Rate My Professor Jennifer Curtis

At Georgia Tech, Curtis has served as director or co-director of the School of Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates program since 2016, funded by the National Science Foundation to broaden participation in physics through collaborations with the Atlanta University Center, resulting in at least ten REU students advancing to graduate programs there. She is an Editorial Board Member of the Biophysical Journal and holds memberships in the American Physical Society, Biophysical Society, and International Society for Hyaluronan Science. Her honors include the NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program CAREER Award in 2010, Georgia Tech College of Sciences Faculty Mentor Award in 2015, Georgia Tech College of Sciences Cullen Peck Award for Innovative Research in 2020, and Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship in 2004. Notable publications comprise "Self-regenerating giant hyaluronan polymer brushes" in Nature Communications (2019), "O-specific antigen-dependent surface hydrophobicity mediates aggregate assembly type in Pseudomonas aeruginosa" in mBio (2021), "Nanopatterning reconfigurable magnetic landscapes via thermally assisted scanning probe lithography" in Nature Nanotechnology (2016), and "Spatial organization and mechanical properties in the pericellular matrix on chondrocytes" in Biophysical Journal (2013).