Core Faculty

	Name & Position	Research Areas
	Rajendra K. Bordia Professor 333 Roberts 206-685-8158 bordia@uw.edu Bordia-Flinn Research Group	Fundamental and applied studies in the processing and properties of complex material systems for energy, environmental and medical application; Current focus is on ceramics, composites, multilayered and porous materials.
	Lucien N. Brush Associate Professor 331 Roberts 206-543-7161 brush@uw.edu	Computation of crystal growth arrest by an adsorption-inhibition mechanism; Nonlinear patterns in hydrodynamics and solidification; Theories and models developed to predict times and lengths characteristic of evolving nano/microstructures.
	Guozhong Cao Boeing-Steiner Professor 302M Roberts 206-616-9084 gzcao@uw.edu Research Group Web Page	Processing, characterization, and applications of nanostructured materials, organic-inorganic hybrids, carbon cryogel supercapacitors, carbon-hydride nanocomposites for hydrogen storage, nanostructured oxides for Li batteries, hierarchically structured solar cells, ferroelectrics, piezoelectrics, and scintillation oxides.
	Brian D. Flinn Research Associate Professor 337 Roberts 206-616-9068 bflinn@u.washington.edu Flinn Research Group	Experimental mechanics of materials – fracture and fatigue; Structure-processing-property relationships of advanced materials; Engineering education- knowledge retention and transfer from course to course; Joining of composites and advanced materials
	Alex K-Y. Jen Chair & Boeing/Johnson Chair Prof. Director, Institute of Advanced Materials for Energy (i-AME) 302F Roberts 206-543-2626 ajen@uw.edu Jen Research Group	Utilize molecular, polymeric, and biomacromolecular self-assembly to create ordered arrangement of organic and inorganic functional materials for photonics, opto-electronics, nanomedicine, and nanotechnology; Employ the “molecular engineering” approach to tailor size, shape, sequence, and functionality of organic/hybrid functional materials and explore their applications.
	Kannan M. Krishnan Campbell Chair Professor 323 Roberts 206-543-2814 kannanmk@uw.edu Krishnan Website	Magnetism, transport, optical and electronic properties of materials. Synthesis of nanostructures and thin films with tailored properties. Advanced characterization using electron, photon and scanning probes. Vertically integrated projects from the underlying science to information storage/processing and biomedical (diagnostics & therapy) technologies.
	Christine K. Luscombe Associate Professor 302B Roberts 206-616-1220 luscombe@uw.edu Luscombe Research Group	Design and synthesis of novel organic materials (polymers and macromolecules) for photovoltaic and biosensing applications. Soft lithography for micro-fabrication and nano-fabrication of optoelectronic devices. Studying the relationship between the supramoleculecular structure of organic materials and their optoelectronic properties.
	Hong Ma Research Assistant Professor 335 Roberts 206-685-3687 hma@uw.edu	Organic and polymer chemistry, molecular self-assembly, surface & interface engineering, supramolecular nanostructures, micro/ nanopatterning, bio-inspired materials, organic-bio-nano hybrids, electronic/ photonic/biosensing materials.
	George Mayer Research Professor 337 Roberts 206-616-2832 gmayer@uw.edu	Research in Bioinspired Materials: Mechanisms underlying toughening of rigid natural composites; Designing and building synthetic analogs of natural hybrid composites; Mechanisms of adhesion in natural materials.
	Fumio S. Ohuchi Professor & Associate Chair 311 Roberts 206-685-8272 ohuchi@uw.edu	Oxide and chalcogenide thin films for thermoelectric, photovoltaic, magneto-caloric, phase-change and spintronic applications. Understanding physical and chemical processes at the material’s surfaces and dissimilar interfaces.
	Peter Pauzauskie Assistant Professor 302D Roberts 206-543-2303 peterpz@uw.edu Pauzauskie Research Group	Molecular engineering; design, synthesis, and integration of nanoscale optoelectonic materials; cavity optomechanics using optical dielectrophoresis (laser/optoelectronic tweezers); subwavelength molecular biosensors; nanomedicine.
	Y. K. Rao Professor 302K Roberts 206-543-2620 ykrishnarao@aol.com	Coal & Coke utilization in metallurgical smelters; steady-state in high-temperature systems; IECMQ: a computer program for calculating equilibrium in flue-gas scrubbing (Ca-O-H-C-Cl-S-N) system; equilibrium phase-stability diagrams in materials systems.
	Marco Rolandi Assistant Professor 302J Roberts 206-221-0309 rolandi@uw.edu Rolandi Research Group	Investigation electronic and ionic conductivity in biological, organic, and inorganic nanomaterials. Focus on hybrid devices and their technological applications. Biological protonic conductors and transistors, growth and assembly of nanostructures guided by AFM lithography, electronic (and ionic) properties of bio-inorganic interfaces.
	Mehmet Sarikaya Professor Director, GEMSEC 327 Roberts 206-543-0724 sarikaya@uw.edu Sarikaya Research Group Website	Molecular Biomimetics & Genome-based molecular materials science and engineering; Genetic engineering of inorganic-binding polypeptides (GEPI); Fundamental phenomena at nano/bio interface; Binding, specificity and assembly of engineered peptides; Practical utilizations of GEPI as molecular erectors, assemblers and scaffolds in nanotechnology, medicine and energy.
	Candan Tamerler Research Professor 321 Wilcox 206-616-6980 candan@uw.edu GEMSEC Website	Molecular biology, genetics, molecular biomimetics and biomineralization: Genetic Selection and Evolutionary Engineering of Materials Binding Peptides; Engineered Polypeptides for Technology and Medicine; Materials in Hard Tissue Restoration and Regeneration; Recombinant Proteins.
	Xiaodong Xu Assistant Professor Physics Assistant Professor MSE B437 Physics Bldg 206-543-8444 xuxd@uw.edu Xu Group Website	We are interested in understanding the optical, electronic and quantum properties of novel solid state nanostructures by nanoscale device design, optical spectroscopy, electrical transport, and scanning photocurrent measurements. Please click HERE to learn more.
	Jihui Yang Kyocera Associate Professor 315 Roberts 630A Benjamin 206-543-7090 jihuiy@uw.edu	Various experimental and theoretical techniques are used to study materials of great fundamental and application interest. Current research is primarily engaged in the design, synthesis, testing, and understanding of advanced thermoelectric materials and Li-ion battery materials for energy conversion and storage, which include (1) electron and phonon transport of thermoelectric materials, (2) thermodynamic stability, atomistic structural arrangement, electronic band structure, and lattice dynamics of nanocomposites, and (3) degradation mechanisms of advanced Li-ion battery materials.
	Miqin Zhang Kyocera Professor 302L Roberts 206-616-9356 mzhang@uw.edu Zhang Web Site	Biomaterials: Materials and devices for biological and medical applications; Cancer diagnosis and treatment through imaging enhancement, targeted, controlled therapeutic payload delivery; Biocompatible materials serving as biodegradable scaffolds, drug delivery depots; Chemical, biological agents & drug screening techniques.
	Qifeng Zhang Research Assistant Professor 335 Roberts 206-616-0918 qfzhang@uw.edu Qifeng Zhang Webpage	Science and technology for controllable synthesis of nano-structured materials. New properties and phenomena of materials at the nanoscale. Functionalities of nanomaterials for applications in photovoltaic devices, short-wavelength optoelectronic devices, catalyst, chemical sensors, and so forth.