Faculty and Staff Directory

University Distinguished Professor, 

Polymeric biomaterials, drug delivery systems, nanomedical technologies

Professor, 

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

Associate Professor, 

Drug delivery; bio-electrostatics; transport phenomena in biological systems; biomechanics; osteoarthritis

Assistant Professor, 

Electrochemical methods for transformation of CO2 into the next generation of chemical building blocks.

Professor of the Practice, 

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

DiPietro Assistant Professor, 

Engineering proteins and nanobiomaterials to improve sustainable agriculture and environmental biotechnology

COE Distinguished Professor, 

Intestinal tissue engineering, retinal regenerative medicine, oral drug delivery

University Distinguished Professor, 

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

Assistant Professor, 

Electrochemical engineering for wastewater treatment, polymer upcycling, and sustainable resource recovery

Associate Professor, 

Semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) for biomedical imaging and biosensing

Affiliated Faculty, 

Theoretical Chemistry, Biophysics, Materials Chemistry

Associate Professor, 

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

Associate Teaching Professor and Associate Director of Master's Programs, 

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

Associate Professor, 

Electrochemical engineering, batteries and energy storage, and energy sustainability

Affiliated Faculty, 

hard magnetic materials with a focus on high performance permanent magnets and magnetic nanoparticles for storage media and biomedical applications.

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, 

Computer simulation of interfaces, nano-confined systems and mixtures for applications in separations, healthcare, energy and the environment

Associate Professor, 

Microstructure-macroscopic properties relationship in complex fluids; rheology and physics of complex and structured fluids; colloidal suspensions; mesoscale computational science; computational fluid dynamics; physics of living systems; hemorheology and hemodynamics

Assistant Professor, 

Using green chemistry and engineering principles to design of functional, sustainable, and benign materials, products, and processes

Affiliated Faculty, 

Associate Professor, 

Neural interface technology, tissue engineering, and musculoskeletal biomechanics

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

Affiliated Faculty, 

Assistant Professor, 

Electrochemical and biological ways to make important chemical products from gases and renewable energy

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, 

nanomedicine; neurotechnology; drug delivery, MRI imaging

Professor, 

Biosensing, nanomedicines, nanoparticles, nano enhanced process

Assistant Professor, 

Experimental and theoretical fluid mechanics in multiphase and multiscale systems for advanced manufacturing, energy, and medical applications

Professor, 

Our group investigates biomolecules at the single-molecule level. We develop nanopore-based and other nanotechnology-based methods for probing the structure and dynamic behavior of biomolecules. We employ optical waveguides and single-molecule enzymatic approaches for RNA sequencing, and utilize engineered nanopore sensors for applications in single-molecule proteomics. We are experimentalists, but we also use advanced computational tools to perform big data analysis.

Professor, 

Plant biochemistry, agricultural biotechnology, food allergy, drug discovery

Professor and Chairperson, 

Mechanobiology of neural systems; Systems for nerve regeneration; Inclusive workforce development

Affiliated Faculty, 

Assistant Professor, 

Computational modeling of heterogeneous catalysis for energy and sustainability

Associate Professor, 

Nanoscale thermal transport; Nanoengineered materials; Multifunctional composites; Microfluidics; Chemical and biological nanosensors; Renewable energy harvesting; Thermophotovoltaics; Photon-based radiative cooling; Interfacial water desalination; Battery thermal management system; Proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell; Biomass hydrogel; Energy storage system; Nanophotonics; Light-matter interaction