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Frances
H. Arnold
Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical
Engineering and Biochemistry
(626)
395-4162
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Protein engineering, directed evolution, biocatalysis, biological circuit design, bioenergy |
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Anand
R. Asthagiri
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
(626)
395-8130
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Biomolecular
cell engineering, cell adhesion, cell-biomaterial interactions,
cell signaling and regulatory networks, systems biology,
tissue engineering |
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John
F. Brady
Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering
(626)
395-4183
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Fluid
mechanics and transport processes; Complex and multiphase
fluids |
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Mark
E. Davis
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical
Engineering
(626)
395-4251
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Synthesis
of zeolites and molecular sieves; Synthesis of catalytic
materials; Synthesis of biomaterials; Gene therapy |
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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
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Control
of air pollutants, combustion, aerosol processes |
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George
R. Gavalas
Professor of Chemical Engineering (Emeritus)
(626)
395-4152
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Inorganic Membranes; Separations; Clean Fuel Technology;
Materials Processing; Catalysis |
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Konstantinos
P. Giapis
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Option Representative for Chemical Engineering
(626)
395-4180
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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 |
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Sossina
Haile
Professor of Materials Science and Chemical
Engineering
(626)
395-2958
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Materials
chemistry; fuel cells; solid state
ionics; high-temperature electrochemistry; electroceramics; materials synthesis; thermoelectrics; crystallography |
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Julia
A. Kornfield
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(626)
395-4138
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Polymeric
and Supramolecular Liquids: Physics and Rheology |
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John
H. Seinfeld
Louis E. Nohl Professor & Professor of Chemical
Engineering
(626)
395-4635
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Atmospheric
chemistry and physics, Aerosols |
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Christina
D. Smolke
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
(626)
395-2460
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Biomolecular
Engineering, Metabolic/Pathway Engineering, Biomedical
Engineering, Therapeutic Molecule Design, Gene Expression
Control Strategies |
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David
A. Tirrell
Chair, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor and Professor
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
(626)
395-3140
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Biocatalysis;
Biomaterials; Polymer Science; Protein Engineering; Macromolecular
Chemistry |
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Nicholas
W. Tschoegl
Professor of Chemical Engineering (Emeritus)
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Zhen-Gang
Wang
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(626)
395-4647
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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 |
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Research |
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Harry
A. Atwater, Jr.
Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics
and Materials Science
(626) 395-2197
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Electronic
materials and devices; nanostructures; growth, characterization,
and modeling of thin films |
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Scott
E. Fraser
Anna L. Rosen Professor of Biology; Director,
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Center
(626)
395-2790
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Developmental
neurobiology, light microscopy, advanced imaging techniques |
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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
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First principles methods with applications to heterogeneous catalysis, homogeneous catalysis, nanoelectronics, fuel cells, batteries, superconductors, proteins, and pharma |
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Julia R. Greer
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Mechanics
(626)
395-4127
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Experimental mechanics at nano-scale, nanostructures, microfabrication, and microstructural characterization of materials |
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James
R. Heath
Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor and Professor of Chemistry
(626)
395-6079
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Nanosystems
Biology; Molecular Electronics; Fundamental Nanoscale
Physics and Chemistry |
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Niles
A. Pierce
Associate Professor of Applied & Computational Mathematics and Bioengineering,
Executive Officer and Option Representative for Bioengineering
(626)
395-8086
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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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Sandra M. Troian
Professor of Applied Physics, Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
(626)
395-3362
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Micro/nanoscale transport phenomena and instabilities; interfacial stress actuation for bio/micro/optofluidic devices; Marangoni flows in biological systems; non-normality and transient growth at low Re; slip behavior in nanofluidic systems |
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