THOMAS H. EPPS, III (Director)
ALLAN & MYRA FERGUSON DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
LASHANDA T.J. KORLEY (Associate Director)
DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
- Hierarchical peptide polymer hybrids
- New fiber manufacturing strategies for functional materials development
- Responsive composites
ANTONY N. BERIS
ARTHUR B. METZNER PROFESSOR
- Analytical & numerical modeling of complex fluids
- Simulation of polymer solutions & melts, turbulent flow, and free-surface flows with surfactants
DAVID BURRIS
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- 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
- Active Colloids and Self Assembly
- Soft Matter Physics
- Micro/NanoRobots
- Tissue Engineering
EMILY DAY
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- Nanomedicine
- Gene Regulation
- Photothermal Therapy
- Biomimetic Drug Delivery Vehicles
- Translational Cancer Research
CHARLES DHONG
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
- 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
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
- Pulmonary Drug Delivery & Immune Engineering
- Biomaterials
- 3D Printing
ERIC M. FURST
PROFESSOR & DEPARTMENT CHAIR
- Physics and 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
XINQIAO JIA
PROFESSOR
MSE
- Polymeric Biomaterials
- Bioorthogonal Chemistry
- Drug Delivery
- Tissue Engineering
KRISTI KIICK
BLUE & GOLD DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR
- Biopolymer Design and Assembly
- Bio-inspired Drug Delivery
- Microstructured and Responsive Hydrogels
- Biomaterials for Wound Healing, Musculoskeletal, and Cardiovascular Therapies
ABRAHAM M. LENHOFF
ALLAN P. COLBURN PROFESSOR
- Applied Protein Biophysics
- Protein Solution Thermodynamics & Phase Behavior
- Protein Adsorption and Chromatography
- Transport Phenomena
EDWARD R. LYMAN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- Membrane Biophysics
- Cell to Cell Signaling
- Computational Spectroscopy
- Biomolecular Simulation
- Integrative Scattering for Soft Matter
DAVID C. MARTIN
KARL W. & RENATE BÖER CHAIRED PROFESSOR
- Conjugated Polymers
- Electron Microscopy
- Biomedical Devices
- Electrochemistry
DARRIN POCHAN
PROFESSOR & DEPARTMENT CHAIR
- Soft Matter
- Self-assembly
- Nanotechnology
- Peptide Materials
- Biomaterials
AJAY K. PRASAD
ENGINEERING ALUMNI DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR & DEPARTMENT CHAIR
ME
- 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 AND ASSOCIATE CHAIR OF GRADUATE STUDIES & RESEARCH
- 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
JOHN SLATER
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
BME
- Cell & Tissue Engineering
- Microphysiological Systems
- Biofabrication
- Microenvironmental Engineering
- Cancer Metastasis
- Mechanotransduction Events in Physiological & Pathological Processes
MILLICENT O. SULLIVAN
PROFESSOR & ASSOCIATE CHAIR
- Intracellular Biologics Delivery
- Polymer and Peptide Nanostructures
- Regenerative Therapies
- Targeted Drug Delivery
DONALD A. WATSON
PROFESSOR
- New chemical reactions
- Organic Synthesis
- Complex organic molecules
MARY P. WATSON
PROFESSOR
- Homogeneous catalysis
- New reagents for synthesis
- Activation of strong bonds
YUSHAN YAN
HENRY B. DUPONT CHAIR
CBE
- Ionically conducting polymer membranes
- New monomers and polymers
- Electrochemical energy devices including fuel cells and electrolyzers