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  Graduate School-New Brunswick 2017 Programs, Faculty, and Courses Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 155  

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering 155

Degree Programs Offered:
Master of Engineering, Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor Charles Roth, Engineering Building C2226B, Busch Campus (848-445-6686)

Website: http://cbe.rutgers.edu/graduate-program

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Ioannis (Yannis) P. Androulakis, Professor of Biomedical and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Purdue
Systems biology; bioinformatics; transcription; complex reaction modeling; optimization; inflammation

Tewodros (Teddy) Asefa, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SAS/SE; Ph.D., Toronto
Development of novel multifunctional nanostructured and nanoporous materials for catalysis; biocatalysis, sensors, and biosensors; solar cells and renewable energy; nanomedicine for cancer treatment

Helen M. Buettner, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Neurobiology; cell motility; microfabrication; microscopy; neural circuitry

Fuat E. Celik, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)
Heterogeneous catalysis for energy applications

Suzie Chen, Professor of Chemical Biology, EMSP; Ph.D., Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Glutamatergic signaling and cancer; transgenic mouse model system for melanoma development; regulation of cell signaling by G-protein-coupled receptor

Yee C. Chiew, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Thermodynamic and statistical mechanics of complex fluids; polymers; thermodynamics and physico-chemical properties of pharmaceutical materials; nanopolymeric systems for drug delivery; interfacial phenomena nanoparticles and colloidal systems

Shishir P. S. Chundawat, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan State
Cellulosic biofuels; biomass processing; glycol engineering; protein engineering; glycan biopolymer

William Craelius, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northwestern
Prosthetic limb restoration; motor control and polymers for tissue engineering; designing of controllers; robotic devices; signal processing and instrumentation; entrepreneurial and regulatory experience with medical devices

Alberto Cuitiño, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Brown
Pharmaceutical manufacturing; material modeling and simulations; dislocation mechanics; fracture in metal single crystals; granular materials; mechanical behavior of solid foams and folding patterns in thin films

German Drazer, Associate Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Cuyo and Instituto Balseiro (Argentina)
Transport phenomena; fluid mechanics and statistical physics; stochastic processes to investigate the transport of suspended particles in complex systems

Meenakshi Dutt, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Duke
Particle technology; multifunctional biohybrid materials; nanoparticle-cell membrane interactions

Panagiotis (Panos) G. Georgopoulos, Professor of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, RWJMS; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Environmental chemical engineering; turbulent transport; reactive flows

Benjamin J. Glasser, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Princeton
Mechanics of fluidized beds; multiphase flows and reactors; flow and segregation of granular materials; nonlinear dynamics of transport processes in fluid-particle systems; pharmaceutical engineering

Masanori Hara, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Kyoto (Japan)
Solution behavior of ionic polymers; development and study of novel polymers; polymer blends  and composites via ionic interactions; inorganic polymers based on silicates made from minerals; ionic polymers and ionic liquids

Marianthi G. Ierapetritou, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Imperial College (UK)
Process operations involving scheduling, planning, and supply chain management comprising deterministic and stochastic approaches

Joachim Kohn, Board of Governors Director Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science (Israel)
Novel biomaterials design; orthopedic and cardiovascular biomaterials; drug delivery; polymeric implants

Bozena Michniak-Kohn, Professor of Pharmaceutics, EMSP; Ph.D., Leicester (UK)
Topical and transdermal drug delivery

Tamara Minko, Distinguished Professor of Pharmaceutics, EMSP; Ph.D., Ukrainian Academy of Science
Biopharmaceutics; nanotechnology; molecular targeting; antisense oligonucleotides, siRNA, and peptide delivery; mechanisms of multidrug resistance; intracellular fate and molecular mechanisms of action of anticancer drugs

Prabhas V. Moghe, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Minnesota
Cell and tissue engineering, biomimetic drugs

Gaetano Montelione, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Cancer biology; influenza virus; structural biology; structural bioinformatics

Fernando J. Muzzio, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)
Pharmaceutical engineering; chaos and mixing of viscous fluids; mixing and segregation of powders

Alexander V. Neimark, Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., D.Sc., Moscow State
Molecular modeling of nanoscale processes and materials; thermodynamics and transport in chemical and biochemical engineering

Ronke Olabisi, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Tissue repair; regenerative medicine for injury and disease

Wilma Olson, Mary I. Bunting Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Stanford
Theoretical studies of nucleic acid structure and properties; molecular biophysics

Henrik Pedersen, Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning and Professional Education and Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Yale
Plant cell culture; chemical and biochemical fiber optic sensors; applications of biophotonics in bioprocess technology

Rohit Ramachandran, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Imperial College (UK)
Process systems engineering; process control; process simulation; process optimization; mathematical modelling; population balance modeling; experimental studies and validation; pharmaceutical engineering; particulate and chemical processes; nonlinear identification and control; nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory

Richard Riman, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Processing (low temperature hydrothermal methods, dispersion; particulate mixedness, and solution crystallization of ceramics); functional materials (structural ceramics, electro-ceramics, optics, and biomaterials)

Charles M. Roth, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Delaware
Nanomedicine; gene silencing

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

Nina C. Shapley, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Multiphase fluid mechanics and rheology; imaging (nuclear magnetic resonance imaging); micro- and nanoencapsulation; biopolymer colloids; health and environmental applications

Troy Shinbrot, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Maryland
Mechanisms for self-assembly in cells and in mixing problems

Shahab Shojaei-Zadeh, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon
Colloids and surface science; soft matter; microfluidics and complex fluids

David Shreiber, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Central nervous system injury, repair, and regeneration

Stavroula Sofou, Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Columbia
Biomembranes and drug delivery systems

Paul Takhistov, Associate Professor of Food Science, SEBS; Ph.D., Ukraine National Academy of Sciences
Engineering (development of microfluidic devices and biosensors for microorganism's detection; nonthermal [pulse-electric field] pathogens inactivation; nanotechnology in food processing, packaging, and control)

M. Silvina Tomassone, Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Northeastern
Molecular dynamics; thermodynamics and statistical mechanics of fluids; nanoparticles; nanotribology; self-assembly and dynamics of surfactants; spreading of fluids

George Tsilomelekis, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Patras (Greece)
Structure-reactivity relationships as they pertain to complex catalytic reactions; Operando spectroscopy

Kathryn E. Uhrich, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Polymeric bioactives; specifically, the design of biocompatible, biodegradable polymers that can improve human health

Martin L. Yarmush, Distinguished Professor of Biomedical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Rockefeller; M.D., Yale
Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine; mesenchymal stem cell therapeutics; BioMEMS and bio nanotechnology; medical devices

Haoran Zhang, Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Tufts
Engineering microorganisms and complex microbial systems for bioproduction of value-added molecules

Associate Members of the Graduate Faculty

Gerard C. Dismukes, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Wisconsin (Madison)
Biological and chemical methods for renewable solar-based fuel production; catalysis; photosynthesis; metals in biological systems and tools for investigating these systems

Ashutosh Goel, Assistant Professor of Materials Science Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Aveiro (Portugal)
Structure-property relationships in glasses

Jing Li, Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, SAS; Ph.D., Cornell
Development of solid-state inorganic and inorganic-organic hybrid materials that are both fundamentally important and relevant for practical applications

Ravendra Singh, Assistant Research Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark
Control and optimization of downstream pharmaceutical processes

Aleksey M. Vishnyakov, Associate Research Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, SE; Ph.D., St. Petersburg
Computation chemistry and molecular simulation techniques

 
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