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Kristi Anseth with glasses and black shirt

Kristi Anseth

Distinguished Professor • Tisone Professor • Associate Professor of Surgery

Polymers, hydrogels, biomaterials, synthetic extracellular matrices, photopolymers, networks

Chunmei Ban wearing glasses, black coat and red shirt

Chunmei Ban

Associate Professor

Control of the hierarchical structure of multilength-scale materials, chemical and physical properties of materials, manipulating the interface for energy technologies

Mark Borden

Mark Borden

Professor

Biomedical, materials, thermo fluid sciences, micro/nanoscale

Christopher Bowman

Christopher Bowman

Distinguished Professor • Clinical Professor of Restorative Dentistry • Co-Director of the NSF I/UCRC for Fundamentals and Applications and Photopolymerizations

Polymer chemistry, polymer networks, biomaterials, smart/responsive materials, photopolymerizations, optical materials, photolithography

 

Stephanie Bryant

Stephanie Bryant

Professor • Director, Materials Science & Engineering Program

Biomaterials, tissue engineering, polymer chemistry, photopolymerization, hydrogels

Jason Burdick in black shirt outside

Jason Burdick

Bowman Endowed Professor

Biomaterials and biofabrication, translational therapeutics, tissue models, hydrogels

Gang Cao

Gang Cao

Professor

Novel electronic and magnetic materials; single-crystal synthesis; physics of complex oxides; high-field, low-temperature, and high-pressure material properties

 

Jennifer Cha

Jennifer Cha

David Clough Professor

Nanoscience, biomolecular materials, photovoltaic materials, nanoparticle thin films, catalysis, surface science, colloids, polymers and polypeptides, biosensors

Josh Combes

Josh Combes

Assistant Professor

Optics, nanostructures, bioengineering

Longji Cui

Longji Cui

Assistant Professor

Atomic, Molecular, and Quantum Energy Transport and Conversion, Ultrahigh Precision Sensing, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Thermal Radiation, and Nano-Optics

Tanja Cuk

Tanja Cuk

Associate Professor • Professor Adjunct, NREL • Institute Fellow, RASEI

Physical chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis/reaction dynamics, material surfaces, renewable energy

 

Rob Davis

Robert Davis

Tisone Professor • Dean Emeritus of the College of Engineering and Applied Science

Fluid dynamics, biotechnology, membrane filtration

Daniel Dessau

Daniel Dessau

Professor • Adjunct Fellow, JILA

Electronic materials, superconductors,magnetic materials, topological insulators, spintronics, organic photovoltaics, electron spectroscopy, thin films

Xiaoyun Ding

Xiaoyun Ding

Assistant Professor

Biomedical, micro/nanoscale, thermo fluid sciences

Yifu Ding

Yifu Ding

Professor • MAST Center Director • Materials, Mechanics of Materials, Micro/Nanoscale

Polymer physics, nanofabrication, thin films, nanocomposites, polymer-based membranes, smart materials

Gordana Dukovic

Gordana Dukovic

Associate Professor • Institute Fellow, RASEI

Nanocrystal synthesis and spectroscopy, photochemistry, solar fuels, catalysis, solar energy conversion, inorganic nanomaterials

Virginia Ferguson

Virginia Ferguson

Associate Professor • Hudson Moore Professor

Materials characterization, nanomechanics, nanoindentation, scanning electron microscopy, standardization of materials measurements, structure-function relationships, tissue mechanics, biological tissue chemistry, bone, cartilage, materials for tissue engineering, properties of tissues in pregnancy

Steven George

Steven George

Professor

Thin films, surface chemistry, nanoscale engineering, atomic layer deposition, molecular layer deposition, hybrid organic-inorganic materials, Li ion batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, protective coatings and barriers, transparent conducting films

Andrew Goodwin

Andrew Goodwin

Associate Professor

Polymer chemistry, soft materials, self‐assembly, nanostructures, biomedical engineering

Juliet Gopinath

Juliet Gopinath

Associate Professor • Alfred T. and Betty E. Look Endowed Professor

Semiconductors, Chalcogenides, Nonlinear optical material properties, Lasers, Optofluidics, Electrowetting

