{"693642":{"#nid":"693642","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Anna \u00d6sterholm Named Interim Associate Director for Faculty Engagement","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/people\/anna-osterholm\u0022\u003EAnna \u00d6sterholm\u003C\/a\u003E has been named interim associate director for faculty engagement at the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/matter-systems.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EInstitute for Matter and Systems\u003C\/a\u003E (IMS), effective Nov. 1.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn this role, \u00d6sterholm will provide strategic leadership for IMS faculty engagement, strengthening connections among faculty, IMS-supported centers, programs and initiatives, and partners across Georgia Tech. She will help identify opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, support the development of research initiatives, and ensure faculty perspectives help shape IMS programs and priorities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u00d6sterholm is a principal research scientist with IMS and the School of Chemistry and Biochemistry. She also serves as coordinator of the IMS Graduate Apprenticeship Program. Her research focuses on the structure-property relationships of conjugated organic molecules and polymers, organic electronics, electrochromism, solution processing of polymers, and conjugated polymer electrochemistry.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u00d6sterholm has been at Georgia Tech since 2012. She earned a doctorate in analytical electrochemistry from \u00c5bo Akademi University in Finland and has worked in the field of electroactive polymers for two decades. She has contributed to more than 70 research articles, authored two book chapters on electrochromism, and is a co-inventor on six patents involving electrochromic polymers and small molecules.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EAnna \u00d6sterholm will serve as interim associate director for faculty engagement for the Institute for Matter and Systems beginning Nov. 1.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Anna \u00d6sterholm will serve as interim associate director for faculty engagement for the Institute for Matter and Systems beginning Nov. 1."}],"uid":"35272","created_gmt":"2026-10-30 12:58:55","changed_gmt":"2026-10-30 13:00:16","author":"aneumeister3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"681603":{"id":"681603","type":"image","title":"osterholm_anna_news.png","body":null,"created":"1793365143","gmt_created":"2026-10-30 12:59:03","changed":"1793365143","gmt_changed":"2026-10-30 12:59:03","alt":"A woman wearing dark-framed glasses faces the camera against a softly blurred indoor background with muted blue-gray walls and abstract artwork.","file":{"fid":"266030","name":"osterholm_anna_news.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/30\/osterholm_anna_news.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/10\/30\/osterholm_anna_news.png","mime":"image\/png","size":1712196,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/10\/30\/osterholm_anna_news.png?itok=Z95xTdoG"}}},"media_ids":["681603"],"groups":[{"id":"660369","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"193652","name":"Matter and Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Neumeister\u003C\/a\u003E | Communications Manager\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Matter and Systems\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["amelia.neumeister@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}