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Assistant Professor of Engineering Professor of Engineering, Professor of Computer Science
School of Engineering My research interests lie broadly in the areas of computer system design, electronic design automation, and digital circuit design. In particular, my research focuses on developing new approaches to reduce power dissipation and improve reliability in high-performance processors, including embedded multiprocessors and nanocomputing systems. My recent interests have led me to consider design of robotic systems and how they can benefit from energy-efficient design techniques. [email protected] Associate Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Quantum properties of molecular-to-nanoscale materials, including correlated electron systems, strongly-interacting exciton systems, and 2D magnetic systems where quantum phase transitions can occur. Combining ultrafast optical spectroscopy and microscopy with microelectronic device fabrications to engineer and probe such quantum-material systems. [email protected] Associate Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Glycoscience using materials. Dendritic, polymer and nanoparticles probes for cell-surface carbohydrate recognition. Biophysical characterization of carbohydrate recognition phenomena relevant to cell wall assembly in myelin, plants, and bacteria. [email protected] E. Paul Sorenson Professor of Engineering, School of Engineering Senior Associate Dean for Academic Programs for the School of Engineering, Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Semiconductor nanostructures and epitaxy, pattern-driven quantum dot growth; direct nanoelectronic detection of redox reactions; nanoscale sensing and control of biological processes. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Neuroengineering with microelectronics to interface, bidirectionally, with the nervous system. Microdevice packaging.
[email protected] Professor Emeritus of Engineering
School of Engineering Computer simulation of the mechanical behavior of structural, electronic and biological materials. [email protected] Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Micro and nanoscale fluid mechanics; active matter, bacterial motility and biophysics; experimental techniques for high resolution micro and nanscale fluid mechanics. [email protected] Otis Everett Randall University Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Microstructures at the nano and micro scale, mechanical properties of advanced materials, and corrosion and environmental cracking of structural materials.
Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Evolution of surfaces and thin film structures, non-equilibrium processing (growth, ion bombardment); self-assembled nanostructures; real-time diagnostics (stress, roughness, surface and interface morphology, defect formation); simulation and modeling. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Quantum dots, perovskites, nanomaterials synthesis and self-assembly, hybrid superstructures with multi-functionalities, optical nanocrytsals for photocatalysis, bio-imaging and sensing, solar energy harvesting and conversion, and next-generation display.
Rush C. Hawkins University Professor Emeritus of Engineering, Professor of Engineering (Research)
School of Engineering [email protected] Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry and Engineering, Professor Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
Chemistry Interest in how nanoscale particles interact with the environment and living systems, drawing on both synthetic chemistry for the preparation and control of novel nanophase systems as well as physical chemistry for the investigation of their unusual behavior. [email protected] Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sci Experimental geophysics (seismic attenuation; transient and steady-state flow of minerals and rock); experimental petrology (structure and dynamics of silicate melts and glasses; phase equilibria; solid-state reactions; non-equilibrium thermodynamics); application of petrology/geochemistry to the design and analysis of engineering materials [email protected] Assistant Professor of Engineering, Assistant Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
School of Engineering Molecular and cellular interactions in tissue engineering for cardiac regeneration; extracellular matrix biology; signal transduction pathways for cardiac maturation and vascularization [email protected] Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Engineering, Associate Professor of Orthopaedics
Bio Med Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology Micro/nano-mechanical characterization of biological samples; Hyper-compliant particle development and applications. Professor of Physics
Physics Topological matter and its applications in quantum information science, quantum wires, nanomagnets, spintronics, soft matter in random porous media. [email protected] Adjunct Associate Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Nano and micro mechanics of soft matter, cell-material interactions, and cell adhesion. Molecular mechanisms of mechanosensing in cells. [email protected] Walter H. Annenberg Professor Emeritus of Engineering
School of Engineering Semiconductor nanostructures and epitaxy, pattern-driven quantum dot growth; direct nanoelectronic detection of redox reactions; nanoscale sensing and control of biological processes. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Computational kinetics; combustion; heterogeneous catalysis; energetic materials; reactive flow.
Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Experimental mechanics at nano and micro-scales; biologically inspired contact mechanics, adhesion and friction; guided assembly and surface engineering. [email protected] Adjunct Lecturer in Engineering, Associate Director of Engineering Programs
School of Professional Studies Nano-structured polymers for soft tissue engineering. novel methods in science education, nanotechnology classroom outreach. [email protected] James R. Rice Assistant Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Theoretical and computational mechanics of soft materials and amphorous media.
