
Frank J. Derbyshire Professor of Materials Science
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Department of Chemistry
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0055
Email: beth.guiton@uky.edu
Office: CP-383 & JSB-161F
Phone: (859) 257-4215
Lab: CP-380
Academic Training
Wigner Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008-2010)
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (2008)
A.M., Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University (2004)
M.Sci., Chemistry, University of Cambridge (2001)
B.A., Physical Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge (2000)
Selected Honors and Awards
Member of Federal Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC)
Scialog Fellow, Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement (2017)
Materials Research Express, Emerging Investigator in Materials Science (2015-2016)
NSF CAREER Award (2015-2020)
Faculty Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring, UK College of Arts & Sciences (2015)
Sarah Bennett Holmes Award Faculty Nominee (2013, 2017)
“Teacher Who Made a Difference” Award, University of Kentucky (2013)
S.J. Stein Prize, University of Pennsylvania (2009)
Eugene P. Wigner Fellowship, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (2008)
Geoffrey Belton Graduate Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania (2008)
Ludo Frevel Crystallography Scholarship, International Center for Diffraction Data (2008)