Dr. Kristin Poduska
Associate Scientific Director, Transforming Climate Action, Ocean Frontier Institute (Memorial University) and Professor, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, Memorial University
Science, Physics, Chemistry, Climate Action, Science Advocacy, Science Education, Education, Teaching
Media
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Dr. Kristin (Kris) Poduska, Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography, was singled out for the President's Award for Outstanding Reasearch due to her work on properties of biological materials, or materials that can, in principle, go into a body. In the following video, Dr. Poduska explains her research and the hopes of designing a coating that will promote bone growth.
Finding a Research Supervisor
Dr. Carissa Brown and Dr. Kristin Poduska provide tips for contacting and securing a graduate supervisor. For more information on how to become a graduate student at Memorial University visit www.mun.ca/become/graduate.
Biography
Kris Poduska is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Physical Oceanography at Memorial University of Newfoundland, which is a research-intensive comprehensive university in Atlantic Canada. She leads a research team that develops and analyzes materials with technological, geological, and archaeological applications. She has been active in science advocacy, including four years of past service as the Canadian Association of Physicists Director of Science Policy. Poduska has a Bachelor of Arts in Physics from Carleton College (Minnesota) and a PhD in Physics from Cornell University.