Faculty

We are interested in the design, synthesis, and characterization of soft materials.

We study life-like biochemical systems to understand their fundamental properties and address emerging challenges in biotechnology and infectious disease.

The Di Carlo Lab uses micro & nanoscale technology to study and engineer biology at its ultimate limits.

Organometallic chemistry for rational block copolymer synthesis

We conduct research at the interface of organic, organometallic, and physical organic chemistry, enhanced by modern data science and machine learning.

The Fredrickson group has pioneered a new class of computer simulation techniques based on molecularly-informed statistical field theories. Such field-theoretic simulations enable the investigation of classical soft material and quantum many-body systems at an unprecedented range of length and timescales.

Uncertainty quantification, surrogate models, inverse design, stochastic processes, and data science.

We use genome mining to discover novel enzymes for biosynthesis and biodegradation of functional biopolymers.

Preparing, educating and inspiring the next generation.

Prof. Helgeson is an expert in rheological and structural characterization of soft materials, including the development of new high-throughput methods for microrheology.

Environmental Microbiology, Water and Soil, Pathogens, Biodegradation, Wastewater, Microplastics and Fibers, Stormwater

Dr. Höllerer's research interests lie in the area of human-computer interaction, visualization and interactive machine learning.

Making new materials and inventing tools to understand their function to propel technologies in addressing global climate change.

Our group employs theory and computation to investigate the emergent behavior of active and living matter.

Maynard and her group synthesize novel functional polymers for applications in biomaterials, biotechnology, and nanotechnology.

Dr. Miao's research interests lie in the interplay of physics, materials science, nanoscience, and biology.

The Mills lab engineers and studies protein assemblies and materials to create accessible, bioengineered solutions in spaces like plastic waste degradation and oral vaccine delivery.

We use simulations and machine learning to gain molecular level insights and develop testable hypotheses.

Synthetic biology of non-model microbes for drug discovery and sustainable chemistry.

The Park Lab quantitatively analyzes and engineers metabolism to solve challenges in energy, environmental protection, and medicine.

We design, synthesize, and characterize soft bio-inspired materials.

Custom measurements and analysis systems for small scale metrologies including custom probes, sensors and actuators for biomechanics and mechanotransduction assays.

His research group seeks creative, synthetic solutions to problems at the interface of chemistry and material science.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry focused on structure-based scientific discovery.

The Saleh lab carries out precision experimental characterization of biopolymer and soft matter systems.

Investigating the physiology of marine microbes and all things nitrogen.

Our lab develops computational and theoretical methods for automation, synthesis prediction, and materials design.

Bioinspired polymer synthesis and self-assembly to control properties.

Prof. Shell develops novel molecular simulation, multiscale modeling, and statistical thermodynamic approaches to address problems in contemporary biophysics and soft condensed matter.

Data-centric modeling of systems with a focus on the development of new methods that can be applied to real-world applications.

Next-generation therapeutics and diagnostics composed of dynamic fluorous materials and shortwave infrared probes

We harness electrostatic and other non-covalent intermolecular interactions to design self-assembled soft materials.

My research lab is interested in natural product biosynthesis and biocatalysis.

Microbes, Molecules and their Milieu.

Soft material mechanics, design and manufacturing of bio-inspired materials, adhesion, rheology, instrument development .

Combining tools from Biology, Engineering, and Physics to understand the cell’s perceptual field.

Innovation in synthesis and catalysis at the chemistry-biology interface.