Research Directory

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Materials Science & Nanotechnology

Faculty		Research Area
	Aksay, Ilhan Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A313 Engineering Quad 609-258-4393 iaksay@princeton.edu	Ceramics and glasses; colloidal dispersions; nanoscience and nanotechnology

	Arnold, Craig Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D410 Engineering Quad 609-258-0250 cbarnold@princeton.edu	Laser processing and transport in materials with particular emphasis on shaping laser-material interactions

	Bhatt, Ravindra Professor of Electrical Engineering B430 Engineering Quad 609-258-1819 ravin@princeton.edu	Theoretical condensed matter (solid-state) physics; physics of electronic materials

	Brangwynne, Clifford Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biological Engineering A313 Engineering Quad 609-258-4528 cbrangwy@princeton.edu	Patterning in Developing Embryos; Physical Properties and Function of RNA/Protein Bodies; Architecture and Dynamics of the Cytoskeleton

	Carter, Emily Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics D404A Engineering Quad 609-258-5391 eac@princeton.edu	Alternative energy; energy efficiency; security; solar cells/ photovoltaics; solar fuels/photocatalysis; lightweight alloys for fuel-efficient vehicles and armor; fusion reactor materials; solid oxide fuel cells; biofuel combustion; protective coatings for metals; quantum mechanics simulation tools

	Chou, Stephen Joseph C. Elgin Professor of Engineering; Professor of Electrical Engineering B412 Engineering Quad 609-258-4416 chou@princeton.edu	Nanotechnology and nanoscale electronics; optoelectronic; magnetic devices, such as nanoimprint, self-assembly, reactive ion etching, single electron transistors, subwavelength optical elements, patterning of nanoscale organic light emitters and transistors, growth of semiconductors and polymers on nanopatterned substrates, quantized magnetic disks, and giant magnetoresistance

	Debenedetti, Pablo Class of 1950 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Vice Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science A419 Engineering Quad 609-258-5480 pdebene@princeton.edu	Protein storage and preservation; bioavailability of therapeutic compounds; self-cleaning surfaces; carbon capture and storage; ice formation in the atmosphere; liquid-state theory; theory of the glass transition; theory of nucleation; protein thermodynamics; molecular simulation

	Fleischer, Jason Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering B320 Engineering Quad 609-258-8963 jasonf@princeton.edu	Nonlinear optics and photonics; soliton dynamics; statistical and condensed-matter physics

	Funkhouser, Thomas Associate Professor of Computer Science 422 Computer Science Building 609-258-1748 funk@cs.princeton.edu	3D shape-based retrieval and analysis; structural bioinformatics; Princeton shape benchmark; Princeton search engine for 3D models

	Garlock, Maria Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering E328 Engineering Quad 609-258-2728 mgarlock@princeton.edu	Structural engineering; earthquake engineering; innovative structural systems; large fires; thin shell concrete roof structures; sensor technology in civil infrastructure; tall building design

	Gmachl, Claire Eugene Higgins Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director of MIRTHE (NSF-ERC) B326 Engineering Quad 609-258-7489 cgmachl@princeton.edu	High performance quantum cascade lasers; innovative quantum cascade laser design; mid-infrared photonics; mid-infrared sensing applications in environment, health, and security; novel semiconductor devices; semiconductor metamaterials.

	Haataja, Mikko Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D404C Engineering Quad 609-258-9126 mhaataja@princeton.edu	Theoretical and computational materials science; physics of materials; physical biology; microstructure formation

	Houck, Andrew Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering B424 Engineering Quad 609-258-2571 aahouck@princeton.edu	Quantum computing; non-linear and quantum optics; superconducting microwave electronics; decoherence in quantum systems; transport physics

	Jha, Niraj Professor of Electrical Engineering B220 Engineering Quad 609-258-4754 jha@princeton.edu	Nanotechnology; computer security; digital system testing; computer architecture; computer-aided design of integrated circuits; low-power hardware/software design; embedded systems; field-programmable gate arrays

	Ju, Yiguang Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, Program in Sustainable Energy D330 Engineering Quad 609-258-5644 yju@princeton.edu	Sustainable energy; propulsion; functional nano-materials

	Kahn, Antoine Professor of Electrical Engineering; Undergraduate Departmental Representative B420 Engineering Quad 609-258-4642 kahn@princeton.edu	Molecular and polymer semiconductors; electronic and chemical properties of interfaces; doping in organic thin films; organic-based devices

	Kung, Sun-Yuan Professor of Electrical Engineering B230 Engineering Quad 609-258-3780 kung@princeton.edu	VLSI signal processing; neural networks; digital signal, image, and video processing; multimedia information systems

	Loo, Lynn Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A323 Engineering Quad 609-258-9091 lloo@princeton.edu	Organic and polymer electronics; self-assembled monolayers; soft lithography; block copolymers

	Lyon, Stephen Professor of Electrical Engineering B428 Engineering Quad 609-258-4635 lyon@princeton.edu	Optical processes in semiconductors; ultrafast processes and nonequilibrium transport; semiconductor nanostructures; quantum computing

