Steering Committee

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	Director, Peter J. Mucha 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

	Co-Director, M. Gregory Forest Mathematics and Biomedical Engineering 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

	Deputy Director, Robert K. Pinschmidt Ph.D., University of Oregon, Eugene Functional monomers and polymeric materials, colloid and interface science, energy science and policy.

	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


	Joseph DeSimone Chemistry Chancellor’s Eminent Professor of Chemistry, UNC; William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering, NCSU Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Applying the lithographic fabrication technologies from the computer industry for the design and synthesis of new medicines and vaccines; Nanomedicine; Interventional oncology; Medical devices; Inhalable therapeutics; Fluoropolymers.

	Rudolph L. Juliano Pharmacology Cary C. Boshamer Distinguished Professor Ph.D., Biophysics, University of Rochester Cell adhesion Molecules, Macromolecular Therapeutics


	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 Professor Ph.D., Vanderbilt University Nanoscale optical materials, photonic structures, and optoelectronic properties of transition metal oxides

	Jianping Lu Physics and Astronomy Professor, Condensed Matter Physics Ph.D., CUNY Electronic and structural properties of novel materials and strongly correclated systems such as fullerenes and high Tc superconductors

	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


	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


	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


	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

	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