Faculty Roster

Full-Time Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Faculty

› Amundson, Neal R.*
[Cullen Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Mathematics]
Chemical Reactions, Transport, Mathematical Modeling.

› Balakotaiah, Vemuri
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Chemical Reaction Engineering, Environmental Reaction Engineering, Two-phase flow, Flow in Porous Media, Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation, Applied Mathematics.

› Donnelly, Vincent M.
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Optical diagnostic techniques for plasma processing, Measurement of electron temperatures and energy distributions,  Studies of plasma-surface interactions during etching of silicon and other microelectronic materials.

› Doxastakis, Manolis
[Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Molecular modeling of polymers and biomolecules.

› Economides, Michael J.
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Petroleum Production Engineering, Directional and Multi-lateral Wells, Reservoir Stimulation (Fracturing and Acidizing), Petroleum Research and Research Management, Advanced Reservoir Exploitation Strategies, Well Completions.

› Economou, Demetre J.
[John and Rebecca Moores Professor, Associate Chairman of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Plasma Modeling, Plasma Diagnostics, Nanotechnology, Microdischarges, Energetic Neutral Beams.

› Flumerfelt, Raymond W.
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Developing fundamental knowledge and process technologies for controlled structure processing of cellular materials.

› Harold, Michael P.
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Chemical reaction systems: Multi-functional chemical reactors; Reaction-separation materials and devices; Catalytic and Biocatalytic materials.

› Henley, Ernest J.*
[Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Reliability Engineering and Risk Assessment, Biomedical Engineering.

› Krishnamoorti, Ramanan
[Dow Chair Professor and Department Chair, Professor of Chemistry]
Structure – Processing – Property relations for multiphase polymers. Polymer Crystallinity in bulk and thin films. Thermodynamic interactions and Viscoelasticity of polymer blends and copolymers. Macro and Nanocomposite Structure and Viscoelasticity.

› Luss, Dan
[Cullen Professor of Engineering]
Chemical Reaction engineering. Temperature excursions. Diesel particulate filters regeneration. Solid oxide synthesis. Nanoenergetic materials.

› Nikolaou, Michael
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Director MChE Engineering Program]
Process Simulation, Process Control, Computer-Aided Process Engineering, Process Optimization.

› Richardson, James T.
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Heterogeneous Catalysis and Catalytic Processes, Reactor Engineering, Catalytic Preparation and Characterization, Catalyst Design, Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells, Solar Energy, Solar-Receiver Design, Solar Related Chemical Processes, Catalytic Processes for the destruction of hazardous wastes, High Temperature Superconductivity, processing of Ceramic Super-Conductors.

› Rimer, Jeffrey
[Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Microporous Materials Synthesis and Characterization for Catalytic and Biomedical Applications, Pathological Biomineralization of Kidney Stones and Vascular Calcification, Crystal Engineering, Nanomaterials Self-Assembly, X-Ray and Neutron Scattering, Atomic Force Microscopy.

› Stein, Gila
[Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Polymer Thin Films, Self-Assembly, Dynamics at Surfaces and Interfaces, Diffusion in Polymer Films, Optical and Electron-Beam Lithography, Alternative Nanofabrication Techniques, X-Ray Scattering.

› Varadarajan, Navin
[Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Single-cell Immunological Assays, Protein Engineering, Rare Cell Characterization.

› Vekilov, Peter
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry]
Phase transitions in protein solutions: protein intermolecular interactions, phase diagrams, nucleation and means to control it. Protein crystallization, crystallization tools for structural biology, criteria for the impact of reduced gravity on protein crystal perfection. Kinetics and Stability of Crystal Growth. Physico-chemical aspects of sickle-cell anemia.

› Willson, Richard C.
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biochemical & Biophysical Sciences]
Biochemical separations, molecular recognition.

* Emeritus Professor
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Affiliated Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Faculty

› Advincula, Rigoberto
[Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry]
Design, synthesis, and applications of polymer materials, ultrathin films, and nanomaterials. Materials designed for electro-optical, sensor, and bio-applications. Spectroscopic and microscopic surface sensitive analysis.

› Bidani, Akhil
[Dunn Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering]
Mechanisms and kinetics of microvascular gas and ion transport, Intracellular pH and its regulation in lung cells, Mechanisms of pulmonary uptake of toxic reactive gases, Pathophysiology of lung function abnormalities in acute lung injury and ARDS, Physiology of cardiopulmonary support, Mathematical modeling of cellular transport processes.

› Brankovic, Stanko R.
[Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering]
Electrochemical Thin Film Growth, Magnetic Materials and Nanostructures, Nanofabrication, Electrocatalysis, Sensors, Physics and Thermodynamics of Electrified Interfaces.

› Briggs, James M.
[Associate Professor of Biology & Biochemistry; Joint Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Computational Studies of Protein Structure and Function, Inhibitor Design, Investigations of possible Inhibitor Resistance Pathways, and Development of Methods for the above work.

› Chellam, Shankar
[Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering]
Nanofiltration membranes for municipal water purification, and Determination of elemental composition of urban aerosols.

› Fox, George
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Biochemistry]
Structure, Function and Evolution of RNA.

› Jacobson, Allan
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry]
Inorganic Chemistry.

› Lee, T. Randall
[Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry]
Design and synthesis of new types of polymeric materials including polymeric drugs and drug-delivery systems.

› Litvinov, Dmitri
[Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Electrical & Computer Engineering]
Nanomagnetic Materials, Devices, and Systems for Biosensor, Integrated Circuit, and Data Storage Applications.

› Tam, Vincent H.
[Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Clinical Sciences & Administration]
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Antimicrobials, Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Biological Processes, Mechanisms of Bacterial Resistance

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Adjunct Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Faculty

› Alim, Ahmed
[Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Polymer science and technology, Product development and business management, Chemical process enconomics, Chemical thermodynamics.

› Annapragada, Ananth
[Adjunct Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Associate Professor of Bioinformatics University of Texas - Houston]
Respiratory drug delivery, Targeted drug delivery, Delivery of imaging contrast agents, Computational biology.

› Daneshy, Ali
[Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Broad-based technology and management development in the oil and gas industry.

› Fleischer, Micky
[Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Economics in Chemical Engineering.

› Khoury, Fouad
[Adjucnt Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]

› Rooks, Charles
[Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Undergraduate Laboratory, Diesel Emissions Control, NOx abatement.

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Research Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Faculty

› Khabashesku, Valery N.
[Research Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]

› Martirosyan, Karen
[Research Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]
Solid-state combustion synthesis (CS) of advanced ceramic materials

› Muncrief, Rachel
[Research Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering]

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