Leadership & Faculty
Thomas H. Epps, III
ALLAN & MYRA FERGUSON DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
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- Biobased polymers from waste feedstocks
- Ion-conducting, battery membranes
- Stimuli-responsive polymer for drug delivery and gene therapy
- Nanostructured thin films and coatings
- Polymer/MOF composites
LaShanda T.J. Korley
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING
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- Hierarchical peptide polymer hybrids
- New fiber manufacturing strategies for functional materials development
- Responsive composites
Alexandra V. Bayles
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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- Soft Materials
- Advective Assembly
- Additive Manufacturing
- Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels
- Microfluidic Interferometry
- Differential Dynamic Microscopy
- Microrheology
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Antony N. Beris
ARTHUR B. METZNER PROFESSOR
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- Analytical & numerical modeling of complex fluids
- Simulation of polymer solutions & melts, turbulent flow, and free-surface flows with surfactants
David Burris
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Interface Mechanics
- Indentation & Characterization of Biphasic Materials
- Surface & Interfacial Properties of Polymer Films & Coatings
- Multiscale Friction & Adhesion
- Ultra Low Wear Materials & Interfaces
Sambeeta Das
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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- Active Colloids and Self Assembly
- Soft Matter Physics
- Micro/NanoRobots
- Tissue Engineering
Chelsea Davis
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Composites & Advanced Materials
- Polymer Mechanics
- Adhesion and Interfaces
- Polymer Matrix Composites
- Fluorescence Microscopy
- Micromechanical Metrology Tools Design
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Emily Day
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Nanomedicine
- Gene Regulation
- Photothermal Therapy
- Biomimetic Drug Delivery Vehicles
- Translational Cancer Research
Joseph Deitzel
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR SUSTAINABILITY
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- Polymer Physics
- Nanomaterials
- High Performance Organic Fibers
- Thin Films and Interphase
Charles Dhong
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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- Designing Tactile and Haptic Sensations
- Dry and Wet Adhesion
- Mechanical Forces at Polymer Interfaces and Thin Films
- Devices for Measuring Mechanical Forces at the Mesoscale
Catherine A. Fromen
CENTENNIAL TERM PROFESSOR FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH & EDUCATION
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- Pulmonary Drug Delivery & Immune Engineering
- Biomaterials
- 3D Printing
Eric M. Furst
WILLIAM H. SEVERNS JR. DISTINGUISHED CHAIR OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
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- Physics & chemistry underlying the behavior of colloidal, polymeric, biomolecular, and other “soft” materials
- Development of novel experimental techniques, including optical tweezers, confocal microscopy, and passive and active microrheology
Arthi Jayaraman
PROFESSOR
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- Molecular Modeling
- Theory and Simulation
- Polymers
- Colloids
- Biomaterials
Xinqiao Jia
PROFESSOR
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- Polymeric Biomaterials
- Bioorthogonal Chemistry
- Drug Delivery
- Tissue Engineering
Laure Kayser
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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- Organic Electronics
- Stimuli-responsive Polymers
- Plastic Upcycling
- Bioelectronics
April M. Kloxin
THOMAS & KIPP GUTSHALL DEVELOPMENT PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
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- Biomaterials with Multi Scale Properties
- Stimuli-responsive Materials
- Controlled Multi-dimensional Cell Culture
- Models of Disease and Regeneration
- Therapeutic Delivery Strategies
Christopher J. Kloxin
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Monomer & Polymer Synthesis
- Covalent Adaptable Networks
- Self-healing Materials
- Stimuli-responsive Polymers
- Polymer Photochemistry
cjk@udel.edu | Kloxin Research Group
Edward R. Lyman
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Membrane Biophysics
- Cell to Cell Signaling
- Computational Spectroscopy
- Biomolecular Simulation
- Integrative Scattering for Soft Matter
David C. Martin
KARL W. & RENATE BÖER CHAIRED PROFESSOR
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- Conjugated Polymers
- Electron Microscopy
- Biomedical Devices
- Electrochemistry
Marco Messina
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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- Functional macromolecular materials
- Small-molecule & Polymer Synthesis
- Boron-Rich Cluster Chemistry
- Chemical Biology & Imaging
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Victoria G. Muir
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
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- Hydrogel Biomaterials
- 3D Cell Culture
- Porous Media
- Bioprinting
- Musculoskeletal Tissue Repair
- Microbes
- Host-Pathogen Interactions
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Christian W. Pester
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Engineering of Advanced Functional Surfaces
- Heterogeneous Photocatalysis
- Self-healing Coatings
- Hydrolysis of Post-consumer PET Plastic Waste
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Srikanth Pilla
PROFESSOR | DIRECTOR – CENTER FOR COMPOSITE MATERIALS
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- Composites materials design and manufacturing
- Sustainable & recyclable-by-design polymers and composites
- Polymer processing & characterization
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Darrin Pochan
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
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- Soft Matter
- Self-assembly
- Nanotechnology
- Peptide Materials
- Biomaterials
Ajay K. Prasad
ENGINEERING ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
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- Polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) for hydrogen fuel cells, electrochemical compression, and desalination
- Self-healing functionality for PEMs
- Enhanced durability for PEMs with inorganic additives
Joel Rosenthal
PROFESSOR | DEPARTMENT CHAIR
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- Electrosynthesis of Porous Materials and 3D Networks
- Electochemical/photochemical Polymer Synthesis and Modification
- Interfacial Properties of Films and Coatings at Electrified Surfaces
- Modified Membranes for Electrochemical Devices
- Assemblies for Delivery of Phototherapeutic Agents joelr@udel.edu | Rosenthal Research Group
Ulf Schiller
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Computational Materials Science
- Multiscale Modeling and Simulation
- High-Performance Computing
- Physics-informed Machine Learning
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- Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
- Computer Systems, Networks, and Security
John H. Slater
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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- Cell & Tissue Engineering
- Microphysiological Systems
- Biofabrication
- Microenvironmental Engineering
- Cancer Metastasis
- Mechanotransduction Events in Physiological & Pathological Processes
Millicent O. Sullivan
ALVIN B. & JULIE O. STILES PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING | DEPARTMENT CHAIR
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- Intracellular Biologics Delivery
- Polymer and Peptide Nanostructures
- Regenerative Therapies
- Targeted Drug Delivery
Norman J. Wagner
UNIDEL ROBERT L. PIGFORD CHAIR IN CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
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- Rheology
- Neutron Scattering
- Human Exploration of Space
- Nanoscience
Mary P. Watson
PROFESSOR
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- Homogeneous catalysis
- New reagents for synthesis
- Activation of strong bonds
Yushan Yan
HENRY B. DUPONT CHAIR OF CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
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- Ionically conducting polymer membranes
- New monomers and polymers
- Electrochemical energy devices including fuel cells and electrolyzers