Yaroslava G. Yingling

Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
North Carolina State University,
Campus Box 7907, Raleigh, NC 27695-7907
Phone: 919-513-2624 Fax: 919-515-7724     email: yara_yingling@ncsu.edu 
http://www.mse.ncsu.edu/yingling
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8557-9992
Education and Training
St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Computer Science and Engineering B.S., 1996
Pennsylvania State University Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D., 2002
Pennsylvania State University High Performance Computing Ph.D. minor, 2002
Pennsylvania State University Chemistry postdoc, 2002-2004
National Institutes of Health Nanobiology CRTA postdoc, 2004-2007
Professional Experience
09/2022-   Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Adjunct Professor, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Adjunct Professor, The Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, North Carolina State University and University of North at Carolina Chapel Hill, NC
01/2021-  Associate Department Head for Scholarship and Education, Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
10/2020- Director of Graduate Certificate in Materials Informatics, Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
02/2019- Director of Undergraduate Program, Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
01/2022-08/2022 Distinguished Professor and University Faculty Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
08/2016-12/2021 Professor and University Faculty Scholar, Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
08/2013-08/2016  Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
07/2007- 08/2013 Assistant Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
03/2004-07/2007 Cancer Research Training Award Postdoctoral Fellow, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, MD; Adviser: Dr. Bruce A. Shapiro
10/2002-05/2004  Postdoctoral Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Adviser: Prof. Barbara J. Garrison
01/1997-10/2002  Graduate Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Adviser: Prof. Barbara J. Garrison
01/1994-06/1996 Research Assistant, Dept. of Automation and Computer Science, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St.-Petersburg, Russia; Adviser: Prof. Leonid N. Babko
06/1995-08/1995 Summer Research Intern, Dept. of Physics, A. F. Mozhaisky Military Space Engineering Academy, Russia
Synergistic activities and professional Service (off campus)

• Editor, Journal of Materials Science, Springer (ISSN:0022-2461), 2019-present
• Committee member, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine – Molecular Dynamics, appointed 2018
• Lawrence Berkley National Lab Molecular Foundry’s Proposal Review Board (PRB), 2019-present
• Founding Editor-in-chief, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences Materials Science: AIMS Materials Science (ISSN:2372-0484), 2013-present
• Associate Editor; DNA and RNA Nanotechnology journal (ISSN: 2353-1770), 2014-present
• Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (ISSN 1944-8244), 2019-present
• Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (ISSN 2373-9878), 2016-present
• Editorial Board Member, Materials 360, 2013-present
• International Advisory Panel Member, IOP Materials Research Express, 2013-2016
• Educational Committee and Steering Committee Member, NSF Triangle Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (Duke-NCSU-UNC) 2009-2018;
• Executive Committee Member, NSF PREM Center (Texas State University) 2009-2018;
• Member of American Chemical Society (2001-), Biophysical Society (2006-), Materials Research Society (2008-), Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (2006-2010).
• Developed new courses at NCSU: “NanoBioTechnology”, distance education “Nanoscale Simulations and Modeling”, and K-12 “Virtual nanoparticles” workshop
• Faculty Advisor, NCState University MRS Student Chapter, 2007-2013
• Reviewer and panelist for research proposals at NSF, NASA, ARO, DOE, DTRA; Polish National Science Centre (Narodowe Centrum Nauki – NCN)
• Reviewer for Advanced Healthcare Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Applied Physics Letters, Applied Surface Science, Applied Physics, Proteins, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, most of the ACS Journals, Computational Biology and Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Soft Matter, Langmuir, Wiley books and others
• Proceedings Editor and Invited Session Organizer and for “Innovation through Simulations and Modeling in Materials Science” IMETI2009 in Orlando, Florida, July 10-13, 2009.
• Co-Organizer of ACS symposium ”Theory and Modeling of the Individual and Collective Properties of Nanoparticles”, 241st ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 30-31, 2011
• Co-Organizer of ACS symposium “Structural Properties and Surface Interactions of Cellulosic Materials”, 243rd ACS National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 25-29, 2012
• Planning committee member, Poster Session Organizer and Symposium Organizer “Chemistry of Nano-Bio Interfaces” for SERMAC 2012, Raleigh, NC, 14-17 November 2012
• Planning Committee member and Co-organizer of Triangle Soft Matter workshop, Raleigh, NC, May 14th, 2012 and 2014; Chair of the invited session of Triangle Soft Matter workshop, Durham, NC, May 13th, 2013; Organizer of Triangle Soft Matter workshop, Raleigh, NC, May11th, 2015.
• Co-Organizer of MRS Symposium A “Modeling and Theory-Driven Design of Soft Materials”, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, December 1-6, 2013
• Co-Organizer of ACS Fall Symposium “Theory and Modeling of Nanoparticle Interactions with Biomolecules and Polymers”, ACS Meeting, Boston, MA August 2015.
• Co-Organizer of MRS Symposium “Modeling and Theory-Driven Design of Soft Materials”, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2015.
• Organizer of APS Symposium “Advancing Polymer and Biopolymer Physics through Simulations and Theory”, APS Spring Meeting, March 2019

Awards and Honors

2019 DOE Energy Frontier Research Centers Ten at Ten Scientific Idea Award
2018 Aprils Finalist for Robert W. Cahn Best Paper Prize, Journal of Materials Science, Springer
2014 University Faculty Scholar, North Carolina State University
2012 OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from the American Chemical Society Computers in Chemistry (COMP) Division
2012 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2010 NCSU “Thank a Teacher” recipient
2007 National Cancer Institute Spring Research Festival Best Poster Award
2007 NIH National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research exceptional stipend increase
2003 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Materials Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University
2002 Braucher Fellowship for Graduate Student Research, Penn State University
2002 Gordon Research Conference Travel Award
2002 Pennsylvania State University Graduate Student Travel Award
2001 Miller Graduate Student Research Award, Penn State University

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