Indrek Kulaots

Lecturer, School of Engineering

Porous structures in stacked, crumpled and pillared graphene 3D materials for their application in catalysis, separation and gas storage. Bulk solid graphene oxide safety.

Indrek_Kulaots**[ta]**wn.edu

Sharvan Kumar

Professor, School of Engineering

Defects in crystalline solids, their motion, interaction and consequences on deformation; mechanical behavior of nanocrystalline materials; experimental techniques for defect characterization.

Sharvan_Kumar**[ta]**wn.edu

Lawrence Larson

Dean, School of Engineering

Nanoscale communications and communication circuits and devices at nanoscale dimensions.

Lawrence_Larson**[ta]**wn.edu

Jonghwan Lee

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Biomedical optics, Neuroengineering, Recording of neural activity with nanoscale probe, Microscopic imaging of nanomaterial interaction with tissue, In vivo imaging of the effect of nanoparticle-based therapeutics.

Jonghwan_Lee**[ta]**wn.edu

Xinsheng Sean Ling

Professor, Department of Physics

Nanopore DNA sequencing, nanofabrication, optical and magnetic tweezers, nanomechanical measurements on single biomolecules, nanobiology.

Xinsheng_Ling**[ta]**wn.edu

Diane Lipscombe

Professor, Department of Bio Med Neuroscience

Nanomaterial interactions with ion channels and effects on neuronal signaling.

Diane_Lipscombe**[ta]**wn.edu

Humphrey Maris

Professor, Department of Physics

Acoustic measurements on thin films and nanostructures, development of an ultra-high resolution acoustic microscope, imaging the motion of single electrons in liquid helium.

Humphrey_Maris**[ta]**wn.edu

John Bradley Marston

Professor, Department of Physics

Quantum chemistry of actinide nano-complexes with application to the problem of high level nuclear waste disposal; physics of quantum many-body systems driven far from equilibrium.

John_Marston**[ta]**wn.edu

Edith Mathiowitz

Professor, Department of Bio Med Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology

The polymer/medicine interface; nanoparticles as novel therapeutic delivery systems, small-diameter vascular grafts with better compliance; novel bioadhesive polymers for oral delivery, liquid crystals as smart sensors.

Edith_Mathiowitz**[ta]**wn.edu

Vesna Mitrovic

Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Nuclear magnetic resonance of nanoscale inhomogeneity, magnetic nanoparticles, and molecules.

Vesna_Mitrovic**[ta]**wn.edu

Daniel Mittleman

Professor, School of Engineering

Linear and nonlinear optical spectroscopy of condensed matter systems in the terahertz range; nanometer-scale terahertz near-field spectroscopy and imaging; terahertz magneto-optics.

Daniel_Mittleman**[ta]**wn.edu

Jeffrey Morgan

Professor, Department of Bio Med Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology & Biotechnology

3D cell culture and in vitro micro-tissues for testing the toxicity and therapeutic potential of nano-materials.

Jeffrey_Morgan**[ta]**wn.edu

Arto Nurmikko

Professor, School of Engineering

Nanophotonics, active electronic nanomaterials, and neuroenginering and neurotechnology including new approaches to interfacing the brain by nanoscale implantable devices.

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Domenico Pacifici

Associate Professor, School of Engineering

Silicon-based nanophotonics; optical and electrical properties of semiconductor quantum dots; metamaterials; periodic and quasiperiodic nanostructures in metal films; nanoengineered materials and devices for optical communications, biochemical sensing and energy harvesting solutions.

Domenico_Pacifici**[ta]**wn.edu

Nitin Padture

IMNI Director & Professor, School of Engineering

Ceramic and their coatings and composites, engineered nanowires, thin films, nanostructures,carbon nanotubes and graphene.

Nitin_Padture**[ta]**wn.edu

David Paine

Professor, School of Engineering

Imaging and structure analysis at the nanoscale using electron microscopy, amorphous and nano-structured metal oxides for transparent, flexible, and large area electronics, transparent conducting oxide applications, (transparent) thin film transistors.

David_Paine**[ta]**wn.edu

Tayhas Palmore

Professor, School of Engineering

Nanomaterial components in biofuel cells, photovoltaics, batteries; cellular scaffolds; genetically engineered machines; self-assembly of molecular solids.

