Adrienne Stiff-Roberts joins ECE as an assistant professor. Her research interests encompass the epitaxial growth and characterization of bulk and quantum-confined semiconductor materials, as well as the design, fabrication, and characterization of optoelectronic and photonic devices, particularly in the infrared regime. She received both the B.S. degree in physics from Spelman College and the B.E.E. degree in electrical engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1999. She received an M.S.E. in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in applied physics in 2001 and 2004, respectively, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she investigated high-temperature quantum dot infrared photodetectors.