Dr. Diana Berman
Job Title: Associate Professor
Office: Discovery Park E102
Phone: 940-891-6778
Email: Diana.Berman@unt.edu
EDUCATION
2012 Ph.D. in Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2007 M.S. in Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2005 B.S, Appl. Physics and Math, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2022 - Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
2016 - 22 Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, University of North Texas (Denton, TX)
2012 - 16 PostDoctoral Researcher, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratory (Lemont, IL)
2012 Adjunct Professor in Physics, summer semester, Moraine Valley Community College (Palos Hills, IL)
2008 - 12 Research Assistant, North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
HONORS/AWARDS
2022 Research and Creativity Award, University of North Texas
2021 NSF Early Career Award, National Science Foundation
2021 xTechHBCU Prize Competition, finalist
2020 Presidential Early Career Professorship Award, University of North Texas
2018 Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Early Career Academic Professional Award
2017 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from ORAU
2017 TechConnect National Innovation Award 2017 for “Direct method to grow single and multilayer graphene on insulting substrate at wafer-scale in 1 min” technology.
2016 Outstanding Postdoctoral Performance Award, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
2016 TechConnect National Innovation Award 2016 for “Graphene-nanodiamond solution for achieving superlubricity” technology.
2014 Best Poster Preview Award, Gordon Research Conference
2008 Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi