Liesl Folks

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Liesl Folks
Alma materUniversity of Western Australia
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Arizona
ThesisMeasurement and analysis of time dependent effects in ferromagnetic materials (1994)

Liesl Folks is an Australian-American engineer who is Professor and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Arizona. Her research considers the development of magnetic materials and spintronic devices. She was the 2013 President of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Magnetics Society.

Early life and education[]

Folks is from Australia.[1] She started her scientific career at the University of Western Australia.[2] She studied physics for her bachelor's degree, before starting a doctorate in the characterisation of ferromagnetic materials. In particular, her research considered the analysis of the transient properties of ferromagnetics.[3] After graduating Folks joined the Faculty of the University of Western Australia as a research fellow, looking at novel, nanoscale permanent magnetic materials.[2]

Research and career[]

Folks joined IBM, where she worked on the commercialisation of spintronic devices.[4][5] She was particularly interested in magnetic data storage and the development of magnetic force microscopy imaging.[2] She moved Hitachi with the hard disk drive business in 2003.[2] Whilst working at Hitachi, Folsk completed spent a year at Cornell University where she completed a Master of Business Administration.[2] Alongside her research, Folks worked on engineering education programmes, including initiatives for pre-kindergarten and K–12 education.[6] She created a summer programme for graduate students to study magnetic materials.[6] In 2013, she was awarded the AVS Excellence in Leadership Award.[7]

In 2013, Folks was appointed as the Dean of the University at Buffalo. That year she was appointed President of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Magnetics Society. Her research concentrates on magnetic materials and spintronic devices.[8] At the University at Buffalo, she focussed on improving diversity and equity in science, with a particular focus on championing women and other historically marginalised groups.[5] She launched two new programmes; in materials design and engineering education.[5] She joined the University of Arizona as Senior Vice President and Provost in 2019.[citation needed]

Selected publications[]

  • Shouheng Sun; C. B. Murray; Dieter Weller; Liesl Folks; Andreas Moser (1 March 2000). "Monodisperse FePt nanoparticles and ferromagnetic FePt nanocrystal superlattices". Science. 287 (5460): 1989–1992. Bibcode:2000Sci...287.1989S. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.287.5460.1989. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10720318. Wikidata Q55033720.
  • D. Weller; A. Moser; L. Folks; et al. (2000). "High K/sub u/ materials approach to 100 Gbits/in/sup 2/". IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 36 (1): 10–15. Bibcode:2000ITM....36...10W. doi:10.1109/20.824418. ISSN 0018-9464. Wikidata Q106317314.
  • Chambers, S. A.; Thevuthasan, S.; Farrow, R. F. C.; Marks, R. F.; Thiele, J. U.; Folks, L.; Samant, M. G.; Kellock, A. J.; Ruzycki, N.; Ederer, D. L.; Diebold, U. (19 November 2001). "Epitaxial growth and properties of ferromagnetic co-doped TiO2 anatase". Applied Physics Letters. 79 (21): 3467–3469. Bibcode:2001ApPhL..79.3467C. doi:10.1063/1.1420434. ISSN 0003-6951. Wikidata Q106317289.
  • S. A. Chambers; T. Droubay; C. M. Wang; A. S. Lea; R. F. C. Farrow; L. Folks; V. Deline; S. Anders (24 February 2003). "Clusters and magnetism in epitaxial Co-doped TiO2 anatase". Applied Physics Letters. 82 (8): 1257–1259. Bibcode:2003ApPhL..82.1257C. doi:10.1063/1.1556173. ISSN 0003-6951. Wikidata Q58123172.

References[]

  1. ^ "Liesl Folks". engineering.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "Liesl Folks (1984) | Alumni Profile". Penrhos College. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  3. ^ Folks, Liesl (1994). Measurement and analysis of time dependent effects in ferromagnetic materials (Thesis).
  4. ^ "Liesl Folks". Electrical and Computer Engineering | The University of Arizona. 2019-08-09. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Dean Liesl Folks". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b "Engineering dean Liesl Folks wins national mentoring award". www.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
  7. ^ "AVS Recognition for Excellence in Mentorship". AVS.
  8. ^ "Liesl Folks | University of Arizona Provost". provost.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
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