Viterbi Faculty Directory

 

Department Leadership

Andrea Maria Hodge – Department Chair
Arthur B. Freeman Professor and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
My group research focus is on the synthesis of engineered microstructures with nanoscale precision, which allows for tailored properties and/or functionality. Our experimental approach includes characterization and testing leading to a fundamental understanding of processes and mechanisms within the synthesis – microstructure space. We use a variety of coating techniques such as sputtering and electrodeposition to design and produce new nano-structured, micro- structured, and amorphous materials for advanced applications.
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Noah Malmstadt – Associate Department Chair
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemistry
My group research focus is on the synthesis of engineered microstructures with nanoscale precision, which Research in the Malmstadt laboratory focuses broadly on the topic of engineered interfaces. We study this both in terms of the central interface in biology—the cell membrane—and in microfluidic systems, where fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interfaces play key roles in system performance. We build synthetic systems for studying how lipid composition and oxidative processes change the medically relevant properties of cell membranes. We also build systems for studying how neurobiologically important receptor proteins are altered by their local lipid environment, with the long-term goal of tuning this…
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Iraj Ershaghi – Director, Petroleum Engineering Program
Omar B. Milligan Chair in Petroleum Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
My research focus is on energy transition, digital control of hydrocarbon production and transport, subsurface reservoir characterization, well testing, and unconventional reservoirs.
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Andrea Armani
Andrea Martin Armani
Ray Irani Chair in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering-Electrophysics, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and Chemistry
Paulo Branicio
Paulo Branicio
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Iraj Ershaghi
Iraj Ershaghi
Omar B. Milligan Chair in Petroleum Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Nicholas Graham
Nick Graham
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Gerontology
Malancha Gupta
Malancha Gupta
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemistry
Andrea Hodge
Andrea Maria Hodge
Fluor Professor in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Behnam Jafarpour
Behnam Jafarpour
N.I.O.C Fellow and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kristian Jessen
Kristian Jessen
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Birendra Jha
Birendra Jha
Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering
Michael Kassner
Michael Ernest Kassner
Dean's Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Professor of Chemical and Materials Science and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Jay Lee
Jay H. Lee
Choong Hoon Cho Chair and Professor of Chemical and Materials Science, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, and of Electrical and Computer Engineering-Systems
Zhenglu Li
Zhenglu Li
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Anupam Madhukar
Anupam Madhukar
Kenneth T. Norris Professor in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Noah Malmstadt
Noah Malmstadt
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemistry
Steven Nutt
Steve R. Nutt
M.C. Gill Chair in Composite Materials and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Jayakanth Ravichandran
Jayakanth Ravichandran
Philip and Cayley MacDonald Endowed Early Career Chair and Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Muhammad Sahimi
Muhammad Sahimi
N.I.O.C. Chair in Petroleum Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Yu--Tsun Shao
Yu- Tsun Shao
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Shaama Sharada
Shaama Sharada
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Chemistry
Theodore Tsotsis
Theo T Tsotsis
Robert E. Vivian Chair in Energy Resources and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Priya Vashishta
Priya Darshan Vashishta
Dean's Professor in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Computer Science, and Physics and Astronomy
Luis-Francisco Vazquez-de-la-parra
Luis Francisco Villalobos
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Pin Wang
Pin Wang
Zohrab A. Kaprielian Fellow in Engineering and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Pharmacology
Yannis Yortsos
Yannis C Yortsos
Zohrab A. Kaprielian Dean’s Chair in Engineering and Chester Dolley Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Wade Zeno
Wade Zeno
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Charles Zukoski
Charles Zukoski
Robert E. Vivian Professorship in Energy Resources and Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering