160 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING TRACEY SCHERBAN, PHD CHEMISTRY INSTRUCTOR (RETIRED) Portland Community College Portland, OR With more than three decades of professional experience, Dr. Tracey Scherban is a celebrated chemistry educator and chemist whose contributions to scientific research include advancements in materials science. Retired since 2019, she previously served as a chemistry instructor at Portland Community College in Portland, Oregon, beginning in 2009. During her tenure, Dr. Scherban exhibited dedication to her discipline and made a lasting impact on students and faculty, particularly in her role as a mentor. Although retired, she continues to make strides in her industry as the chair of the women’s chemists committee for the Portland chapter of the American Chemical Society, where she has organized events and symposia to honor fellow women in STEM fields. After graduating from Reed College with a Bachelor of Arts in chemistry in 1983, Dr. Scherban joined the Intel Corporation, where she served until 1986 and again from 1993 to 2004. During her longstanding tenure at the organization, she worked in roles of increasing prominence in the areas of plasma etch, thin films and defect metrology. For six years, she also worked as the thermal mechanics group leader, during which time she established a comprehensive laboratory to measure the mechanical properties of thin films. Notably, Dr. Scherban collaborated with several distinguished entities – including Stanford University, The University of Texas at Austin, the University of Minnesota and Centro Tecnológico CEIT in Spain – to develop innovative techniques to characterize thin film adhesion, fracture and stress relaxation. In this regard, Dr. Scherban holds one U.S. patent in this specialty and has authored 36 publications. While engaged in professional work, Dr. Scherban continued her formal education at Columbia University, where she graduated with a master’s degree in solid state science in 1988 and a PhD in materials science in 1991. Following this, she accepted a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship, traveling overseas to Europe to conduct research in hightemperature protonic conductors at Laboratoire
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