 András Gyenis

András Gyenis

Assistant Professor

Hybrid superconducting and semiconducting qubits with the goal to enhance the lifetime of artificial atoms

Ryan Hayward

Ryan Hayward

James and Catherine Patten Endowed Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Assembly of polymer and particle-based nanostructures, mechanics and instabilities of soft active materials, active polymer materials and interfaces

Hendrik Heinz

Hendrik Heinz

Professor

Biomaterials, alloys,composites, and multi-scale simulation

Adam Holewinski

Adam Holewinski

Assistant Professor • RASEI Fellow

Catalysts, electrochemistry, surface chemistry, fuel cells, batteries, spectroscopy, reaction kinetics

Mija Hubler

Mija Hubler

Assistant Professor • Co-Director of the Center for Infrastructure, Energy and Space Testing (CIEST)

Cementitious materials, micro-structure quantification and design, permeability, fracture mechanics, micro- and meso- scale experimental testing and simulation techniques, failure prediction of construction materials, construction material health risks and toxicity

Mahmoud Hussein

Mahmoud Hussein

Alvah and Harriet Hovlid Professor

Dynamics of materials and structures; dispersive, dissipative and nonlinear dynamics; periodic systems, disordered systems

Svenja Knappe

Svenja Knappe

Associate Research Professor

Quantum technologies, microfabrication of atomic sensors

Oana Luca

Oana Luca

Assistant Professor

Physical Inorganic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Organometallic, Solar Fuel Conversions

Joseph Maclennan

Joseph MacLennan

Professor Attendant Rank • PHYS Faculty Mentor

Liquid crystals, electrooptics, thin films

Seth Marder

Seth Marder

Professor • Director, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute

Polymeric, organic, and organometallic materials for both second- and third-order nonlinear (NLO) optical studies and applications; materials for OLED, OFET, OPV and DSSC applications

Sheldon Masters with lilacs in background

Sheldon Masters

Assistant Professor

Drinking water treatment, distribution system water quality, and water pipeline corrosion

Michael McGehee

Michael McGehee

Professor • Fellow, RASEI

Perovskite solar cells, dynamic windows with adjustable tinting

Robert McLeod

Robert McLeod

Richard & Joy Dorf Endowed Professor

Photopolymers, optical materials, optical characterization, organic electronics, photolithography, 3D structuring, biomaterials

J. Will Medlin

J. Will Medlin

Denver Business Challenge Endowed Professor

Catalysts, photocatalysts, surface modification, surface spectroscopy, sensors

Alan Mickelson

Alan Mickelson

Associate Professor

Thin films, polymer processing/device fabrication, nanotechnology for optics/elecgronics, plasmonics

Andrew Montoya-Castillo

Andrés Montoya-Castillo

Assistant Professor

Physical Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry, Chemical Physics

Charles Musgrave

Charles Musgrave

Robert H. Davis Professor • Associate Dean of Graduate Programs • Fellow, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute

Computational materials science, quantum simulations, photovoltaics, photopolymerization, thin films, catalysis, energy storage materials, pseudocapacitor materials

Sanghamitra Neogi

Sanghamitra Neogi

Assistant Professor

Structure-processing-(thermal)property relationships: Crystals, solid-fluid material interfaces, composites, low-dimensional systems, thermoelectric materials; Vibrations: waves (kHz- THz) and heat propagation, dissipative and nonlinear dynamics, nanohonononics; Analytical theory, classical and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations, muliscale methods

Richard Noble

Richard D. Noble

Research Professor

Ionic liquids, external fields for selective separations, liquid crystals

Jihye Park

Jihye Park

Assistant Professor

Inorganic; Nanotechnology/Materials; Photochemical Reactions & Multi-electron Chemistry; Physical Organic Chemistry; Renewable Energy

Wounjhang Park

Wounjhang Park

Professor • N. Rex Sheppard Faculty Fellow

Luminescent materials, metamaterials, nanostructures, surface plasmons, biophotonic materials, nonlinear optical materials and devices, materials for lighting and photovoltaic devices

