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Katie Shaffer

Postdoc at University of Wollongong
PhD. Materials, 2026
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Education

2026, Ph.D., Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara

2025, M.S., Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara

2022, B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University 

Programs

MMF AFM Superuser

Materials Department DEI Committee (2023, 2024)

Research

I study the impact of hydrogel surface gel structure on hydrogel tribological properties using neutron reflectivity and custom tribometers.