Bio
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Education
- Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
- M. Eng., University of Michigan
- B.S.M.E., University of Missouri
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Stanford University, Chemical Engineering (2021 – present)
- Lee Otterson Faculty Scholar, Stanford University, School of Engineering (2021-present)
- Assistant Professor, Stanford University, Chemical Engineering (2017 – 2020)
- Assistant Professor, Cornell University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (2013 – 2017)
- Associate Editor, Journal of Rheology (November 2015 – present)
- Advisory Board Member, Physics of Fluids (August 2016 – present)
- Terman Faculty Fellow, Stanford University, School of Engineering (2017-present)
- James C. and Rebecca Q. Morgan Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow, Cornell University (2013 – present)
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Princeton University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, (September 2011 – December 2012)
- General Motors Corporation, Delphi Automotive; Detroit, MI (2001 – 2006)

Honors and Awards
- PECASE – Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Nominator: Department of Defense (2019)
- PECASE – Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, Nominator: National Science Foundation (2019)
- ONR Director of Research Early Career Award (2017)
- NAE Frontiers of Engineering (2015)
- Cornell College of Engineering (Sonny Yau ’72) Teaching Award (2015)
- ONR Young Investigator Award (April 2014)
- NSF CAREER Award (January 2014)
- NAE Frontiers of Engineering Education (2014)
- Cover, Journal of Rheology, Vol. 58(1) (2014)
- Cover, Rheology Bulletin Vol. 83(1) (2014)
- Publication Award, Journal of Rheology (2013)
- NSF BRIGE Award (2013)
- Cover, Journal of Rheology Vol. 57(2) (March 2013)
- Appointed James C. and Rebecca Q. Morgan Sesquicentennial Faculty Fellow (2013)
- Everhart Lecturer, California Institute of Technology (2011)
- NDSEG Fellow (2008-2011)
- Graduate Dean’s Award, California Institute of Technology (2011)
- P.E.O. Scholar Award (2010)
- Best Overall Poster, Poster Symposium, California Institute of Technology (2009)
- Cargése Scholarship for Complex and BioFluids Summer School (2009)
- Best Student Poster, International Conference on Rheology (2008)
- Honors Scholar, University of Missouri
- President, Pi Tau Sigma Honor Society for Mechanical Engineering, Missouri Chapter
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
- National Merit Special Scholarship
Professional Memberships
- Society of Rheology
- American Institute of Chemical Engineering
- American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics
- American Chemical Society
- Pi Tau Sigma
- Tau Beta Pi
Contact Information, Roseanna N. Zia
Email: RZIA (at) stanford (dot) edu
Postal mail:
Stanford University
Department of Chemical Engineering
443 Via Ortega
Stanford, CA 94305