Quick Links  UC Discovery  Dept Forms  Geckomail  My UC Davis  UCD Engineering  UC Davis Home  Contact Us  Affiliates  Thermochemistry  Materials Science  Central Facilities	FACULTY · WEB TOOLS Mark Asta Professor Computational Materials Science, Computer-Aided Materials Design, and Multiscale Modeling of Phase Transformations Email: mdasta@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3098 Bainer Hall Asta Research Group Phone: (530)754-8656 B.S., 1988, University of California at Berkeley Ph.D., 1993, University of California at Berkeley   David Block Associate Professor Industrial Fermentation, Bioprocess Optimization and Artificial Intelligence Methods Email: deblock@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3015 Wickson Block Laboratory Phone: (530)754-6046 B.S., 1986, University of Pennsylvania Ph.D., 1992, University of Minnesota   Roger Boulton Professor Stephen Sinclair Scott Endowed Chair in Enology Biochemical Engineering, Computer Modeling, Fermentation Kinetics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Wine Processing, Separation Processes. Email: rbboulton@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 1005 Wickson Phone: (530)752-0900 B.E., 1971, University of Melbourne Ph.D., 1976, University of Melbourne   Nigel Browning Professor The structure-property relationships at atomic scale defects and internal interfaces in materials. Atomic resolution and sensitivity imaging and analytical techniques in electron microscopy. Email: nbrowning@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2009 Kemper Hall Nigel Browning Research Group Phone: (530)754-5358 B. Sc. 1988, University Of Reading, U. K. Ph. D., 1992, University of Cambridge, U. K.   Stephanie Dungan Professor Colloidal Systems, Food Engineering, Interfacial Phenomena, Mass Transfer-Food, Separation Processes. Email: srdungan@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 110 (Office) or 104 (Lab) Cruess Hall Phone: (530)752-5447 B.S.E., 1984, Princeton University S.M., 1988, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., 1991, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Nael El-Farra Assistant Professor Process systems engineering, Nonlinear process control and estimation, Analysis and control of hybrid systems, Fault-tolerant control using switched actuator/sensor configurations, Control of transport-reaction and particulate processes, Computational modeling, simulation and systems-level analysis of biological systems Email: nhelfarra@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3110 Bainer Hall Phone: (530)754-6919 B.S., 1998, University of California, Los Angeles Ph.D., 2004 University of California, Los Angeles   Roland Faller Associate Professor Joe and Essie Smith Endowed Professor Molecular modeling of soft-condensed matter Email: rfaller@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3112 Bainer Hall Faller Research Group Phone: (530)752-5839 B.S., 1994, University of Bayreuth, Germany M.S., 1997, University of Bayreuth, Germany Ph.D., 2000, Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany   Bruce Gates Distinguished Professor Catalysis, Catalytic Reactors, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Material Micro Structure, Sol-Gel Processing. Email: bcgates@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3102 Bainer Hall Catalysis Phone: (530)752-3953 B.S., 1961, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., 1966, University of Washington, Seattle   Jeff Gibeling Professor Dean of Graduate Studies Creep Properties of Materials, Fatigue and Fracture of Materials, Materials Science, Mechanical Properties of Materials, Metal Matrix Composites. Email: jcgibeling@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2019 Kemper Hall Phone: (530)752-7037 B.S., 1974, Stanford University B.S., 1974, Stanford University M.S., 1975, Stanford University Ph.D., 1979, Stanford University   Joanna Groza Professor Heat Treatment, Materials Microstructures, Materials Science, Non-Conventional Materials Processing, Sintering. Email: jrgroza@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2007 Kemper Hall Materials Processing and Characterization Phone: (530)752-8825 Ph.D., 1972, Polytechnic Institute, Bucharest   Brian Higgins Professor Ceramic Thin Films, Coating Flows, Composite Materials, Computational Fluid, Continuum, and Fluid Mechanics; Hydrodynamics, Langmuir/Blodgett Films, Sol-Gel Processing, Thin Films, Wetting Hydrodynamics. Email: bghiggins@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3012 Bainer Hall Mathematica at CHMS Phone: (530)752-8780 B.S., 1972, University of the Witwatersrand M.S., 1975, University of the Witwatersrand Ph.D., 1980, University of Minnesota   David Howitt Professor Electron Microscopy, Forensics, High Strain Rate Deformation Processes, Materials for Electronic Applications, Radiation Damage Processes in Solids. Email: dghowitt@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2011 Kemper Hall Phone: (530)752-1164 B.A., 1972, Oxford M.S., 1974, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., 1976, University of California, Berkeley   Alan Jackman Professor Emeritus Biochemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Transport, Hydrology. Email: