Bio
Aeriel D.M. Leonard joined the Materials Science and Engineering Department at The Ohio State University as an assistant professor upon completing an NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2020 at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRC) in Washington D.C. While at NRC, she used advanced characterization techniques, such as x-ray computed tomography and high energy diffraction microscopy, to understand damage and texture evolution during in-situ loading in additive manufactured materials She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Shas led and worked on many teams aimed at increasing the number of underrepresented minorities in engineering, including developing and implementing a leadership camp for female engineering students in Monrovia, Liberia. She is the chair of the Fourth Summit on Diversity in Minerals, Metals, and Materials (DMMM4) Organizing Committee and runs a lifestyle blog titled AerielViews aimed at young graduate and professional students.