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Linda Horton is the Director for the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS), one of the five new Department of Energy (DOE) nanoscale science research centers. CNMS integrates nanoscale science with neutron sciences; synthesis science; and theory, modeling, and simulation. Operating as a national user facility, the CNMS focuses on opportunities to understand nanoscale materials and phenomena in a highly collaborative and multidisciplinary environment. It supports a broad community of scientists, engineers, and students from throughout the nation. The scientific themes at the CNMS are macromolecular complex systems; functional nanomaterials; nanoscale magnetism and transport; catalysis; nanofabrication; theory, and nanoscale imaging and characterization.

Dr Horton has authored ~50 publications and has edited a book on diamond thin films. Her research has received award recognition from DOE, ASM International (including Fellow), the Association for Women in Science-East Tennessee Chapter, and the Knoxville and Oak Ridge YWCAs. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics and Physics from Grove City College, Pennsylvania and a Ph. D. and M. S. in Materials Science from the University of Virginia.