Faculty and Staff Directory

University Distinguished Professor, 

Polymeric biomaterials, drug delivery systems, nanomedical technologies

Associate Professor, 

cell and tissue engineering, quantitative principles of cancer cell biology and developmental biology

Professor, 

Bioresponsive drug delivery; cell and tissue engineering; tissue architecture; targeted therapeutics

Assistant Professor, 

CO2 electroreduction and other CO2 capture to accelerate adoption of carbon neutral chemical manufacturing

Professor of the Practice, 

Design Medical Implants; Medical Implant Due Diligence; Biomaterials, Biopolymers, Biomemetics, Polymer Physics; Biodegradation; Interfacial Phenomena, Chemotaxis, Accelerated Aging

Assistant Professor, 

polymer chemistry and engineering; biomaterials; biomedical engineering; drug delivery; tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; immunotherapy; immunoengineering; vaccines

Academic Advisor, 

Courtesy Appointment, 

Professor & Associate Chair of Research, 

Intestinal tissue engineering, retinal regenerative medicine, oral drug delivery

Assistant Professor, 

Theoretical biology and biophysics; Computational modeling and simulations; Structure-dynamics of complex bio-systems; Rational design of glycoprotein-based therapeutic strategies

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 

Associate Co-op Coordinator Global Engineering & Assistant Director, Global, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, and Civil & Environmental Engineering, 

University Distinguished Professor, 

Polymeric biomaterials for medical products such as implantable electronic devices, hydrogel-based devices and drug delivery systems

Associate Professor, 

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) for biomedical imaging and biosensing

Machinist/Lab Technician, 

Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, 

Studying the means by which endothelial cell mechanotransduction occurs in order to prevent or promote diseases related to blood vessel dysfunction

Associate Professor, 

Environmental engineering and sustainability; life cycle assessment; energy efficiency and emissions modeling; environmental assessment of bio and nanomaterials; material and energy use in urban buildings and infrastructure

Associate Teaching Professor, 

synthesis and application of novel polymeric biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine

DiPietro Assistant Professor, 

Electrochemical engineering, batteries and energy storage, and energy sustainability

Associate Professor, 

Detection of biomolecules at the nanoscale in micro and nanofluidic channels; biophysics; micro and systems biology; environmental sensing; analytical instrumentation

University Distinguished Professor and William Lincoln Smith Chair Professor, 

Functional materials used in high frequency applications such as sensors, radar, and communication platforms, and nanotechnology, power electronics, and medical diagnostics and therapeutics

Assistant Professor, 

Complex fluids, biomaterials & soft materials: manipulation of nanoscale and single-particle properties to control macroscale transport & assembly; microfluidics for biomedical, pharmaceutical & energy applications

Associate Professor, 

Molecular modeling and process simulation of interfacial/nanoconfined systems and mixtures relevant to separations, development of nano/bio-materials, energy and the environment

Associate Co-op Coordinator, 

Senior Co-op Coordinator & Assistant Director Industry Partnerships, 

Associate Professor, 

Bioelectric medicine, development of novel interventions and tissue engineered platforms for nerve regeneration and repair, body-on-a-chip for enteric-gut interactions

Assistant Professor, 

Neural interface technology, tissue engineering, and musculoskeletal biomechanics

Assistant Co-op Coordinator, 

Senior Research Scientist, 

Teaching Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, 

Development of comics, visualization, and modules for novel STEM teaching tools for all-ages education

Associate Professor, 

Production of valuable pharmaceutical compounds from plant cell cultures, specifically the production of important anti-cancer drug molecules from cell cultures of Catharanthus roseus

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 

Associate Professor, 

Systems and synthetic biology of the Brain-Immune-Gut super-system; Interactions among hosts and microbes; Deep learning approaches to interpreting biological data and designing biomedical solutions

Distinguished University and Cabot Professor, 

Structure-property relationships in magnetofunctional materials for energy transformations including advanced permanent magnet materials and magnetocaloric materials; strategic materials and supply chains for technological application

Associate Professor, 

Design and manipulation of molecular/materials chemistry and structure for new property discovery, new functionality and technology development by combining theoretical and experimental methods; high performance computing, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, polymer physics, materials and biomolecular engineering

Student Services and Data Manager, 

Assistant Dean & Senior Co-op Coordinator, 

Departmental Programs: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Energy Systems, Engineering Management, Engineering Public Policy, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Robotics, and Sustainable Building Systems.

Affiliated Faculty, 

Physical/materials chemistry

Academic Coordinator, 

Associate Teaching Professor, 

Engineering education with a focus on technology enhancing pedagogues; Globalization in the classroom and international educational experiences; Sustainable energy and clean water technologies.

Program Coordinator, 

Senior Business Manager, 

Teaching Professor, 

Engineering education, development of new applied mathematics courses for chemical engineering students. Mentors graduate and undergraduate students. Research in the field of separation technologies, thermodynamics and reaction engineering.

Assistant Professor, 

Design photocatalysts to improve efficiency and reactivity. Understand light-activated chemical reactions with time-resolved spectroscopy

Associate Co-op Coordinator, 

Affiliated Faculty, 

Aerospace materials, alternative and renewable energy materials and systems, energy storage and thermal management, bioinspired materials, additive manufacturing, advanced ceramics and composites

Affiliated Faculty, 

University Distinguished Professor, 

Feedback control theory, systems biology, cancer, and biomedicine

Affiliated Faculty, 

nanomedicine; neurotechnology; drug delivery, MRI imaging

Professor, 

Biosensing, nanomedicines, nanoparticles, nano enhanced process

Professor, 

New magnetic and magnetoelectric materials and device physics; integrated magnetic, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials and microsystems for sensing, memory, power, RF and microwave electronics; novel electrochemical sensors for sensing different pathogens and biomarkers for the diagnosis of various diseases, including COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease, lung cancer, drug abuse, diabetes, etc.

Affiliated Faculty, 

Drug delivery and targeting; Drug carriers; Pharmaceutical biotechnology; Experimental cancer immunology; Nanomedicine; Pharmaceutical carriers; Liposomes and micelles

Staff Assistant II, 

Associate Co-op Coordinator, 

Associate Professor, 

Development of detailed microkinetic models for complex reacting systems; automating the discovery and calculation of reaction pathways; heterogeneous catalysis

Professor, 

Process safety education High pressure chemical processes

Professor and Chairperson, 

Mechanobiology of neural systems; Systems for nerve regeneration; Diversity and equity in engineering

Assistant Professor, 

Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for sustainable biochemical production and human health

Affiliated Faculty, 

Polymer Chemistry, Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Nanomedicine

Assistant Professor, 

Computational catalyst and material design for sustainable energy applications.