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Jay D. Keasling Jay D. Keasling
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, biochemical engineering, metabolic engineering of microorganisms, environmentally friendly synthesis, biodegradable and recyclable polymers, production of biofuels and bioproducts, natural products
Brooks Abel Brooks Abel
Dept of Chemistry
Polymer Chemistry, organic chemistry, stereoselective catalysis, polymer recycling
David Sedlak standing in pool with sculpture to his right. David L. Sedlak
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
fate and transport of and transformation of chemicals in the aquatic environment, water reuse and water recycling, urban water infrastructure, engineered treatment wetlands
Phillip Messersmith Phillip Messersmith
Dept of Bioengineering
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
adhesion, polymers, regenerative medicine, sustainable polymers, biomimetics, medical devices
Don Tilley in his office 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
Lisa Pruitt Lisa A. Pruitt
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
tissue biomechanics, biomaterial science, fatigue and fracture micromechanisms, orthopedic polymers for total joint replacement, synthetic cartilage
Rui Wang Rui Wang
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
theoretical polymer, soft materials, electrostatic double layer
Nitash Balsara in his lab Nitash P. Balsara
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
electrochemical energy conversion, polymer properties, small angle scattering, nanoscale and microscale sciences
headshot of Bingqing Cheng Bingqing Cheng
Dept of Chemistry
theoretical chemistry, physical chemistry, polymers and nanoscience
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen Lisa Alvarez-Cohen
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
environmental microbiology, biodegradation of environmental contaminants, microbial carbon cycling, molecular tools for microbial ecology, metagenomics, biological hazardous waste treatment, bioremediation of groundwater pollutants
Ting Xu in lab looking at samples 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
Bryan D. McCloskey Bryan D. McCloskey
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
electrochemical energy storage, electrocatalysis, molecular and ionic transport through polymers
Professor Ahmad Omar sitting in front of a glass whiteboard marked with equations related to his research. Ahmad Omar
Dept of Materials Science and Engineering
statistical mechanics, active matter, biophysics, physical chemistry, polymer science, directed self-assembly
Sanjay Govindjee Sanjay Govindjee
Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering
finite element analysis, Theoretical and computational solid mechanics, constitutive theory, micromechanics, polymer mechanics, elastomer modeling, battery modeling, thermomechanics, continuum mechanics, failure analysis
Jeffrey R. Long Jeffrey R. Long
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Dept of Chemistry
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
Felix Raoul Fischer Felix Raoul Fischer
Dept of Chemistry
Organic and Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Molecular Electronics, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Graphene Nanomaterials
headshot of Van P. Carey Van P. Carey
Dept of Mechanical Engineering
mechanical engineering, use of machine learning to develop high performance energy conversion and thermal management technologies, micro-to-nanoscale modeling of the thermophysics of multiphase systems, waste plastic transport in environmental watersheds, waste plastic recycling
Clayton J. Radke Clayton J. Radke
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, surface & colloid science technology, protein/polymer/surfactant adsorption from solution, two-phase enzymatic catalysis, interfacial surfactant transport, electrokinetics, pore-level fluid mechanics, contact-lens & eye mechanics
Polly L Arnold Polly Arnold
Dept of Chemistry
synthetic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, organometallic chemistry, actinide, rare earth catalysis
John Arnold John Arnold
Dept of Chemistry
organometallic chemistry, organometallic catalysis, materials chemistry, coordination chemistry
Mathew Welch Matthew Welch
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
biology, cell motility, the role of the actin cytoskeleton in cell locomotion, shape change, actin filament assembly, bacterial and viral pathogens
Picture of Professor Merchant Sabeeha Merchant
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
Dept of Plant and Microbial Biology
chloroplast, photosynthesis, algae, trace metals, genomics, synthetic biology, designer lipids, Chlamydomonas, Auxenochlorella, Dunaliella
Eva Nogales in lab Eva Nogales
Dept of Molecular & Cell Biology
cryo-EM, biochemistry, complex biological assemblies, structure and regulation of the cytoskeleton, microtubule dynamics, human transcriptional initiation machinery, epigenetics, gene silencing, biophysics
headshot of Franco Zunino 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
Alexander Katz Alexander Katz
Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
chemical engineering, nanoengineering, catalytic imprinted silicas, catalysts in biological systems, catalysis, chemical sensing
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