Julienne Krennrich

Director, Innovation Partnerships Program

Phone: 515-294-1202
Email: jmkrenn@ameslab.gov
Office: 307 TASF
Websites:
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Credentials

Education

  • MBA Iowa State University, 2009, Finance
  • PhD Iowa State University, 2002, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
  • BS Chm Creighton University, 1995, Chemistry, cum laude
    Clare Booth Luce Fellow, Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, Pi Mu Epsilon

Professional Appointments

  • Director, Innovation Partnerships Program, Ames Laboratory Jun 2018 – present
  • Assistant Director, Engineering Research Institute, Iowa State University, Feb 2011 – May 2018
  • Technology Commercialization Associate, Institute for Physical Research & Technology, Iowa State University, Jan 2009 – Jan 2011
  • Postdoc, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Apr 2004 – Sep 2006
  • Postdoc, Condensed Matter Physics Program, Ames Laboratory, Dec 2003 – Mar 2004

Honors & Awards

  • 2013 Professional and Scientific Staff CYtation Award
  • Named 2007-2008 MBA First Year Student of the Year
  • Selected member of the 2008 Iowa State University Big XII MBA Case Competition Team
  • Selected to attend the Boulder Summer School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics; Topic: Frontiers of magnetism: Theory, experiment, and applications

Areas of Expertise

  • As leader of the Innovation Partnerships Program at Ames National Laboratory, Dr. Julienne M. Krennrich is responsible for the Laboratory’s industry outreach and research partnership activity, including negotiating related sponsored agreements, overseeing Laboratory workforce development and outreach programs, managing proposal submission processes for the Laboratory, and delivering scientific and technical information reporting to the DOE. She works collaboratively with the Iowa State University Research Foundation to develop and execute technology maturation and commercialization strategies for Laboratory intellectual property and oversees conflict of interest management to enable researcher involvement in technology commercialization. Krennrich is a member of the Laboratory’s Scientific Leadership Team, which advises on LDRD and science strategy, is the FY25 Vice Chair of the National Laboratory Technology Transfer Council and is a Past Chair of the DOE Technology Transfer Working Group. She earned both a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics and an MBA from Iowa State University and a BS Chm from Creighton University.

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