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\"Rigoberto<\/div>

Rigoberto Advincula <\/a><\/div>

UT-ORNL Governor's Chair for Advanced & Nanostructured Materials<\/div>
Polymers, nanoscience, macromolecule science and engineering, organic materials, hybrid materials, ultrathin films<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Mahshid<\/div>

Mahshid Ahmadhi <\/a><\/div>

Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering<\/div>
Laboratory robotics, hybrid materials, hybrid perovskites, dynamic materials and devices, optoelectronic devices, electronic and ionic transport in semiconductors, charge transport phenomena, development of novel materials for high energy radiation sensors<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Computer<\/div>

Vasilios Alexiades <\/a><\/div>

Professor, Mathematics<\/div>
Phase-change processes, laser ablation, alloy solidification, hydrates, crystal growth, heat and mass transfer, computational fluid dynamics, scientific (parallel) computing<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Khalid<\/div>

Khalid Alshibli <\/a><\/div>

Associate Department Head & Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering<\/div>
Non-destructive evaluation of geomaterials, mechanics of granular materials, experimental soil mechanics, soils constitutive modeling, foundation engineering, behavior of granular materials under very low effective stresses<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"David<\/div>

David Anderson <\/a><\/div>

Associate Dean for Research, Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine<\/div>
Biochemistry and cell biology, animal production, veterinary sciences, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, chemical engineering, food sciences, materials engineering, regenerative medicine, clinical sciences, pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Ahmedullah<\/div>

Ahmedullah Aziz <\/a><\/div>

Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences<\/div>
VLSI & nanoelectronics, emerging memory devices & beyond CMOS technologies, hardware security, cryogenic circuits & quantum computing hardware, artificial intelligence & neuromorphic hardware<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Craig<\/div>

Craig Barnes <\/a><\/div>

Emeritus Professor, Chemistry<\/div>
Identify properties of highly engineered inorganic materials, development of selective oxidation catalysts, polymerization catalysts, immobilized nanoparticle catalysts, properties of porous sorbents<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Cristian<\/div>

Cristian Batista <\/a><\/div>

Lincoln Chair Professor, Physics & Astronomy<\/div>
Quantum materials synthesis, molecular quantum systems, 2D materials, quantum magnetism, strongly correlated electron systems, quantum theory and simulations, AI, high performance computing, topology, algorithmic development, correlated systems, quantum control and measurement<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"John<\/div>

John Bell <\/a><\/div>

Department Head & Niedert Professor of Supply Chain Management<\/div>
Demand management, logistics, supply chain management, supply chain operation, applied mathematics, sustainable agricultural development, interdisciplinary engineering<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Computer<\/div>

Michael Best <\/a><\/div>

Professor, Chemistry<\/div>
Biochemistry and cell biology, medicinal and supramolecular chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, medical biochemistry and metabolomics, molecular physics, nuclear physics, particle physics, plasma physics<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Benjamin<\/div>

Benjamin Blalock <\/a><\/div>

Associate Department Head & Blalock-Kennedy-Pierce Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science<\/div>
Analog\/mixed-signal integrated circuit design for extreme environments across multiple semiconductor technologies, ultra-low power analog IC design for signal processing and computation, multi-channel monolithic instrumentation systems<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\"Eric<\/div>

Eric Boder <\/a><\/div>

Associate Head & Associate Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering<\/div>
Biomolecular engineering applications in immune function, viral membrane fusion proteins, molecular switching and cell adhesion proteins, protein immobilizing and modifying enzymes<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n