Julie L. Fenton, Ph.D.

Julie is a synthetic materials chemist. Her research is aimed at creative problem solving in materials chemistry, addressing significant bottlenecks in obtaining and understanding inorganic, organic, and hybrid solids. Julie grew up in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Messiah College (Grantham, PA) in 2014. She earned her doctoral degree in chemistry from The Pennsylvania State University in 2018, where she worked with Raymond Schaak to develop new synthetic methods for inorganic nanomaterials. Prior to joining the faculty at Penn State, Julie was an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow in the Chemical Sciences at Northwestern University, where she worked with William Dichtel on crystalline porous polymers and their applications. Outside of lab, Julie enjoys cross training, trivia, cooking, travel, and spending time with her family.