John Falconer

John Falconer is the Clark Endowed Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering and a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar, the university’s highest teaching recognition. Falconer joined the faculty in 1975 and served as department chair in Chemical and Biological Engineering from 2007-11. A recipient of numerous awards for teaching, research and service, Falconer also helped develop the LearnChemE.com website, which offers interactive simulations and demonstrations to teach chemical engineering principles. Falconer’s research focuses on inorganic membranes, heterogeneous catalysis and applications of atomic and molecular layer deposition to catalysts and membranes. His lab has published more than 230 papers in refereed journals and earned 20 patents for its research, with more than 20 applications pending. Falconer earned his PhD from Stanford University.