Monica Olvera de la Cruz

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Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Olvera de la Cruz in 2010
Born	Acapulco
Education	UNAM Trinity College, Cambridge
Known for	soft matter physics electrolytes
Awards	Presidential Young Investigator Award (1990) National Academy of Sciences Cozzarelli Prize (2007) American Physical Society Polymer Physics Prize (2017)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics, Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry
Institutions	Northwestern University
Doctoral advisor	Sir Sam Edwards
Doctoral students	Anne M. Mayes
Website	http://aztec.tech.northwestern.edu

Monica Olvera de la Cruz is a Mexican born, American and French soft-matter theorist who is the Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Professor of Chemistry, and by courtesy Professor of Physics and Astronomy and of Chemical and Biological Engineering, at Northwestern University.