Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology

  • Transport, Molecular Thermodynamics, and Electrochemical Engineering
  • Modeling, Theory, and Simulation
  • Heterogeneous Catalysis and Surface Science
  • Energy, Environment, and Sustainability
  • Complex and Multiphase Flow Dynamics
  • Biomolecular Engineering, Cellular Engineering, and Synthetic Biology
  • Advanced Materials, Devices, and Nanotechnology

    • 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

    Photo of Won Tae Choi Won Tae Choi Assistant Professor
    (352) 392-9102

    https://www.wchoilab.com

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

    Photo of Helena Hagelin-Weaver Helena Hagelin-Weaver Associate Professor, and Dr. and Mrs. Frederick C. Edie Term Professor
    (352) 392-6585

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

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

    Photo of Piyush K. Jain Piyush Jain Associate Professor and Shah Rising Star Professor
    (352) 294-7012

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

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

    Photo of Yeongseon Jang Yeongseon Jang Assistant Professor
    (352) 294-1289

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

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

    Photo of Peng Jiang Peng Jiang Professor
    (352) 392-2189

    http://jiang.che.ufl.edu

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

    Photo of Joshua D. Moon Joshua Moon Assistant Professor
    901-569-7522

    https://www.moonresearchlab.com

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

    Photo of Mark Orazem Mark Orazem Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
    (352) 392-6207

    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.

    Photo of Fan Ren Fan Ren Distinguished Professor
    (352) 392-4727

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

    Research Interests: Semiconductor Materials and Devices

    Photo of Carlos M. Rinaldi-Ramos Carlos Rinaldi-Ramos Department Chair and Dean’s Leadership Professor
    (352) 392-0881

    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.

    Photo of Janani Sampath Janani Sampath Assistant Professor

    Ph.D. 2018, The Ohio State University

    https://www.sampathgroup.com

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

    Photo of Whitney Stoppel Whitney Stoppel Assistant Professor, William P. and Tracy Cirioli Term Professor, and Ph.D. Recruitment Coordinator
    (352) 392-6205

    https://www.stoppellab.org

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

    Photo of Kirk J. Ziegler Kirk Ziegler Charles A. Stokes Endowed Professor
    (352) 392-3412

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

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