Selected Faculty with Nanotechnology-related Interests
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Firooz Aflatouni
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Electroic Photonic Co-design | Optical Transceivers | Bio-electronics and bio-photonics | Quantum Spin Control
Course: ESE 5730 – Chips-design
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Mark Allen
Alfred Fitler Moore Professor
Department Chair, Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Director of Nanotechnology Master's Program
Research: MEMS | Energy Storage | Power Conversion | Dissolvable Sensors | Nanomanufacturing
Course: ESE/MSE 5250 – Nanoscale Science & Engineering,
ESE 5210 – Semiconductor Devices Physics & Technology
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Igor Bargatin
Associate Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Research: Photophoretic Levitation | Thermionic Energy Generation | Plate Mechanical Metamaterials
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Lee Bassett
Associate Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Quantum Engineering | Quantum Information Science | Quantum Optics
Course: ESE 5130 – Principle of Quantum Technology, ESE 5230 - Quantum Engineering
Email | Profile | Research Website
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Brian Chow
Associate Professor
Bioengineering (BE)
Research: Neuroengineering | Optogenetics | Bioengineered Therapeutics; Devices and Drug Delivery
Email| Profile| Research Website
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Russell Composto
Professor
Howell Family Faculty Fellow
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Bioengineering (BE)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Research: Polymers | Material Interfaces | Biomaterials
Email | Profile | Research Website
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David Peter Cormode
Associate Professor
Radiology, Penn Medicine
Bioengineering (BE)
Research: Sythesizing Novel Nanoparticle Contrast Agents
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Dennis Discher
Robert D. Bent Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Bioengineering (BE)
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Research: Cellular Engineering | Bioengineered Therapeutics | Devices and Drug Delivery | Cell Mechanics
Course: CBE/BE 5550 – Nanoscale Systems Biology
Email | Profile | Research Website
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Marija Drndic
Fay R. and Eugene L. Langberg Professor
Physics
Research: Nanoelectronics | Quantum Mechanics | Graphene | Biomolecular Analysis with Nanopores
Email | Profile | Research Website
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Lei Gu
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Wireless Power Transfer for EV Charging | Miniaturized Power Electronics for Medical Applications | RF Plasma Generators
Course: ESE 5800 – Power Electronics, ESE 6710 - High Frequency Power Electronics
Email | Profile | Research Website
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David Issadore
Professor
BE MSE Director, Bioengineering (BE)
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Microelectronics | Microfluidics | Nanomaterials | Molecular Targeting | Medical Applications
Email | Profile | Research Website
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Deep Jariwala
Associate Professor
Peter and Susanne Armstrong Distinguished Scholar
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Semiconductor | Nanoelectronics | Nanophotonics & Optoelectronics
Course: ESE 5210 – Semiconductor Devices Physics & Technology
Email | Profile | Research Website
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A.T. Charlie Johnson
Rebecca W. Bushnell Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Materials Science and Engineering (MSE)
Executive Editor, AIP Advances
Research: Nano and Low Dimensional Materials | Microscopies and Scattering
Email | Profile | Research Website
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Cherie Kagan
Stephen J. Angello Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Material Science and Engineering (MSE)
Research: Nanostructured Materials | Nano IoT for Agriculture | Energy
Course: ESE 5150 – Internet of Things Sensors and Systems
Email |Profile |Research Website
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Gyuseok Kim
Lecturer
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Director of Workforce Development, Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Co-director of Nanotechnology Master's Program
Research: Nanofabrication | Nanocharacterization
Course: ESE 5360 – Nanofabrication and Nanocharacterization
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Daeyeon Lee
Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Research: Microfluidics | Soft Matter | Colloid and Interface Science | Polymers
Course: CBE 5110 – Physical Chemistry of Polymers and Amphiphiles
Email | Profile| Research Website
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Marc Miskin
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Micro/nano Robot
Course: ESE 6250 – Nanorobotics
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Chris Murray
Richard Perry University Professor
Chemistry
Material Science and Engineering (MSE)
Research: Nanostructured Materials | Energy | Chemistry of Materials
Course: MSE 5450 – Energy Storage & Technology
Email | Profile |Research Website
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Troy Olsson
Associate Professor
Graduate Chair, Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Micro/nanosystems | Acoustic Resonator | Memory Device | Multiferroics | IoT for Agriculture
Course: ESE 5290 – Introduction to Micro- and Nano-electromechanical Technologies
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Anthony Sigillito
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE)
Research: Quantum Processors | Novel Quantum Control Approachs | Engineering the Qubit Environment
Course: ESE 5090 – Quantum Circuits and Systems
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Eric Stach
Robert D. Bent Professor
Material Science and Engineering (MSE)
Director of Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Research: Electron, Ion, X-ray Microscopy | Solar Fuel | Novel Battery Materials and Architectures | Carbon Sequestration and Catalytic Nanomaterials
Course: MSE 6110 – Electron Microscopy
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Kevin Turner
Professor
Department Chair, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM)
Material Science and Engineering (MSE)
Research: Flexible Hybrid Electronics and Sensors | Microscale Systems | Nanomaterials
Course: MEAM 5080 – Materials and Manufacturing for Mechanical Design
Email | Profile | Research Website
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Andrew Tsourkas
Professor
Undergraduate Chair, Bioengineering (BE)
Co-Director, Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine (CT3N)
Research: Multifunctional Nanoparticles for Therapy and Imaging | Therapeutic and Imaging Agents for Intra-Operative Procedures
Course: BE 5470 – Fundamental Techniques of Imaging
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Flavia Vitale
Assistant Professor
Neurology, Penn Medicine
Bioengineering (BE)
Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center
Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics
Penn Brain Science, Translation, Innovation, and Modulation Center
Research: Wearable Sensor | Implantalbe Neural Interface | Multimodal Neuroelectronics | Biomaterial
Email |Profile | Research Website
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Shu Yang
Joseph Bordogna Professor
Department Chair, Material Science and Engineering (MSE)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
Research: Biomaterials | Metamaterials | Materials for Sustainability | Polymers | Nanostructured Materials
Course: MSE 5650 – Fabrication and Characterization of Micro and Nanostructured Materials
Email | Profile | Research Website