, she joined the University of Cambridge. She became a full Professor in 2008. She is also a Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. She helps lead new research in advanced memory materials.

Professor Driscoll was also the first editor-in-chief of a science journal. It was called APL Materials. She held this important job for 10 years, starting in 2013. An editor-in-chief decides which research papers get published in a journal.

Awards and Recognitions

Professor Driscoll has received many awards for her important work. Here are some of them:

• 2011 She became a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
• 2015 She was elected a Fellow of the Materials Research Society.
• 2015 She won the Institute of Physics Joule Medal and Prize.
• 2015 She received the Armourers and Brasiers' Company Prize from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
• 2017 She won the James Wong Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
• 2017 She became a Fellow of the Women's Engineering Society.
• 2017 She became a Chartered Engineer.
• 2018 She won the Kroll Prize from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
• 2021 She was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
• 2022 She received the Griffith Medal from the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.
• 2022 She won the MRSI Silver Jubilee International Medal.
• 2024 She received the Interdisciplinary Award from the Royal Society of Chemistry.
• 2024 She was named one of the Top 50 Women Engineers by the Women's Engineering Society.