Grace Gu Dept of Mechanical Engineering Composites, additive manufacturing, in-situ monitoring and process control, artificial intelligence and machine learning, bioinspired materials, generative AI for aerospace, soft robotics
John W. Morris, Jr Dept of Materials Science and Engineering structural materials, computational materials, limits of strength, deformation mechanisms, non-destructive testing with SQUID microscopy, mechanisms of grain refinement in high strength steels, lead-free solders for microelectronics
Ting Xu Dept of Chemistry Dept of Materials Science and Engineering polymer, nanocomposite, biomaterial, membrane, directed self-assembly, drug delivery, protein therapeutics, block copolymers, nanoparticles
Kwabena Bediako Dept of Chemistry inorganic chemistry, materials chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, quantum transport, optoelectronics, low-dimensional and nanoscale structures
T. Don Tilley Dept of Chemistry inorganic, organometallic, polymer and materials chemistry, transition metal compounds, catalysis, new chemical transformations, advanced solid state materials, renewable energy, solar fuels
Peter Hosemann Dept of Nuclear Engineering microscopy, nanomaterials, nuclear materials, material science, radiation damage, corrosion in liquid metals, materials development, materials under extremes, nuclear applications, ion beam microscopy, nanoscale mechanical testing
Zakaria Al Balushi Dept of Materials Science and Engineering electronics, magnetic and optical materials, quantum materials synthesis, optoelectronics
Alessandra Lanzara Dept of Physics materials science, ultrafast science, quantum materials, sustainable materials, topological phases of matter
Daryl C. Chrzan Dept of Materials Science and Engineering materials science and engineering, computational materials science, metals and metallic compounds, defects in solids, growth of nanostructures
Thomas M. Devine Dept of Materials Science and Engineering corrosion resistance of materials, additive manufacturing of metals
Kristin Persson Dept of Materials Science and Engineering lithium-ion batteries, multivalent batteries, organic electrolytes, polar materials, datamining of materials properties for energy applications
Andrew Minor Dept of Materials Science and Engineering metallurgy, nanomechanics, electron microscopy, in situ TEM, electron microscopy of soft materials
Jeffrey R. Long Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Dept of Chemistry Dept of Materials Science and Engineering inorganic and materials chemistry, synthesis of inorganic molecules and higher dimensional solids, precise tailoring of chemical and physical properties, gas storage, molecular separations and catalysis in porous materials, magnetic and conductive materials
Franco Zunino Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering cement chemistry, advanced characterization methods for cementitious materials, low-carbon concrete, supplementary cementitious materials, calcined clay technology, LCA of cement-based materials
Kevin Edward Healy Dept of Bioengineering Dept of Materials Science and Engineering bioengineering, biomaterials engineering, bioinspired materials, regenerative medicine, stem cell engineering, microphysiological systems, organs on a chip, drug screening and discovery
Rui Wang Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering theoretical polymer, soft materials, electrostatic double layer
Claudio Hail Dept of Mechanical Engineering nanophotonics, nanoengineered optical materials, micro/nano manufacturing
Matthew B. Francis Dept of Chemistry materials chemistry, drug delivery, organic chemistry, Protein modification, artificial photosynthesis, water purification
Joseph Orenstein Dept of Physics optical properties of quantum materials, magnetism, superconductivity, spin transport
Roger Falcone Dept of Physics physics, lasers, x-rays, plasma physics, materials, atomic physics, ultrafast science
Costas P. Grigoropoulos Dept of Mechanical Engineering heat transfer, laser materials processing, nano-manufacturing, energy systems and technology
Seung-Wuk Lee Dept of Bioengineering nanotechnology, bio-inspired nanomaterials, synthetic viruses, regenerative tissue engineering materials, drug delivery vehicles
Eric Yue Ma Dept of Physics atomic, molecular and optical physics, condensed matter physics and materials science
Zi Qiang Qiu Dept of Physics experimental study of quantum magnetism in nanostructures, condensed matter physics, materials science experimentation