Tayhas_Palmore**[ta]**wn.edu

Stephen Parman

Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences

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Robert Pelcovits

Professor, Department of Physics

Theory and simulation of soft matter including liquid crystals and liquid crystalline elastomers, confinement of nanoscale systems, topological defects, lipid membranes and vesicles.

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Andrew Peterson

Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Catalysis design, electronic structure, and sustainable fuels.

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Thomas Powers

Professor, School of Engineering

Soft condensed matter physics: lipid bilayer membranes, biological filaments, liquid crystals, rheology, interfacial physics, and swimming motility.

Thomas_Powers**[ta]**wn.edu

David Rand

Professor, Department of Bio Med Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

Nanomaterial effects in evolutionary, ecological and environmental genomics; Drosophila population genetics, ecotoxicology; mitochondrial genetics and aging; oxidative stress.

David_Rand**[ta]**wn.edu

Sherief Reda

Associate Professor, School of Engineering

Design and analysis of sub-100 nanometer integrated circuits, models of variations in nanoscale device performance, variation-tolerant designs and circuit fabrics.

Sherief_Reda**[ta]**wn.edu

William Risen

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Aerogels including gold and magnetic nanoparticles, photochemistry and catalysis related to nanoparticles, carbon nanoparticles.

William_Risen_Jr**[ta]**wn.edu

Christoph Rose-Petruck

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Nanomaterials for bio-medical imaging applications and x-ray. Nano-microscopy using laboratory plasma x-ray sources.

Christoph_Rose-Petruck**[ta]**wn.edu

John Savage

Professor, Department of Computer Science

Nanowire decoders, nanowire encoding, nanoscale memory and logic, coded computation at the nanoscale.

John_Savage**[ta]**wn.edu

Jason Sello

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry

Functional nanoparticles for catalysis and for separation of low molecular weight compounds.

Jason_Sello**[ta]**wn.edu

Surendra Sharma

Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Nanomaterial distribution in tissue and effects on pregnancy outcomes.

Surendra_Sharma**[ta]**wn.edu

Brian Sheldon

Professor, School of Engineering

Nanomaterials synthesis, especially vapor phase methods, nanomechanical behavior of materials, nanocrystalline diamond films, nanostructured superhydrophobic surfaces, and nanocrystalline oxides for electrochemical applications.

Brian_Sheldon**[ta]**wn.edu

Anita Shukla

Assistant Professor of Engineering and Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology and Biotechnology, School of Engineering

Biomaterials, drug delivery, regenerative medicine, self-assembly, active biomaterial coatings, bacterial biofilms, and stem cells.

Anita_Shukla**[ta]**wn.edu

Derek Stein

Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering, Department of Physics

Nano-biophysics, nanopores and novel DNA sequencing strategies, nanofluidics and medical diagnostic applications, DNA-protein interactions, single-molecule biophysics, single-molecule polymer physics.

Derek_Stein**[ta]**wn.edu

Richard Stratt

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Ultrafast spectroscopy; dynamics of liquids, supercooled liquids, and glassy systems; disordered materials and clusters; energy relaxation and the molecular origins of friction.

Richard_Stratt**[ta]**wn.edu

Shouheng Sun

Professor, Department of Chemistry

Nanomaterials synthesis, self-assembly, magnetic nanoparticles, nanocrystal arrays for information storage and fuel cell catalysts, functional nanoparticles for target-specific diagnostics/therapeutics.

Shouheng_Sun**[ta]**wn.edu

Jay Tang

Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Nanoscale assembly and dynamics of the cytoskeletal protein filaments F-actin and microtubules, integrin mediated adhesion and migration of neutrophils and T-cells, molecular mechanisms of bacterial adhesion.

Jay_Tang**[ta]**wn.edu

Anubhav Tripathi

Professor, School of Engineering

Nanoparticle-based technologies for biomarker/protein identification and separation, biocompatible nanoparticles for bacterial lysis, new encapsulation procedures for drugs and chemical agents, transport through soft matter, disease diagnostics applications using microfluids and nanofluidics platform.

Anubhav_Tripathi**[ta]**wn.edu

James Valles, Jr.

Professor, Department of Physics

Nano-structured superconductors, nano-crystal array formation, magnetic manipulation of bio-molecular assemblies.

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