Members of the Graduate Faculty

Fred R. Bernath, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Biomedical engineering; transport phenomena

Helen M. Buettner, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Neurobiology; cell motility; biomedical engineering

Yee C. Chiew, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Complex fluids, thermodynamics, molecular simulations, interfacial phenomena

Alkis Constantinides, Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; D.E.Sc., Columbia
Biochemical engineering; modeling of fermentation processes

Peter R. Couchman, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Virginia
Polymer theory, behavior of miscible systems, thermodynamics, polymers at interfaces

Alberto M. Cuitiño, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Brown
Powder mechanics; micromechanics; computer methods

Burton Davidson, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Alternate fuels; control theory; safety systems engineering

Panagiotis G. Georgopoulos, Associate Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine, UMDNJ-RWJMS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Environmental chemical engineering; turbulent transport; reactive flows

Benjamin J. Glasser, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Princeton
Multiphase flows and reactors; granular materials and particulate suspensions; nonlinear dynamics of transport processes

Masanori Hara, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Kyoto
Polymer physics; structure-property relationships of ion-containing polymers in solid and solution

Marianthi G. Ierapetritou, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Imperial College
Process systems engineering; process design, planning, and scheduling; uncertainty and environmental considerations; nonlinear and mixed integer optimization

Johannes G. Khinast, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Graz
Reaction and environmental engineering; reactive flows; numerical analysis of large dynamical systems

Michael T. Klein, Dean and Board of Governors Professor of Engineering, SE; Sc.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kinetics, catalysis, and reaction engineering; automated kinetic modeling; hydrocarbon conversion; reactions in supercritical fluids

Joachim B. Kohn, Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science
Biotechnology; bioorganic chemistry; new methods for drug delivery

Prabhas V. Moghe, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Minnesota
Bioengineering and microarchitecture of polymeric tissue analogs; cell-biomaterial interactions; tissue engineering of liver, skin, and blood vessels; fluid flow and "cellular stress engineering"; quantitative 3-D reconstructive confocal microscopy

Gaetano T. Montelione, Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, FAS-NB; Ph.D., Cornell
Nuclear magnetic resonance studies of proteins; protein molecular design; mechanisms of protein folding

Fernando Muzzio, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Mixing; chaos and randomness; transport phenomena

Henrik Pedersen, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Biochemical engineering; reactor design; plant cell culture

Richard E. Riman, Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hydrothermal synthesis, microencapsulation, solid-state synthesis, mixedness, reactive sol-gel halide synthesis, solution thermodynamics, crystallization, granulation

Charles M. Roth, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Delaware
Molecular bioengineering; gene-based technologies; cell systems engineering

Alvin J. Salkind, Professor of Surgery, UMDNJ-RWJMS; D.Ch.E., Polytechnic Institute of New York
Electrochemical engineering; energy; metal recovery

Jerry I. Scheinbeim, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Polymer electroprocessing, structure-electroactive properties relationships in electroactive polymeric materials; ferroelectric, peizoelectric, pyroelectric, dielectric, and electrostrictive properties of polymers

Troy Shinbrot, Assistant Research Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Maryland
Nonlinear dynamics, mixing, control, and granular flow

Silvina Tomassone, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northeastern
Molecular dynamics of chain surfactants at the air/water interface

Kathryn E. Uhrich, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, FAS-NB/SE; Ph.D., Cornell
Polymer design, synthesis, and characterization; microlithography

Shaw S. Wang, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Biochemical engineering; food science and technology

Martin L. Yarmush, Visiting Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rockefeller
Applied immunology; bioseparations; artificial organs and tissue engineering

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

William Craelius, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Cardiac and neural electrophysiology

Carlos B. Rosas, Distinguished Visiting Professor and Administrative Director, Pharmaceutical Engineering Program; M.E., Stevens
Fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and biologicals

K. Venkatasubramanian, Visiting Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Applied molecular biology; biochemical process economics

Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty

Rolf R. Arands, Assistant Research Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rutgers
Molecular simulations and modeling of contaminant behavior in soil systems