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Shayna Hilburg (Fed)
Research Chemist
Dr. Shayna Hilburg is an NRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Material Data Division using computational methods to study protein dynamics and enhance the interpretation of neutron scattering data. Shayna is co-advised by Dr. Christina Bergonzo and Dr. Yun Liu.
Shayna was previously a postdoc in Prof. Lilo Pozzo's lab at the University of Washington, after completing her PhD in Polymer Science and Soft Matter in Prof. Alfredo Alexander-Katz's group at MIT.
Full list of publications and patents available on Google Scholar.
Awards
American Physical Society Division of Polymer Physics (APS DPOLY) Executive Committee Early Career Member-at-Large, 2025-present
National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Research Associateship, 2025-present
APS Forum for Early Career Scientists March Meeting Mini-Grant, 2024
Materials Research Society Early Career Professionals Fall Meeting Funding Support, 2023
American Society for Engineering Education eFellows Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2022
University of Washington Data Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Graduate Woman of Excellence, 2019