Faculty and Affiliates

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David Adalsteinsson
Mathematics
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Interface problems, Utilizing methods based on the Level Set Method, Algorithms such as the narrow band method and the fast extension method, Involved physical simulations such as simulating the processes involved in the creation of computer chips
   
Nancy L. Allbritton
Chemistry
Debreczeny Distinguished Professor
M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology Microfabricated Materials for Biomedical Research, Cellular Signaling, Miniaturized Systems for Cellular Analysis
   
Valerie S. Ashby
Chemistry
Gordon and Bowman Gray Distinguished Term Professor
Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Polymer Design and Synthesis, Polymer Composites, Biomaterial Synthesis
   
Max L. Berkowitz
Chemistry
Professor
Ph.D., Weizmann Institute of Science Theoretical and Computational Chemistry and Biophysical Chemistry
   
Roberto Camassa
Mathematics
George Kane Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., Engineering Science and Applied Mathematics, California Institute of Technology Nonlinear Evolution Equations, Mathematical Modeling, Fluid Mechanics, Optics
   
Joseph M. DeSimone
Chemistry
Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry, UNC-CH and William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, NCSU
Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University New strategies for the delivery of detection, imaging and therapeutic agents for the battle against human disease; Nanomedicine; Fluoropolymers: photolithography, fuel cells, microfluidics; Medical devices; Colloid, surfactant and surface chemistry; Polymer synthesis and processing in carbon dioxide
   
Timothy C. Elston
Dept of Pharmacology
Professor
Director, Graduate Program in Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Ph.D., Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology Motor proteins, Transcriptional regulation, Constructing realistic models of these regulatory systems that take into account intrinsic noise
   
M. Gregory Forest, IAM Interim Director
Mathematics
Biomedical Engineering
Grant Dahlstrom Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona Flow and Structure of Nano-Materials & Macromolecular Fluids, Weakly Compressible Transport Phenomena, Solitons and Optical Fiber Applications, Inverse Problems for Material Characterization, Modeling of Transport in Multiphase Porous Media
   
Jingfang Huang
Mathematics
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Courant Institute of Mathematic Sciences,
New York University Numerical Analysis, Scientific Computation, Fast Algorithms, Potential Theory, Integral Equations and their Applications in Electromagnetics, Fluid Dynamics, Molecular Mechanics and Quantum Chemistry
   
Rudolph L. Juliano
Pharmacology
Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., Biophysics, University of Rochester Cell Adhesion Molecules, Macromolecular Therapeutics
   
Mescal S. Ferguson Distinguished Professor
M.S., PhD, D.Sc. Moscow State University
Polymeric colloids and polyion complexes, biocatalysis, drug delivery and nanomedicine
   
Dmitri Khveshchenko
Physics and Astronomy
Professor
Ph.D., Moscow Quantum transport theory of disordered metals and superconductors, Many-body effects in mesoscopic and nanoscale systems
   
Wenbin Lin
Chemistry
Kenan Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Supramolecular, Materials, and Catalytic Chemistry
   
Rene Lopez
Physics and Astronomy
Associate ProfessorPh.D., Vanderbilt University Nanoscale optical materials, photonic structures, and optoelectronic properties of transition metal oxides
   
Jianping Lu
Physics and Astronomy
Professor
Ph.D., CUNY Electronic and structural properties of novel materials and strongly correlated systems such as fullerenes and high Tc superconductors
   
Richard M. McLaughlin
Mathematics
Professor
Ph.D., Applied and Computational Mathematics, Princeton University Turbulent Transport, Turbulent Combustion, Thermal Convection, Weakly Compressible Transport Phenomena, Anelastic Mixing: Transport by Weakly Compressible Flow, An elementary field theory for turbulent diffusion
   
Laurie E. McNeil
Physics and Astronomy
Professor
Ph.D., Illinois Optical spectroscopy of semiconductors and insulators; Raman and Brillouin scattering; photoluminescence; high-pressure physics; physics and music
   