Associate Professor of Medical Science, Associate Professor of Engineering
Bio Med Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology Nanomaterials for nerve growth: biomimetic and 3D materials; in vitro platforms for studying nerve development and nerve regeneration at the nanoscale. Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Environmental nanotechnology, 2D materials, graphene-based materials, biological interactions of nanomaterials, material safety by design, smart fabric technologies. [email protected] Professor Emerita of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Bio Med Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Nanotoxicology, cellular interactions with nanomaterials, biocompatibility of nanomaterials . [email protected] Assistant Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Theoretical and experimental mechanics problems related to contact, adhesion, and fracture of solids. Determining how nano- to micro-scale structure affects macro-scale contact and fracture behaviors. [email protected] Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Nanomechanics, AFM nanometrology, Nanotribology. [email protected] Barrett Hazeltine University Professor of Entrepreneurship and Organizational Studies, Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Electronic materials; processing and properties of electronic films at the nanoscale; nanoscale characterization by scanning probe techniques; oxide thermoelectrics; scaling flexoelectric and piezoelectric materials to nanodimensions; flexible electronics; electronic properties of nanoscale heterostructures; physics of nanoscale electrical contacts. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry
Development of glycan-focused tools and technologies, including DNA nanostructures as scaffolds for glycoconjugate vaccine development, microfluidic devices towards plug-and-play glycosyltransferase microreactors, and protein probe evolution for in situ glycan microscopy.
[email protected] Senior Lecturer in Engineering
School of Engineering Porous structures in stacked, crumpled and pillared graphene 3D materials for their application in catalysis, separation and gas storage. Bulk solid graphene oxide safety. [email protected] Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Defects in crystalline solids, their motion, interaction and consequences on deformation; mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline materials; experimental techniques for defect characterization.
Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Nanoscale communications and communication circuits and devices at nanoscale dimensions. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Biomedical optics; Neuroengineering; Restoring vision in blind patients by using nanoparticles and laser; In vivo imaging of the effect of nanoparticle-based therapeutics; Microscopic imaging of nanomaterial interaction with tissue.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics Combining quantum transport measurement with nano-scale fabrication methods and van der Waals heterostructure technique to engineer novel quantum states of matter in 2D material heterostructures. Investigate the interplay between topology, symmetry and electron correlation in low dimensional confinement. [email protected] Professor of Physics
Physics Phase transitions in superconducting wire networks, micro-coil ac magnetic susceptibility of quantum materials and vortex matter, colloidal matter physics. [email protected] Thomas J. Watson, Sr. Professor of Science, Professor of Neuroscience, Reliance Dhirubhai Ambani Director of the Robert J. and Nancy D. Carney Institute for Brain Science
Bio Med Neuroscience Nanomaterial interactions with ion channels and effects on neuronal signaling. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Chemical design of macromolecular materials to dictate their assembly and function. This encompasses the synthesis of polymers, polymeric nanoparticles, and surfactants, as well as the study of their assembly into structured soft materials such as gels, microemulsions, and thin films.
Professor Emeritus, Professor of Physics (Research)
Physics Acoustic measurements on thin films and nanostructures, development of an ultra-high resolution acoustic microscope, imaging the motion of single electrons in liquid helium. [email protected] Professor of Physics
Physics Theory and simulation of quantum matter, including out of equilibrium properties, strong correlations, topology, and entanglement. [email protected] Professor of Medical Science, Graduate Program Director for the Biotechnology Graduate Program, Professor of Engineering
Bio Med Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology Biomaterial, bioadhesion, drug and gene delivery, nanomedicine, oral delivery of proteins, micro and nanoencapsulation, polymer morphology, polymer prolusion, liquid crystals. [email protected] Professor of Physics |
Daniel Mittleman
Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of condensed matter systems in the terahertz range; nanometer-scale terahertz near-field spectroscopy and imaging; terahertz magneto-optics.
