Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology - Department of Chemical Engineering

We develop fundamental understanding and control over various advanced materials for a spectrum of device and nanotechnology applications ranging from nanoparticle catalysts and magnetic nanoparticles to impedance glucose sensors and next-generation power switches to supramolecular assemblies and interfacial engineering of nanomaterials.

Faculty

Won Tae Choi Assistant Professor

(352) 392-9102 wontae.choi@ufl.edu

https://www.wchoilab.com

Research Interests: Electrochemical Engineering of Materials for Energy Conversion & Storage, Electro- and Photocatalysis, and Electronics

Helena Hagelin-Weaver Associate Professor, and Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Term Professor

(352) 392-6585 hweaver@che.ufl.edu

https://www.che.ufl.edu/hagelin-weaver/

Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Atomic Layer Deposition, Nanoparticle Oxides, Surface Characterizations

David Hibbitts Associate Professor and Moreno Rising Star Professor

(352) 392-0751 hibbitts@che.ufl.edu

https://hibbitts.rc.ufl.edu/group.html

Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Kinetic Studies, Density Functional Theory, Catalyst Synthesis and Characterization

Piyush Jain Associate Professor and Shah Rising Star Professor

(352) 294-7012 jainp@ufl.edu

https://www.che.ufl.edu/jain/

Research Interests: Bioengineering, Gene Editing, CRISPR/Cas, Nucleic acids and Protein Engineering, Nanomaterials, Responsive Systems

Yeongseon Jang Assistant Professor

(352) 294-1289 y.jang@ufl.edu

https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/yeongseon-jang/

Research Interests: Self-Assembly, Colloid and Surface Science, Functional Coating, Polymer Engineering, Biomaterials, Recombinant Proteins

Peng Jiang Professor

(352) 392-2189 pjiang@che.ufl.edu

http://jiang.che.ufl.edu

Research Interests: Nanomaterials, Nanophotonics, Photonic Crystals, Self-assembly

Joshua Moon Assistant Professor

901-569-7522 joshua.moon@ufl.edu

https://www.moonresearchlab.com

Research Interests: Polymer membranes, Multi-component separations, Mass transport in polymers, Soft material design and characterization

Mark Orazem Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies

(352) 392-6207 meo@che.ufl.edu

https://www.che.ufl.edu/orazem/

Research Interests: Electrochemical Engineering: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy, Corrosion (including cathodic protection), Current Distribution in Electrochemical Systems, Fuel Cells, Mathematical Modeling.

Fan Ren Distinguished Professor

(352) 392-4727 ren@che.ufl.edu

https://www.che.ufl.edu/ren/

Research Interests: Semiconductor Materials and Devices

Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos Department Chair and Dean’s Leadership Professor

(352) 392-0881 carlos.rinaldi@ufl.edu

https://www.che.ufl.edu/rinaldi/

Research Interests: Biomedical applications of magnetic nanoparticles; fundamental fluid physics of suspensions of magnetic nanoparticles; magnetic nanoparticle synthesis and functionalization; suspension hydrodynamics and rheology.

Janani Sampath Assistant Professor

jsampath@ufl.edu

Ph.D. 2018, The Ohio State University

https://www.sampathgroup.com

Research Interests: Polymer Membranes, Polymer-Protein Conjugates, Self-Assembly, Computational Materials Design

Whitney Stoppel Assistant Professor, William P. and Tracy Cirioli Term Professor, and Ph.D. Recruitment Coordinator

(352) 392-6205 whitney.stoppel@ufl.edu

https://www.stoppellab.org

Research Interests: biomaterials, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, transport in biomaterials

Kirk Ziegler Charles A. Stokes Endowed Professor

(352) 392-3412 kziegler@che.ufl.edu

https://ziegler.che.ufl.edu/

Research Interests: Nanomaterial synthesis, dispersion, and separation, Transport at nanoscale interfaces