apjackman@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2034 Kemper Hall Phone: (530)752-8777 B.A., 1963, Rice University Ph.D., 1968, University of Minnesota   Sangtae Kim Associate Professor Mass and charge transport in nano-structured ionic and mixed conducting oxides, Interfacial defect thermodynamics and kinetics, Solid oxide fuel cells, Gas separation membranes. Email: chmkim@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2023 Kemper Hall Kim Research Group Phone: (530)754-2254 B.S., 1988, Sogang University, Korea M.S., 1990, Sogang University, Korea Ph.D., 1999, University of Houston Postdoctoral Research, Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Germany, 2000-2004   Tonya Kuhl Professor Direct Measurements of Biological Membrane-Membrane Interactions, Ligand-Receptor Interactions, Polymer Thin-Films, and Small Angle Scattering Studies of Interfacial Films. Email: tlkuhl@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3106 Bainer Hall Kuhl Research Group Phone: (530)754-5911 B.S., University of Arizona, Tucson, Chemical Engineering Ph.D., U.C. Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering Postdoctoral Research, U.C. Santa Barbara - Materials Research Laboratory   Enrique Lavernia Professor Dean of Engineering Synthesis of structural materials and composites; nanostructured materials and composites; thermal spray processing Email: lavernia@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2231 Academic Surge Phone: (530)752-6467 B.S. (Hons.), 1982, Brown University M.S., 1984, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., 1986, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Marjorie Longo Professor Mechanical, adsorptive, and adhesive properties of artificial and real cell membranes in viral infection, antibiotic action, action of pollutants, protein aggregation in biomembranes, and drug delivery. Email: mllongo@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3108 Bainer Hall Longo Research Group Phone: (530)754-6348 B.A., 1988, U.C. Santa Barbara Ph.D., 1993, U.C. Santa Barbara NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, 1993-1996   Benjamin McCoy Professor Emeritus Chemical Reaction Engineering: distribution kinetics, polymer reactions, mixing and reaction, reactor dynamics, kinetics and transport phenomena. Complex processes: granular materials, network dynamics, phase transitions. Email: bjmccoy@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2034 Kemper Hall Phone: (530)752-0400 B.S., 1963, Illinois Institute of Technology M.S., 1964, University of Minnesota Ph.D., 1967, University of Minnesota   Karen McDonald Professor Assoc. Dean, College of Engineering Biochemical engineering, transgenic plant cell cultures, bioreactor modeling and optimization, protein purification. Email: kamcdonald@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3008 Bainer Hall Karen McDonald Research Group Phone: (530)752-8314 B.S., 1979, Stanford University M.S., 1980, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., 1985, University of Maryland, College Park   Adam Moule Assistant Professor Device Physics and Fabrication Techniques of Polymer Solar Cells, Studies of Polymer Layer Morphology, Optical Pumping Magnetic Resonance Techniques Email: amoule@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3014 Bainer Hall Moule Research Group Phone: (530)754-8669 B.S., 1998, University of Oregon Ph.D., 2003, University of California, Berkeley   Amiya Mukherjee Distinguished Professor High Temperature Creep, Plasticity and Deformation Mechanisms, Superplasticity. Email: akmukherjee@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2005 Kemper Hall Mukherjee's Research Group Phone: (530)752-1776 B.S., 1954, University of Calcutta M.S., 1959, University of Sheffield Ph.D., 1962, Oxford University   Zuhair Munir Distinguished Professor Ceramic Thin Films, Combustion Synthesis, Composite Materials, Corrosion-Oxidation, Evaporation-Condensation, Powder Metallurgy and Ceramics, Sintering. Email: zamunir@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2021 Kemper Hall Journal of Material Synthesis and Processing Phone: (530)752-4058 Facility for Advanced Combustion Synthesis B.S., 1956, University of California, Berkeley M.S., 1958, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., 1963, University of California, Berkeley   Alex Navrotsky Distinguished Professor Edward Roessler Chair in Mathematical and Physical Sciences Director, NEAT ORU Thermochemisty, Nanoparticles Email: anavrotsky@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 4440B Chem Annex Thermochemistry Phone: (530)752-3292 Biography B.S., 1963, University of Chicago M.S., 1964, University of Chicago Ph.D., 1967, University of Chicago   Ahmet Palazoglu Professor Dynamics, Monitoring and Control of Processes, Nonlinear Systems, Dynamics of Protein Folding, Image Analysis in Atomic Force Microscopy Email: anpalazoglu@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3104 Bainer Hall Process Systems Engineering Phone: (530)752-8774 Dr. Ahmet Palazoglu B.S., 1978, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, TURKEY M.S., 1980, Bogaziçi University, Istanbul, TURKEY