Professor of Medical Science, Graduate Program Director for the Biotechnology Graduate Program, Professor of Engineering L. Herbert Ballou University Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics
School of Engineering Nanophotonics, active electronic nanomaterials, and neuroenginering and neurotechnology including new approaches to interfacing the brain by nanoscale implantable devices. [email protected] Associate Professor of Engineering, Associate Professor of Physics
School of Engineering Silicon-based nanophotonics; optical and electrical properties of semiconductor quantum dots; metamaterials; periodic and quasiperiodic nanostructures in metal films; nanoengineered materials and devices for optical communications, biochemical sensing and energy harvesting solutions. Otis Everett Randall University Professor of Engineering, Director of the Institute for Molecular and Nanoscale Innovation
School of Engineering Ceramic and their coatings and composites, engineered nanowires, thin films, nanostructures, carbon nanotubes and graphene. [email protected] Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Imaging and structure analysis at the nanoscale using electron microscopy, amorphous and nano-structured metal oxides for transparent, flexible, and large area electronics, transparent conducting oxide applications, (transparent) thin film transistors. [email protected] Professor of Engineering, Professor of Chemistry
School of Engineering Nanomaterial components in biofuel cells, photovoltaics, batteries; cellular scaffolds; genetically engineered machines; self-assembly of molecular solids. [email protected] Associate Professor of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Earth, Environmental, and Planetart Sci [email protected] Robert Pelcovits Professor of Physics
Physics Theory and simulation of soft matter including liquid crystals and liquid crystalline elastomers, confinement of nanoscale systems, topological defects, lipid membranes and vesicles. [email protected] 250th Anniversary Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Research areas focus on fate and transport of engineered nanomaterials in the environment, use of nanomaterials for reservoir characterization and enhanced oil recovery, engineered nanomaterial toxicity, use of nanomaterials for drinking water treatment.
Associate Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Catalysis design, electronic structure, and sustainable fuels. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Physics
Physics Neutron and x-ray scattering, quantum materials, magnetic materials, thermoelectric and multiferroic materials, mesoscale magnetic and electronic inhomogeneity, single crystal synthesis.
Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics
School of Engineering Soft condensed matter physics: liquid crystals; colloids; membranes; polymers; active matter; and low Reynolds flow, especially applied to swimming microorganisms. [email protected] Joan Wernig Sorensen Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Computational Materials Science, multi-scale modeling, ion and electron transport at atomistic and nanometer scale, complex interfaces, electrochemical reactions, electrochemical-mechanical degradation of materials in batteries and fuel cells [email protected] Stephen T. Onley Professor of Natural History, Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology Nanomaterial effects in evolutionary, ecological and environmental genomics; Drosophila population genetics, ecotoxicology; mitochondrial genetics and aging; oxidative stress. [email protected] Professor of Engineering, Professor of Computer Science
School of Engineering Design and analysis of sub-100 nanometer integrated circuits, models of variations in nanoscale device performance, variation-tolerant designs and circuit fabrics. [email protected] Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Dean of the Faculty Aerogels including gold and magnetic nanoparticles, photochemistry and catalysis related to nanoparticles, carbon nanoparticles. [email protected] Manning Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Green chemistry, catalysis, energy, stimuli-responsive catalysis and materials, sequence-specific and biodegradable polymers, electrochemistry, rare-earth metals.
Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry Nanomaterials for bio-medical imaging applications and x-ray. Nano-microscopy using laboratory plasma x-ray sources. [email protected] Associate Professor of Chemistry, Associate Professor of Physics An Wang Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
Computer Science Nanowire decoders, nanowire encoding, nanoscale memory and logic, coded computation at the nanoscale. [email protected] Adjunt Professor of Chemistry
Chemisty Functional nanoparticles for catalysis and for separation of low molecular weight compounds. [email protected] Professor of Pediatrics (Research), Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (Research)
Bio Med Pediatrics Nanomaterial distribution in tissue and effects on pregnancy outcomes. [email protected] Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering Nanomaterials synthesis, especially vapor phase methods, nanomechanical behavior of materials, nanocrystalline diamond films, nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces, and nanocrystalline oxides for electrochemical applications. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Engineering, Assistant Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology
School of Engineering Biomaterials, drug delivery, regenerative medicine, self-assembly, active biomaterial coatings, bacterial biofilms, and stem cells. [email protected] Emily Sprague-Klein
Assistant Professor of Chemistry Chemistry
Plasmon-driven chemistry offers a novel route to chemical transformations and has significant potential impact on applications such as energy conversion and photocatalysis. The processes of plasmon excitation and relaxation, along with the associated cascade of chemical events, occurs over multiple time scales. My group investigates excited-state molecular absorbate chemistry under high-field conditions using single nanoparticle optical spectroscopy, surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, optical/X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy, and photo-electrochemistry.
