John Balk, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Research Development and Support; William T. Bryan Professor of Materials Engineering; Director, Electron Microscopy and Materials Characterization Core

Research Interests

• Deformation Mechanisms and Mechanical Behavior of Nanoporous Metals
• Transmission Electron Microscopy

Education

University of California, Berkeley Materials Science & Engineering B.S. 1995

University of California, Berkeley Mechanical Engineering B.S. 1995

The Johns Hopkins University Materials Science & Engineering M.S. 1997

The Johns Hopkins University Materials Science & Engineering Ph.D. 2000

Max Planck Institute for Metals Research Postdoc area: Thin Film Plasticity 2000-2002 Stuttgart, Germany

Appointments

2018 - Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY

2015 - Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2010-2015 Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

2004-2010 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

2002-2004 Staff Scientist, Department headed by Prof. Eduard Arzt

Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart, Germany