Julia Rosolovsky Greer is a materials scientist and is the Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics and Medical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She has previously served as the Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech.
As a pioneer in the field of nanomechanics and architected materials, Julia has earned many awards, such as being named a CNN 2020 Visionary, for her work investigating how materials behave at the nano-scale. Greer has been a professor at Caltech since 2007, and is also an associate editor at both Extreme Mechanics Letters and Nano Letters.
In addition to being a scientist, Julia is also an accomplished pianist. She took piano lessons starting at age 5 and has studied music at several institutions, including Moscow’s Gnessin School of Music, the Eastman School of Music, MIT, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, and Stanford University.
Julia also loves rollerblading. She will occasionally rollerblade to and from work and has even participated in a rollerblading marathon