Ph.D., 1984, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY   Ronald Phillips Professor Jeff and Dianne Child/SteveWhitaker Distinguished Teacher and Scholar Biochemical Engineering, Colloidal Systems, Fluid Mechanics, Rheology Transport Processes. Email: rjphillips@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3010 Bainer Hall Phone: (530)752-2803 B.S., 1984, University of California, Davis Ph.D., 1990, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Robert Powell Professor Department Chair Applied Mathematics, Colloidal Systems, Composite Materials, Continuum Mechanics, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Hazardous Waste, Materials Science, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Particle Flows and Suspensions, Polymers, Rheology. Email: rlpowell@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3004 Bainer Hall Phone: (530)752-8779 B.E.S., 1972, The Johns Hopkins University M.E.S., 1973, The Johns Hopkins University Ph.D., 1978, The Johns Hopkins University   Subhash Risbud Distinguished Professor and Director, Internship & Career Center (ICC) Ceramics and Glasses, Microelectronic Packaging Materials, Optical & Electronic Materials Processing, Rapid Sintering of Nanoparticles, Sol-Gel and Polymer Films. Email: shrisbud@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2015 Kemper Hall Risbud Research Group Phone: (530)752-0474 B.Tech., 1969, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay M.S., 1971, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., 1976, University of California, Berkeley   Dewey Ryu Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Biochemical, Biomedical, Bioprocess, and Biomolecular Engineering; Bioengineering, Bioremediation, Bioseparation, Biotechnology, Cell Cultivation Technology, Recombinant. Email: ddyryu@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 125 Everson Hall Ryu Biochemical Engineering Program Phone: (530)752-8954 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BS, Chemical Engineering, 1961 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ph.D., Biochemical Engineering, 1967   Julie Schoenung Professor Advanced materials: ceramics, electronics, and composites; nanostructured materials; thermal barrier coatings; materials selection, economic and systems analysis, and industrial collaboration; green engineering, industrial ecology, and pollution prevention; K-12 education. Email: jmschoenung@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2017 Kemper Hall Schoenung Research Group Phone: (530)752-5840 Industrial Ecology UC-Smart B.S., 1983, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign M.S., 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Ph.D., 1987, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Sabyasachi Sen Associate Professor NMR, EPR, vibrational and EXAFS spectroscopic study of structure and dynamics in glasses and glass-forming liquids, nanocrystalline glass-ceramics, quantum dots, molecular dynamics simulation of structure and dynamics in crystals and liquids Email: sbsen@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3094 Bainer Hall Amorphous Materials Research Group Phone: (530)754-8397 B.S. University of Calcutta, 1987 M.S. University of Calcutta, 1989 M.S. University of Houston, 1991 Ph.D. Stanford University, 1995   Jim Shackelford Professor Amorphous Solids, Bio-Materials, Engineering Materials, Materials Science, X-ray Diffraction. Email: jfshackelford@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 2013 Kemper Hall Phone: (530)752-4030 B.S., 1966, University of Washington, Seattle M.S., 1967, University of Washington, Seattle Ph.D., 1971, University of California, Berkeley   J M Smith Professor Emeritus Catalytic Reactors, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chemical Vapor Infiltration, Mass Transfer Phenomena, Petroleum and Petrochemical Processing, Supercritical Fluid Processes. Email: jmsmith@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3012 Bainer Hall Phone: (530)752-8773 B.S., 1937, California Institute of Technology Sc.D., 1943, Massachusetts Institute of Technology   Pieter Stroeve Professor Nanotechnology, Food Science, Bioengineering, Colloidal Systems, Interfacial Phenomena, Membrane Science, Separation Processes, Thin Films. Email: pstroeve@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3100 Bainer Hall Phone: (530)752-8778 B.S, 1967, University of California, Berkeley M.S., 1969, Massachuetts Institute of Technology Sc.D., 1973, Massachuetts Institute of Technology   Yayoi Takamura Assistant Professor Growth and characterization of thin films, heterostructures, and nanostructures, electronic and magnetic materials, synchrotron radiation based characterization techniques Email: ytakamura@ucdavis.edu Research Site(s) Office: 3096 Bainer Hall Phone: (530)754-7124 B.S., 1998, Cornell University, Dept. Materials Science and Engineering M.S., 2000, Stanford University, Dept. Materials Science and Engineering Ph.D., 2004, Stanford University, Dept. Materials Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Research, U.C. Berkeley - Dept. Materials Science and Engineering
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