[email protected] Professor of Physics
Physics Nano-biophysics, nanopores and novel DNA sequencing strategies, nanofluidics and medical diagnostic applications, DNA-protein interactions, single-molecule biophysics, single-molecule polymer physics. [email protected] Newport Rogers Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Physics
Chemistry Ultrafast spectroscopy; dynamics of liquids, supercooled liquids, and glassy systems; disordered materials and clusters; energy relaxation and the molecular origins of friction. [email protected] Vernon K. Krieble Professor of Chemistry,
Professor of Engineering
Chemistry Nanomaterials synthesis and self-assembly, magnetic nanoparticles and nanocomposite magnets, nanoparticle catalysis for energy and functional materials, nanoparticles for biomedical applications. [email protected] Professor of Physics
Physics Nanoscale assembly and dynamics of the cytoskeletal protein filaments F-actin and microtubules, integrin mediated adhesion and migration of neutrophils and T-cells, molecular mechanisms of bacterial adhesion. [email protected] Professor of Engineering
School of Engineering
Multifunctional optical nanoanennas, optical forces, optical vector fields, flat optics; nonlinear optical imaging techniques for quantative assessment of structurally complex tissue structures.
Professor of Engineering, Director of Biomedical Engineering
School of Engineering Nanoparticle-based technologies for biomarker/protein identification and separation, biocompatible nanoparticles for bacterial lysis, new encapsulation procedures for drugs and chemical agents, transport through soft matter, disease diagnostics applications using microfluids and nanofluidics platform. [email protected] Professor of Physics
Physics Quantum many body phenomena in nano-structured superconductors, nano-crystal array formation, magnetic manipulation of bio-molecular assemblies. [email protected] Axel van de Walle Professor of Engineering School of Engineering Computational materials science, electronic structure calculations, thermodynamic modeling, accelerated molecular dynamics, high-temperature materials. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Neuroscience (Research)
Bio Med Neuroscience Composite nanoscale structures for use in magnetic particle imaging, for image contrast and therapy agents for existing medical imaging modalities, and design of image acquisition and processing protocols to detect the presence of such agents. [email protected] Jesse H. and Louisa D. Sharp Metcalf Professor of Chemistry, Chair of Chemistry
Chemistry Experimental and theoretical studies of the size-dependent electronic, chemical, and structural properties of isolated nanoclusters; Nanomaterials and nanocatalysis; spectroscopic characterization of solution molecules and multiply-charged anions in the gas phase. [email protected] Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
Chemistry Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials in batteries; Solid-state NMR investigation of self-assembled nanostructural materials, nanoporosity and ion diffusion in batteries and super-capacitors. [email protected] Assistant Professor of Engineering, Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
School of Engineering Cancer biomaterials and biophysics, nanofabrication, 3D printing, microfluidics. I[email protected] Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, Professor of Engineering
Physics Electron transport and magnetism in low dimensional systems such as metallic thin films, superlattices and ultrafine particles, physics of novel superconducting and magnetic nanostructures, high temperature superconductivity. [email protected] Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. '32 University Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics
School of Engineering Quantum photonics, aperiodic optics, semiconductor lasers, molecular electro-optics, collective behavior of large coupled systems; carbon nanotube structures, synthesis of quantum-arrays, DNA conductivity, physics of redox processes in proteins and cells. [email protected] Professor Emeritus of Physics
Physics Dynamics of polymers and DNA through nanoscale restrictions, free energy landscapes of complex systems at nanoscale, nanotribology, dislocation generation and motion in heteroepitaxial systems. [email protected] Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics
School of Engineering
Semiconductor device physics and technology, tunneling and quantum effect devices, semiconductor-on-insulator devices, CMOS-compatible photodetectors and thin-film transistors, error-tolerant CMOS circuitry.
[email protected] Professor of Medical Science
Bio Med Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Toxic effects of nanomaterials and catalytic metals, cancer cell-targeting application. [email protected] Dean of the College, Professor of Engineering, Professor of Physics
Provost's Office
Near-field optics and nanophotonics, optical properties of nanostructured materials, metallic nanoparticles, atomic emission process and novel nanoscale light emitters. [email protected] Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry [email protected] |