Faculty and Research

Achintya N. Bezbaruah, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2002
Research Interests:
Environmental sensors, Recalcitrant and micro pollutants, Contaminant fate and transport, Small community water and wastewater treatment, Environmental management

Yongki Choi, Ph.D.
City University of New York, 2010
Research Interests:
Nano-bio-electronics, Carbon nanotube circuits, Single-molecule electronics, Biomedical applications

Andrew Croll, Ph.D.
McMaster University, Ontario, 2009
Research Interests:
Polymers, Diblock copolymers, Thin films, Pattern formation, Mechanics

Erik K. Hobbie, Ph.D.
University of Minnesota, 1990
Postdoctoral: NRC Fellow, NIST, 1990-1992
Research Interests:
Colloidal nanoparticles, Polymers, Complex fluids, Chromatography, Self-assembly, Photoluminescence, Flexible electronics

Long Jiang, Ph.D.
Nanyang Technological University, 2003
Research Interests:
Polymer/composite processing, Polymer processing machinery/design, Nanocomposites, Biobased polymers/composites, Functional composites with novel microstructures

Dinesh Katti, Ph.D.
University of Arizona, 1991
Research Interests:
Geotechnical engineering, Constitutive modeling of geologic materials, Expansive soils, Multiscale modeling, Steered molecular dynamics, Computational mechanics, Nanocomposites and biomaterials

Kalpana Katti, Ph.D.
University of Washington, 1996
Research Interests:
Advanced composites, Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Biomimetics, Materials characterization/modeling, Analytical electron microscopy, Bone tissue engineering

Dmitri Kilin, Ph.D.
Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany, 2000
Research Interests:
Photo-induced dynamic processes of charge transfer, Nonradiative charge carrier relaxation, Surfaces/interfaces of metal/semiconductor nanomaterials for photovoltaic/photocatalytic energy conversion

Svetlana Kilina, Ph.D.
University of Washington, 2007
Research Interests:
Photoexcitation process on the organic-inorganic interfaces in hybrid nanostructures, Functionalized carbon nanotubes and quantum dots, Non-adiabatic dynamics in hybrid nanostructures, Electron-phonon interactions in ligated quantum dots and functionalized carbon nanotubes, Self-assembly of bio/nanomaterials, Transport in conjugated polymers

Seth C. Rasmussen, Ph.D.
Clemson University, 1994
Postdoctoral, University of Oregon, 1995-1999
Research Area:
Inorganic/organic materials chemistry, Chemical history

Bakhtiyor Rasulev, Ph.D.
Uzbek Academy of Science, 2002
Postdoctoral, Drew University, 2002; Jackson State University, 2004-2007
Research Area:
Structure-property studies of materials, Cheminformatics for materials, Modeling of nanomaterials interactions with biosystems, Nano-descriptors, Development of predictive structure-activity/toxicity models

Chad A. Ulven, Ph.D.
University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2005
Research Interests:
Advanced composites materials, Green materials processing, Nondestructive evaluation, Characterization of advanced materials under extreme conditions

Jessica Vold, Ph.D.
North Dakota State University, 2015
Research Interests:
Additive manufacturing of materials, Polymer composites, Materials characterization, Entrepreneurship

Danling Wang, Ph.D.
University of Washington, 2013
Research Interests:
Chemiresistive sensors, Semiconducting nanomaterials, Optical spectroscopy, Electronic devices, Microfabrication

Xiangfa Wu, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2003
Beijing Institute of Technology, 1998
Research Interests:
Nanofabrication/nanomaterials, Advanced functional composites, Fracture/impact mechanics

Qifeng Zhang, Ph.D.
Peking University, 2001
Postdoctoral, University of Washington, 2006-2008
Research Interests:
Electronic materials, Nanomaterials: synthesis, characterization and device application, Nanotechnology, Materials/devices/technology for energy conversion and storage, Solar cells, Lithium ion batteries, Photocatalysis