William Marzluff
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Kenan Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., Duke University Regulation of gene activity in animal cells, Regulation of gene expression during the cell cycle by postranscriptional mechanisms
   
Tom Meyer
Chemistry
Arey Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., Stanford University Electron Transfer in Molecular Assemblies, Solar Energy Conversion; Proton Coupled Electron Transfer; Photophysics and Photochemistry
   
Sorin Mitran
Applied Mathematics
Associate Professor
Ph.D., The “Politehnica” University of Bucharest Computational methods, Fluid flow instability, Turbomachinery analysis, Bubbly flow, Turbulence, Multiphysics computation and Astrophysical computation
   
Peter J. Mucha, IAM Director,
Mathematics
Bowman and Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor
Chair, Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Ph.D., Princeton University Study and simulation of microscopic and macroscopic models of interacting particle systems
   
Royce W. Murray
Chemistry
Kenan Professor
Ph.D., Northwestern University Electrochemistry, Molecular Design, Sensors
   
Robert K. Pinschmidt, IAM Deputy Director
Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene Functional Monomers and Polymeric Materials, Colloid and Interface Science, Energy Science and Policy
   
J. Michael Ramsey
Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering
Minnie N. Goldby Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., Indiana University Microfluidics, Nanofluidics, Microfabricated Chemical Instrumentation
   
Michael Rubinstein
Chemistry
John P. Barker Distinguished Professor
Ph.D., Harvard University Polymer Theory and Computer Simulations
   
Edward T. Samulski
Chemistry
Cary C. Boshamer Professor
Ph.D., Princeton University Structure and Dynamics of Liquid and Polymer Crystals
   
Mark H. Schoenfisch
Chemistry
Professor
Ph.D., University of Arizona Analytical Sensors, Biomaterials, Nanoparticle Therapeutics, and Scanning Probe Microscopy
   
Sergei S. Sheiko
Chemistry
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences Polymer thin films, Molecular Fluidics, Stimuli Responsive Macromolecules, and Atomic Force Microscopy
   
Richard Superfine
Physics and Astronomy
Bowman and Gordon Gray Professor
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley Biological and Condensed Matter Physics, Microscopy, Properties of surfaces and interfaces using linear and nonlinear optical techniques, scanning tunneling, atomic force and near field optical microscopes; interfacial ordering and dynamics of molecules, polymers, polypeptides and nanometer-sized metal and semiconductor clusters
   
Russell M. Taylor
Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Applied and Materials Sciences
Research Professor
Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill Scientific Visualization, Distributed Virtual Worlds, Haptic Display, Interactive 3D Computer Graphics
   
Holden H. Thorp
Chemistry
Chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Kenan Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology Biological Application of Transition Metal Redox Chemistry
   
Frank Tsui
Physics and Astronomy
Professor
Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Atomic scale materials synthesis and characterization using molecular beam epitaxy techniques, electron diffraction and scanning probe microscopy
   
Sean Washburn
Physics and Astronomy
Cary Boshamer Professor of Physics; Chair of Applied and Materials Sciences
Ph.D., Duke University Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science. Effects of quantum-mechanical coherence in charge transport in small systems, Ballistic transport in semiconductors, Control of industrial plasmas, Conductivity in polymers, Scanning probe lithography
   
Yue Wu
Physics and Astronomy
Professor
Ph.D., University of Leuven, Belgium NMR studies of confined systems, quasicrystals, and polymers
   
Wei You
Chemistry
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Chicago Organic and Polymer Synthesis, Organic/Inorganic Hybrid Solar Cells, Molecular Electronics, Organic Spintronics, Chemistry and Catalysis with Carbon Nanotubes
   
Otto Zhou
Physics and Astronomy
David R. Godschalk Professor; Associate Chair, Curriculum in Applied and Materials Science
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Nanomaterials, new x-ray imaging technology, and field emission display. Materials synthesis and characterization