Ashkar Research Group

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2018- : Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Virginia Tech
2015-2017: Clifford G. Shull fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2012-2015: Postdoctoral scholar, NIST Center for Neutron Research & University of Maryland
2007-2012: Research Assistant, Indiana University Center for Exploration of Energy and Matter

2021 - : Organizer and chair of the Biomembranes Focus Session at the APS March Meeting
2021-2024: Elected Member-at-Large, Executive Committee of the SNS/HFIR User Group
2021-2024: Elected Member-at-Large, Executive Committee of the American Physical Society Division of Biological Physics (APS-DBIO)
2020 - : Member of the Penn State Neutron Science Advisory Council
2018-2020: Chair of the APS-CSWP Climate Site Visits Program
2018: Program co-chair for the Soft Matter subtopic, American Conference on Neutron Scattering.
2017-2020: Invited member of the APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics (CSWP)
2016-2017: Chair of the "Women in Neutrons Sciences" committee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2015-2017: Physics editor for ACM Computers and Society Newsletter
2014-2015: Member of the Post Doc Association leadership team at NIST
2009-2012: Member of the Advisory Board of the "Women in Science Program" run by the Office of Women's Affairs (OWA) at Indiana University

2021: Jeffress Trust Award in Interdisciplinary Research
2019: Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award (Oak Ridge Associated Universities, ORAU)
2015: Clifford G. Shull Fellowship (Oak Ridge National Lab)
2014: Service Accolade (NIST Postdoctoral Association)
2013: Esther L. Kinsley Ph.D. Dissertation Award (Indiana University)
2011: Certificate of Appreciation (Office of Women's Affairs, Indiana University)
2010: Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering Fellowship Award
2010: Indiana University "Women in Science Program" Award