Dr. Chantal Sudbrack is a technical team lead within the Research & Innovation Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory, joining in late 2020. The teams she leads focus on advancing the development of affordable, durable, heat-resistant alloys for demanding structural applications relevant to the energy sector. In her position, Dr. Sudbrack is helping lead the growth of metals additive manufacturing at NETL and has established research collaborations with industry, academic and other national lab partners.
She has authored or co-authored over 50 publications. After post-doctoral research position at Argonne, she began her federal service in 2009 with NASA Glenn Research Center, where she became recognized for contributions in R&D of nickel-based superalloys used in aerospace turbomachinery and in metals additive manufacturing.
Dr. Sudbrack worked between federal research positions as a Senior Materials Development Engineer with QuesTek Innovations, a small business leader in Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME)-based materials design. She received her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University, her B.S in Materials Science and Engineering from Columbia University, and her B.A. in Chemistry from Reed College.