Faculty
O. Abdelrahman. Associate Professor; Ph.D., Syracuse University: Studies the dynamic evolution of chemical kinetics and thermodynamics at the interface of solid catalysts.
V. Balakotaiah. Cullen Distinguished Professor; Ph.D., University of Houston: reaction and transport processes engineering.
P. Bollini. Associate Professor; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology: Catalysis, chemical kinetics, separations, materials science.
P. Cirino. Professor; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology: interfaces Chemical Engineering with the Biological Sciences, with emphases in biomolecular engineering, metabolic engineering, and biocatalysis.
J.Conrad. Frank M Tiller Professor; Ph.D., Harvard University: interaction between complex fluids (polymers, colloids, nanoparticles, bacteria, protozoa, cells) and the surfaces that confine or support them.
V.M. Donnelly. John and Rebecca Moores Professor; Ph.D., Pittsburgh: Plasma processing of electronic materials.
L. Dooling. Assistant Professor; PhD., California Institute of Technology: Studies immune functions using cellular and molecular engineering technologies
D. Economou. Cullen Distinguished Professor; Ph.D., Illinois: electronic materials, and plasma etching and deposition.
L. Dooling. Assistant Professor; PhD., California Institute of Technology: Studies immune functions using cellular and molecular engineering technologies
L. Grabow. The Dan Luss Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin: computational methods to understand and predict chemical processes that occur on solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces.
M.P. Harold. Cullen Engineering Professor; Ph.D., University of Houston: PE: chemical reaction systems, multi-functional chemical reactors, reaction-separation materials and devices.
J. Henderson. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: work broadening participation in engineering using novel methods such as photovoice, a type of participatory action research, and interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA).
A. Karim Dow Chair and Welch Foundation Professor, Ph.D. Northwestern University: polymer surfaces, interfaces, nanocomposite films, combinatorial materials science
R. Krishnamoorti. Professor; Ph.D., Princeton: Polymeric Materials, Nanotechnologic and Drug Delivery.
T.J. Mountziaris. Department Chair and Professor; Ph.D., Princeton: synthesis and functionalization of semiconductor nanocrystals, biosensors, reaction engineering, multiphase flows.
M. Nikolaou. Professor; Ph.D., UCLA: computer-aided process engineering, control of microelectronic processes.
M. Orman. Associate Professor; Ph.D., Rutgers University: Phenotypic heterogeneity in both bacterial and cancer cell populations and explores how this phenotypic heterogeneity impacts our health.
J. Palmer. Earnest J and Barbara Henley Assistant Professor; Ph.D., North Carolina State University: Molecular simulation, materials design, adsorption and transport, energy storage, catalysis.
J. Powell. Aspire Shell Endowed Chair and Executive Director for Energy Transition Professor; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison: Circular economy and recycle of plastics, chemicals, and materials. Integrated systems for chemical and catalytic reaction and separation.
J. Rimer. Abraham E. Dukler Professor; Ph.D., University of Delaware: focuses on crystal engineering, nanomaterials self-assembly, and pathological biomineralization at both the microscopic and macroscopic levels to address challenges of material synthesis and design.
M. Robertson. Neal R. Amundson Professor; Director of Materials Engineering Program; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley: Nanostructured polymeric materials, self-assembly, thermodynamics of polymer blends, structural characterization with light, neutron and x-ray scattering, biorenewable and biodegradable materials.
N. Varadarajan. M.D. Anderson Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin: developing high throughput screens designed to characterize a wide range of functions ranging from the properties of proteins in single cells to antigen mediated cellular cytotoxicity.
P. Vekilov.Frank Worley Professor; Ph.D., Russian Academy of Sciences: Phase transitions in protein solutions.
R. Willson. Huffington- Woestemever Professor; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology: biomolecular engineering, biomolecular recognition, and its applications in separations and molecular diagnostics.
G. Zerze. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Lehigh University: aims at bringing a fundamental understanding of the biomolecular self-assembly that are implicated in oncogenic and neurodegenerative diseases.
Affiliated Faculty Members
S. Brankovic. Professor Electrical & Computer Engineering; Electrochemical Thin Film Growth, Magnetic Materials and Nanostructures, Nanofabrication, Electrocatalysis, Sensors, Physics and Thermodynamics of Electrified Interfaces.
J.M. Briggs. Professor of Biology and Biochemistry: Computational studies of protein structure and function, inhibitor design, investigations of possible inhibitor resistance pathways, and development of methods for the above work.
G. Fox. John and Rebecca Moores Professor of Biology and Biochemistry: Structure, function and evolution of RNA.
A. Jacobson. Robert A. Welch Chair of Science Professor of Chemistry: synthesis and properties of transition metal oxide systems with layered or framework structures.
R.T. Lee. Cullen Distinguished University Chair Professor of Chemistry: Design and synthesis of new types of polymeric materials including polymeric drugs and drug-delivery systems.
D. Litvinov. Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering: Nanomagnetic materials devices and systems for biosensor, integrated circuit and data storage applications.
V. Tam. Professor of Pharmacy: Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials, Mathematical modeling and simulation of biological processes, Mathematical modeling and simulation of biological processes.
Y. Yao. Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Ph.D., University of California, LA: Materials design, synthesis and characterization for advanced batteries, polymers and organic materials for energy applications, perovskite solar cells.
Emeritus Faculty
R.W. Flumerfelt. Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., Northwestern: PE: polymer processing and interfacial phenomena, surface science.
E. J. Henley. Professor Emeritus; D.Sc., Columbia: PE: reliability, computer-aided design.
D.Luss. Cullen Distinguished Professor; Ph.D., Minnesota: Chemical reaction engineering.
C. Rooks. Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma; Diesel Emission Controls.
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