	McAlpine, Michael Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering D414 Engineering Quad 609-258-8613 mcm@princeton.edu	Portable energy harvesting; early disease detection; nanoscience and nanotechnology; flexible electronics; hybrid nano-bio sensors; inorganic assembly on plastics; nanoscale materials design; bioassemblies

	Nelson, Celeste Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A321 Engineering Quad 609-258-8851 celesten@princeton.edu	Mammalian tissue morphogenesis/morphodynamics; microfabrication/bioMEMS for tissue engineering; cell adhesion and mechanics

	Panagiotopoulos, Athanassios Susan Dod Brown Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering A317 Engineering Quad 609-258-4591 azp@princeton.edu	Molecular simulation of fluids, materials and biological systems; Thermodynamic analysis of processes; Ionic liquids and their applications; Computational Material Science

	Prevost, Jean-Herve Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering E232 Engineering Quad 609-258-5424 prevost@princeton.edu	Computational solid mechanics; wave propagation and transient effects in porous media; nonlinear constitutive theories; dynamic instabilities and localization of deformations in solids; thermoelasticity; electro-magneto-solid interaction effects; finite element methods; geotechnical engineering; earthquake engineering; centrifuge soil testing; topology optimization; delayed fracture in MEMS; cracks propagation in microstructures

	Prud'homme, Robert Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Director, Program in Engineering Biology A301 Engineering Quad 609-258-4577 prudhomm@princeton.edu	Flow in porous media; micro and nanofluidic phenomena; rheology; colloidal dispersions; polymer engineering

	Register, Richard Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Chair, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering A217 Engineering Quad 609-258-4691 register@princeton.edu	Materials design: creation of new materials for specific function; polymer chemistry, physics, and engineering; nanoscience and nanotechnology, including "bottom up" nanopatterning technologies; block copolymers, polymer blends and composites, semicrystalline polymers, and ionomers

	Russel, William Arthur W. Marks '19 Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering; Dean of the Graduate School A225 Engineering Quad 609-258-4590 wbrussel@princeton.edu	Nanoscience and nanotechnology; colloidal dispersions: gelation, crystallization, rheology modifiers, architectural, paper, and tape coatings, film formation and cracking, fillers for polymer melts; thin polymer films: instabilities, micron and submicron patterning, effects of electric or stress fields, coarsening, cracking

	Scherer, George William L. Knapp '47 Professor of Civil Engineering; Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials E319 Engineering Quad 609-258-5680 scherer@princeton.edu	Durability of infrastructure; damage to materials by frost and salt; conservation of art and architecture; transport in porous materials; nucleation and growth kinetics; relaxation processes; sol-gel processing

	Shayegan, Mansour Professor of Electrical Engineering B408 Engineering Quad 609-258-4639 shayegan@princeton.edu	Semiconductor physics; electronic properties of low-dimensional semiconductor structures; growth of III-V compounds by molecular beam epitaxy

	Soboyejo, Winston Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials D404B Engineering Quad 609-258-5609 soboyejo@princeton.edu	Biomaterials and nanoparticles for disease detection and treatment; MEMS and BioMEMS; fatigue and fracture of materials; alternative energy systems; affordable infrastructure

	Sturm, James William and Edna Macaleer Professor of Engineering and Applied Science; Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials 320 Bowen Hall 609-258-5610 sturm@princeton.edu	Physics and technology of semiconductor devices for both microelectronics and large-area electronics; silicon-based heterostructures and three-dimensional integration; organic semiconductors; flat panel and flexible displays

	Tureci, Hakan Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering. B312 Engineering Quad 609-258-1993 tureci@princeton.edu	Nonlinear/quantum optics in complex media; nano-photonics; condensed matter physics; semiconductor optics; strongly correlated quantum optical systems; quantum/wave chaos; numerical methods for simulating active and passive photonic structures

	Wagner, Sigurd Professor of Electrical Engineering B422 Engineering Quad 609-258-4631 wagner@princeton.edu	Devices, processes, and materials for large-area electronics, which is also called macroelectronics or giant electronics; flat panel displays, rigid, flexible or foldable electronics shaped to cover irregular surfaces, electronic skin and e-textiles; environmental aspects of electrical engineering

	Yao, Nan Senior Research Scholar, Princeton Institute for the Science and Technology of Materials. Lecturer in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. Director, Imaging and Analysis Center. 120 Bowen Hall 609-258-6394 nyao@princeton.edu	Nanoscience and nanotechnology; utilizing advanced imaging, diffraction, spectroscopy and nano-manipulation techniques, in tandem with theoretical simulations, to study fundamentals of the structure-composition-processing-property relations in complex materials such as nanostructured materials, biomaterials, carbon and metal oxide nanotubes, organic/inorganic interfaces, block copolymer thin films, catalysts, quasicrystals and functional nanomaterials