Christodoulou is director of the Naval Materials Division in the Sea Warfare and Weapons Department of the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Virginia. She serves as the senior focal point within the ONR for the physical sciences, materials and processing, and environmental quality. Christodoulou provides active support for two of the President’s initiatives: the Materials Genome Initiative for Global Competitiveness (by serving on the National Science and Technology Council subcommittee), and the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (by establishing and guiding one of the National Network of Manufacturing Institutes focused on metals for reduced system weight).

Christodoulou is the Navy lead for the Department of Defense-wide Community of Interest for Materials and Processes and an advisor to the Materials Group of The Technical Collaboration Program, an international collaboration body for defense research and engineering programs.

Trained as a physical metallurgist, she holds a B.S. from the University of Texas at El Paso, an M.S. from The Johns Hopkins University, and Ph.D. in materials science from Imperial College, London. Active in the technical community, she has been recognized with the 2013 Leadership Award by TMS and is an ASM International Fellow. She has been recognized with two Certificates of Commendation from the Department of the Navy.