Bio
VALERIA LAUTER is a Distinguished R&D Staff Scientist in the Neutron Scattering Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Prior to taking on her position at ORNL in 2008, she held positions of Research Scientist at the Technical University of Munich and the University of Konstanz (Germany); was a visiting fellow at the Laue Langevin Institute in Grenoble (France). Her research interests include low-dimensional magnetic systems and thin film heterostructures, including topological insulator heterostructures, oxide heterostructures, superconductors, magnetic nanocomposites and soft matter nanocomposites, and development and application of advanced neutron scattering techniques. As the Lead Instrument Scientist at the Magnetism Reflectometer (MR) at the Spallation Neutron Source, she established MR a state-of-the-art instrument and enabled new directions in neutron scattering research engaging a diverse user community, enabling unique in operando experiments combining polarized neutron reflectometry with in situ ferromagnetic resonance setup, or with in situ laser photoexcitation. Valeria is a fellow of American Neutron Scattering Society, fellow of American Vacuum Society, Chair of Magnetic Interfaces and Nanostructures Division of American Vacuum Society. She is a recipient of an Award for Excellence in Beam Line Science from SNS and HFIR user community and several Supplemental Performance and Significant Event awards at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She received her Ph.D. in experimental and theoretical solid state physics at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in Dubna and a M.Sc. in Solid States Physics and Quantum Electronics in Moscow Physics and Engineering Institute (MEPhI). Valeria served as a reviewer for the Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES) within the Department of Energy, as a member of the Distinguished Fellowship Committee at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and of the Seed Review Committee within the Laboratory Directed Research&Development Program.In 2023 – 2024 Appointed committee member of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee (NASEM) “The Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the United States, Phase II”