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Frances H. Arnold

Frances H. Arnold 
Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry

(626) 395-4162

Protein engineering, directed evolution, biocatalysis, biological circuit design, bioenergy

Anand R. Asthagiri

Anand R. Asthagiri
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-8130

Biomolecular cell engineering, cell adhesion, cell-biomaterial interactions, cell signaling and regulatory networks, systems biology, tissue engineering

John F. Brady

John F. Brady
Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-4183

Fluid mechanics and transport processes; Complex and multiphase fluids

Mark E. Davis

Mark E. Davis 
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-4251

Synthesis of zeolites and molecular sieves; Synthesis of catalytic materials; Synthesis of biomaterials; Gene therapy

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Richard C. Flagan

Richard C. Flagan
Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering

Irma and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering

(626) 395-4383

Control of air pollutants, combustion, aerosol processes

George R. Gavalas

George R. Gavalas 
Professor of Chemical Engineering (Emeritus)

(626) 395-4152

Inorganic Membranes; Separations; Clean Fuel Technology; Materials Processing; Catalysis

Konstantinos P. Giapis

Konstantinos P. Giapis
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Option Representative for Chemical Engineering


(626) 395-4180

Physics and chemistry of low-energy ion beam interactions with surfaces. Theory and applications of atmospheric pressure microplasmas. Modeling and simulation of plasma etching and deposition of semiconductors.

Sossina Haile

Sossina Haile
Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-2958

Materials chemistry; fuel cells; solid state ionics; high-temperature electrochemistry; electroceramics; materials synthesis; thermoelectrics; crystallography

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Julia A. Kornfield

Julia A. Kornfield
Professor of Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-4138

Polymeric and Supramolecular Liquids: Physics and Rheology

John H. Seinfeld

John H. Seinfeld
Louis E. Nohl Professor & Professor of Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-4635

Atmospheric chemistry and physics, Aerosols

Christina D. Smolke

Christina D. Smolke 
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-2460

Biomolecular Engineering, Metabolic/Pathway Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Therapeutic Molecule Design, Gene Expression Control Strategies

David A. Tirrell

David A. Tirrell 
Chair, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-3140

Biocatalysis; Biomaterials; Polymer Science; Protein Engineering; Macromolecular Chemistry

 

Nicholas W. Tschoegl
Professor of Chemical Engineering (Emeritus)

 

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Xhen-Gang Wang

Zhen-Gang Wang
Professor of Chemical Engineering

(626) 395-4647

Statistical mechanics of structures, phase transitions and dynamics in complex fluids, including polymers, liquid-crystals, and gels; statistical mechanics of surfaces and interfaces; nucleation; biophysics of DNA; evolutionary protein design,
cell adhesion

 

Related Department Faculty  Research
Harry A. Atwater

Harry A. Atwater, Jr.
Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science

(626) 395-2197

Electronic materials and devices; nanostructures; growth, characterization, and modeling of thin films

Scott E. Fraser

Scott E. Fraser
Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology; Director, Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center

(626) 395-2790

Developmental neurobiology, light microscopy, advanced imaging techniques

William A. Goddard

William A. Goddard III
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics; Director of Materials and Process Simulation Center

(626) 395-2731

The long-term objective of Professor Goddard's research has been to describe the properties of chemical, biological, and materials systems directly from first principles (without the necessity of empirical data).

James R. Heath

James R. Heath
Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and Professor of Chemistry

(626) 395-6079

Nanosystems Biology; Molecular Electronics; Fundamental Nanoscale Physics and Chemistry

James R. Heath

Niles A. Pierce
Associate Professor of Applied & Computational Mathematics and Bioengineering,
Acting Executive Officer and Option Representative for Bioengineering

(626) 395-8086

Programming biomolecular function. Biomolecular mechanisms for 
detection, transduction, amplification and locomotion. Computational
algorithms for analyzing and designing nucleic acid systems. 
Biomolecular technologies for therapeutics, bioimaging, 
biosensing, and active transport.
 

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