# Program in Materials Science and Engineering

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*All courses, faculty listings, and curricular and degree requirements described herein are subject to change or deletion without notice.*

#### Professors

Eduard Arzt, PhD, *Materials Science and Engineering, Distinguished Visiting Professor*

Richard Averitt, PhD*, Physics*

Prabhakar Bandaru, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Michael Burkhart, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Leonid Butov, PhD, *Physics*

Shengqiang Cai, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Renkun Chen, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Shaochen Chen, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Zheng Chen, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Karen Christman, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Seth Cohen, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Shadi Dayeh, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Massimiliano Di Ventra, PhD, *Physics*

Lars Eckmann, MD, *Medicine*

Adam Engler, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Y. Shaya Fainman, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

David Fenning, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Joshua Figueroa, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

James R. Friend, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Eric Fullerton, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Javier Garay, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Kamil Godula, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Olivia A. Graeve, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Program Director*

Vicki H. Grassian, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

J. Silvio Gutkind, PhD, *Pharmacology*

Thomas Hermann, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Xiaohua Huang, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Jesse V. Jokerst, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Hyonny Kim, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

H. Alicia Kim, PhD*, Structural Engineering*

Clifford Kubiak, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Andrew Kummel, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Duygu Kuzum, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Ratnesh Lal, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Ping Liu, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Zhaowei Liu, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Yu-Hwa Lo, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Kenneth Loh, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

Vitaliy Lomakin, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Vlado Lubarda, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Jian Luo, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

M. Brian Maple, PhD, *Physics*

Xanthippi Markenscoff, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Andrew McCulloch, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Marc A. Meyers, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Timothy A. Morris, MD, *Medicine*

Tse Nga (Tina) Ng, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Shyue Ping Ong, PhD,*Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Francesco Paesani, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Alessandro Palermo, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

Jonathan Pokorski, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Yu Qiao, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

Padmini Rangamani, PhD, *Pharmacology*

Kaustuv Roy, PhD, *Ecology, Behavior, and* *Evolution*

Michael J. Sailor, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Geert W. Schmid-Schoenbein, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Ivan K. Schuller, PhD, *Physics*

Oleg Shpyrko, PhD, *Physics*

Daniel Sievenpiper, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Nicole Steinmetz, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Gurol M. Suel, PhD, *Molecular Biology*

Frank E. Talke, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Andrea Tao, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Akif A. Tezcan, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Michael Tolley, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

George Tynan, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Elizabeth Villa, PhD, *Molecular Biology*

Joseph Wang, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Samuel R. Ward, PT, PhD, *Orthopa**edic Surgery*

Wei Xiong, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Sheng Xu, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Jerry Yang, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Kesong Yang, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Eugene W. Yeo, PhD, *Cellular and Molecular Medicine*

Paul Yu, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Liangfang Zhang, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

#### Associate Professors

Claire Acevedo, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

David Berry, PhD, *Orthopaedic Surgery*

Nicholas Boechler, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Ertugrul Cubukcu, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Alex Frano, PhD, *Physics*

Michael Frazier, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Nicholas Gravish, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Ester Kwon, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Julia Ortony, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Tod A. Pascal, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Jeffrey D. Rinehart, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Alina Schimpf, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Nisarg Shah, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Sameer B. Shah, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Lingyan Shi, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Donald Sirbuly, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Michael Tauber, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Jennifer Taylor, PhD, *Scripps Institution of Oceanography*

Mehran Tehrani, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

Oscar Vazquez Mena, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Michael Yip, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

#### Assistant Professors

Brian Aguado, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Monica T. Allen, PhD, *Physics*

Valentina Di Santo, PhD, *Scripps Institution of Oceanography*

Kent Griffith, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Zeinab Jahed, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Shaowei Li, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Wanlu Li, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Haiwen Luan, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Machel Morrison, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

Abdoulaye Ndao, PhD, *Electrical and Computer Engineering*

Lisa Poulikakos, PhD, *Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering*

Andrew Pun, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

Nathan A. Romero, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

David Santiago-Dieppa, MD, FAANS, *Neurological Surgery*

Shabnam J. Semnani, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

Georgios Tsampras, PhD, *Structural Engineering*

Haiwang Yong, PhD, *Chemistry and Biochemistry*

#### Researchers

Dimitri Deheyn, PhD, *Scripps Institution of Oceanography*

Malcolm D. Stokes, PhD, *Scripps Institution of Oceanography*

#### Adjunct Professors

Andrew Bartko, PhD, *Bioengineering*

Arunava Gupta, PhD, *Chemical and Nano Engineering*

Karsten B. Zengler, MD, *Pediatrics*