- Graduate Field Affiliations
- Chemical Engineering
- Materials Science and Engineering
Biography
Dr. Julia Dshemuchadse received her Diploma degree in physics from TU Dresden, Germany, and her Ph.D. in materials science from ETH Zurich, Switzerland, where she conducted crystallographic studies of complex intermetallic compounds. As a postdoctoral researcher, Dr. Dshemuchadse moved to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, funded by a fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation, and performed computational research of soft matter self-assembly behavior. Dr. Dshemuchadse joined Cornell Materials Science and Engineering as an assistant professor in 2019. Her group studies abstract model systems to reveal the fundamental principles of crystal structure formation and stability, by combining methods and approaches from hard and soft condensed matter research.
Dr. Dshemuchadse co-authored a book entitled “Intermetallics – Structures, Properties, and Statistics”, published in 2016 by Oxford University Press. She was awarded an NSF CAREER Award in 2021, as well as a Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Award by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation and a Doctoral New Investigator Grant by the American Chemical Society’s Petroleum Research Fund in 2022.
Besides growing crystals (in the computer), analyzing structures, and determining symmetries, Julia loves to read and travel, and enjoys exploring the outdoors—biking, hiking, and camping.
Research Interests
- Advanced Materials
- Colloids and Interfacial Science
- Polymers and Soft Matter
- Materials Design
Select Publications
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H. Du, H. Pan, J. Dshemuchadse, Pressure-driven solid–solid phase transformations of isotropic particles across diverse crystal structure types, Phys. Rev. Mater. 9, 033401 (2025).
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J. J. Kennard, H. J. Zelaya Solano, C. D. Biddulph, R. C. Prager, J. Dshemuchadse, Disorder and demixing in bidisperse particle systems assembling bcc crystals, J. Chem. Phys. 161 (5), 054715 (2024).
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M. M. Martirossyan, M. Spellings, H. Pan, J. Dshemuchadse, Local structural features elucidate crystallization of complex structures, ACS Nano 18 (23), 14989–15002 (2024).
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H. Pan, J. Dshemuchadse, Targeted Discovery of Low-Coordinated Crystal Structures via Tunable Particle Interactions, ACS Nano 17 (8), 7157–7169 (2023).
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W. Steurer, J. Dshemuchadse, Intermetallics – Structures, Properties, and Statistics, Oxford University Press – IUCr Monographs on Crystallography (vol. 26), ISBN: 978-0198714552 (2016).
Select Awards and Honors
- Canaan Family Award for Excellence in Academic Advising – In Honor of Prof. Bingham Cady, Cornell Engineering 2024
- Faculty Champion Award – Junior Faculty, Office of Inclusion and Student Engagement and Graduate and Professional Diversity Council, Cornell University 2023
- Zellman Warhaft Faculty Commitment to Diversity Award, Diversity Programs in Engineering, College of Engineering, Cornell University 2023
- Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences and Engineering Award, The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation 2022
- ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Grant 2022
- GPSA Faculty Teaching, Advising, and Mentorship Award, Graduate & Professional Student Assembly, Cornell University 2022
- EPICC Award for Community, Cornell Engineering 2022
- NSF CAREER Award, Faculty Early Career Development Program, National Science Foundation 2021
- James M. and Marsha D. McCormick Award for Outstanding Advising of First-Year Engineering Students, Cornell Engineering 2021
- Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award, University of Michigan 2016
- Max-von-Laue-Preis awarded to a Young Scientist, German Crystallographic Society 2015
- SNSF Early Postdoc. Mobility fellowship, Swiss National Science Foundation 2014
Education
- Diploma, Physics, Technische Universität Dresden 2008
- Dr. sc., Materials Science, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 2013
