Adrienne D. Stiff-Roberts is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. Her research interests encompass the epitaxial growth and characterization of quantum-confined semiconductor materials; the synthesis and characterization of hybrid nanomaterial thin films; and the design, fabrication, and characterization of optoelectronic and photonic devices, especially in the infrared regime. Dr. Stiff-Roberts received both the B.S. degree in physics from Spelman College and the B.E.E. degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1999. She received an M.S.E. in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in applied physics in 2001 and 2004, respectively, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she investigated high-temperature quantum dot infrared photodetectors. Dr. Stiff-Roberts received the David and Lucile Packard Foundation Graduate Scholars Fellowship and the AT&T Labs Fellowship Program Grant from 1999-2004. She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, IEEE, and MRS. She is also a recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2006.