John Pellegrino

John Pellegrino

Research Professor

Membrane science, polymer materials, characterization

Rishi Raj

Rishi Raj

Professor

Ceramics, polymer derived ceramics, Li-ion batteries, additive manufacturing

Markus Raschke

Markus Raschke

Professor

Experimental nonlinear and ultrafast nano-optics

Cindy Regal

Cindy Regal

Associate Professor • Baur-SPIE Endowed Chair in Optical Physics and Photonics

Engineering and exploring isolated quantum systems for quantum information and quantum optics

Richard Reguerio

Richard Regueiro

Professor

Geomaterials, soft biological tissues, multiscale multiphysics computational mechanics, thin deformable porous materials, particulate materials

Garry Rumbles

Garry Rumbles

Adjoint Professor • Research Fellow, NREL • Associate Director of Research, RASEI

Organic photovoltaics, conjugated polymers, photoinduced electron transfer, transient microwave conductivity

Sean Shaheen

Sean Shaheen

Professor

Organic & hybrid semiconductors for emerging devices: photovoltaics, photonics and neuromorphics

C Wyatt Shields

C. Wyatt Shields IV

Assistant Professor

Drug delivery, biosensing, soft materials, colloid and interface science, microfluidics

Michael Shirts

Michael Shirts

Associate Professor

Nanoscale materials

Ivan Smalyukh

Ivan Smalyukh

Professor

Liquid crystals, organic photovoltaics, nanostructured materilas, soft materials, colloids, polymers, grapheme, biomolecular materials, bacterial biofilms, plasmonic nanoparticles, self-assembly, electro-optic materials, nanophotonics

Wil Srubar

Wil Srubar

Associate Professor

Biomaterials, fiber-reinforced polymers, cementitious materials, mechanics, transport phenomena, environmental durability, life cycle assessment, service-life prediction

Anothy Straub

Anthony Straub

Assistant Professor

Membranes, nanoporous materials, surface coatings, polymeric materials, carbon nanomaterials, superhydrophobicity, transport phenomena.

Michael Toney

Michael Toney

Professor

Underlying physics and chemistry of materials for sustainable energy

Jao Van De Lagemaat

Jao Van De Lagemaat

RASEI Fellow • Center Director II-Technical at NREL

Energetics and transport properties of single semiconductor nanoparticles (quantum dots) and arrays of nanoparticles

Franck Vernerey

Franck Vernerey

Professor

Biological materials, soft tissue, mechanical behavior, plasticity, damage, fracture, hydrogels, soft matter, multiscale methods in materials science, fibrous materials. Numerical methods

Timothy White

Timothy White

Gallogly Professor

Soft Materials

Gregory Whiting

Gregory Whiting

Associate Professor

Printed electronics, organic electronics, transient electronics, large area electronics, additive manufacturing, distributed sensing

Jianling Xiao

Jianliang Xiao

Associate Professor

Thin films, soft matter, stretchable/flexible electronics, nanomaterials

Sadegh Yazdi

Sadegh Yazdi

CU FEMM Director • Associate Research Professor, RASEI

Novel electron microscope techniques, characterization of nanostructures at the atomic level, energy related materials

Xiaobo Yin

Xiaobo Yin

Visiting Professor

Scalable nanomanufacturing, nanophotonics, nanomaterials, graphene,two-dimensional materials, optoelectronic materials, optical metamaterials,avoustic metamaterials, optical and acoustical super-resolution imaging

Wei Zhang

Wei Zhang

Professor

Organic functional materials, porous frameworks, organic molecular cage, shape-persistent macrocycle,carbon capture, polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, artificial photosynthesis, organic nanotube

Yida Zhang

Yida Zhang

Assistant Professor

Constitutive modeling of geomaterials (soil, rock) interacting with environmental factors (adsorption, dissolution, elevated temperature), micromechanics of granular materials, unsaturated soil behaviors, numerical modeling in geotechnical engineering and energy geotechnics

Alex Zunger

Alex Zunger

Research Professor

Condensed Matter Theory of Real Materials

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