Faculty

 

Name

Email

Research Topic

Douglas Adamson
Professor of Chemistry
email Polymer Synthesis; Bio-inspired Materials; Block-copolymer Self-Assembly and Polymersomes; Graphene
Alexandru Asandei
Associate Professor of Chemistry
email Catalysis; Living Polymerizations; Fluoropolymers; Graphene; Biodegradable Polymers
Kelly A. Burke
Director, IMS Polymer Program
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
email Stimuli-responsive Polymers, Natural and Synthetic Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering
Elena E. Dormidontova
Associate Professor of Physics
email Computer Simulations; Biomedical Applications of Polymers; Nanoparticle Targeting; Smart Materials; Phase Behavior
Rajeswari M. Kasi
Professor of Chemistry
email Responsive Polymers; Hierarchically Self-Assembled Polymers; Polymer-Hybrid Materials
Yao Lin
Professor of Chemistry
email Bio-inspired Materials; Self-Assembly; Supramolecular Polymerization; Functional Complex Polymers; Scattering
Anson Ma
Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
email Complex Fluid Rheology; Nanomaterials Processing; Nanocomposites; Foams and Emulsions for Oil Recovery
Vahid Morovati
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
email Computational modeling of polymer systems; multi-scale and micro-mechanical modeling of materials; mechanical properties of materials
Mu-Ping Nieh
Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
email Self-Assembled Delivery Carrier; Biomembranes in Physiological Solutions; Structural Characterization of Soft Materials
Fotios Papadimitrakopoulos
Professor of Chemistry
email Carbon Nanomaterials, Nanotubes; Self-Assembly; Supramolecular Assembly; Biosensors; Immunoassays; Photovoltaics
Yang Qin
Associate Professor of
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
email Design and synthesis of conjugated organic and polymeric materials, organic/inorganic hybrid materials, and their applications in energy and environment
Thomas Seery
Associate Professor of Chemistry
email Light Scattering; Nanocompostes
Gregory Sotzing
Professor of Chemistry
email Conducting Polymers; Synthesis; Electrochromics; Biological Electronics; Photonics; Textile
Luyi Sun
Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
email Polymer Composites and Nano Composites; Polymer Processing; Nanosturcutred Materials; Green Science

Associate Faculty

Name

Email

Research Topic

Jie He
Associate Professor of Chemistry
email Programmable Synthesis of Polymer/Inorganic Hybrid Materials, Biomimetic Self-assembly of Hybrid Materials at all Scales, Molecule-mimicking Self-assembly of Anisotropic Colloids in Solution, and Biomedical Applications of Hybrid Materials
Jeffrey McCutcheon
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
email Membrane Separations, Polymer Electrospinning, Forward Osmosis/Osmotic Power
Xueju “Sophie” Wang
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
email Soft/active/smart materials; Nanomechanics and micromechanics of advanced; materials; Energy storage and conversion; Flexible/stretchable/bio-integrated; electronics; In-situ/environmental operando experimental techniques
Yi Zhang
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
email Soft materials; Bioelectronics and biosensors; wearable molecular sensors for disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment

Emeritus Faculty

James P. Bell
Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

Anthony T. DiBenedetto
University Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

James R. Knox
Emeritus Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology

Richard Parnas
Professor Emeritus, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Daniel A. Scola
Research Professor, Institute of Materials Science

Montgomery T. Shaw
Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

Chong Sook P. Sung
Professor Emeritus, Chemistry

Robert A. Weiss
Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering