Staff Directory

John A Schlueter

John A Schlueter portrait
Email:
JSCHLUET@nsf.gov
Phone:
(703) 292-7766
Fax:
(703) 292-9135
Room:
E 9461
Organization:
DMR
Title:
Program Director

Program Responsibilities:
Connections in Quantum Information Science (CQIS)
Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF)

Biography:

Dr. John Schlueter joined the National Science Foundation (NSF) in December 2013 as a Program Director in the Division of Materials Research, Directorate of Mathematical & Physical Sciences, where he manages the Designing Materials to Revolutionize and Engineer our Future (DMREF) program. DMREF is the primary program by which the NSF participates in the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI). He received his B.S. from Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, IN) in 1987 with majors in Chemistry and Physics and a minor in Mathematics. He then earned his Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) in 1992 under the direction of thesis advisor Prof. Tobin Marks. After spending three years as a Postdoctoral Chemist at Argonne National Laboratory with Dr. Jack Williams, he became an Assistant Chemist in the Chemistry and Materials Science Divisions in 1995 and was promoted to Chemist in 1999. Schlueter's experimental research includes the guided synthesis, crystallization, and characterization of molecule-based materials with emergent electronic and/or magnetic properties, including the development of multifunctional materials with applications in magnetism, superconductivity, spintronics, and multiferroics. Through the use of intermolecular interactions, such as hydrogen bonds, he has discovered new classes of superconductors and investigated pressure-induced phase transitions in magnetic coordination polymers. Dr. Schlueter was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2015 and received NSF's Meritorious Service Award in 2022. He has chaired and serves on the Advisory Boards for several international conferences. Schlueter has co-authored over 400 publications (H-index 49) and delivered in excess of 75 invited presentations and seminars at international conferences and institutions. He has mentored 6 postdoctoral scholars and over 75 undergraduate students.