Faculty

Paul Alivisatos

Paul Alivisatos

President of the University of Chicago; John D. MacArthur Distinguished Service Professor, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, the Department of Chemistry, and the College
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Nanotechnology
Nanocrystals
Biomedicine
Renewable Energy
Quantum Information Systems
Research Groups
Alivisatos Lab
Chibueze Amanchukwu

Chibueze Amanchukwu

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Energy
Electrochemistry
Batteries
Polymers
Electrolytes
Research Groups
Amanchukwu Lab
Junhong Chen

Junhong Chen

Crown Family Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Lead Water Strategist at Argonne National Laboratory
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Hybrid Nanomaterials
2D Nanomaterials
Chemical and Biological Sensors
Energy Devices
Research Groups
Junhong Chen Research Group
Greg Engel

Greg Engel

Professor, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Co-Director of the Berggren Center for Quantum Biology and Medicine; Chair of the Department of Chemistry; Director of the NSF Quantum sensing for Biophysics and Bioengineering (QuBBE) Quantum Leap Challenge Institute
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Excited State Dynamics
Quantum Sensing
Quantum Coherence
Spectroscopy
Biophysics
Research Groups
Engel Group
Aaron Esser-Kahn

Aaron Esser-Kahn

Professor of Molecular Engineering, Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs, Co-Director of the Immunoengineering and Bioengineering Institute, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Vascular Tissue Engineering
Immune Programming Polymers
Carbon Capture Methods
Research Groups
Esser-Kahn Group
Andrew Ferguson

Andrew Ferguson

Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the Department of Chemistry
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Molecular Simulation
Statistical Thermodynamics
Machine Learning
Inverse Materials Design
Enhanced Sampling
Protein Folding
Self-Assembly
Research Groups
Ferguson Lab
Laura Gagliardi

Laura Gagliardi

Richard and Kathy Leventhal Professor, Department of Chemistry, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the James Franck Institute; Director of the Catalyst Design for Decarbonization Center; Director of the Center for Advanced Materials for Environmental Solutions (CAMES)
Research Topics
Quantum Science and Engineering
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Quantum chemical methods development
Catalysis
Spectroscopy
Photochemistry
Gas separation
Actinides
Quantum Materials
Research Groups
Gagliardi Group
Giulia Galli

Giulia Galli

Liew Family Professor of Electronic Structure and Simulations, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, Department of Chemistry
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Quantum Science and Engineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Theoretical and Computational Modeling of Materials for Renewable Energy Sources and Quantum Information Technologies
Research Groups
Galli Group
Margaret L. Gardel

Margaret L. Gardel

Edward L. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Physics and Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering and the College
Research Topics
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Cell and Tissue Mechanics
Polymer Physics
Cell Adhesion and Migration
Research Groups
Gardel Lab
Supratik Guha

Supratik Guha

Professor, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering; Senior Advisor to Argonne Physical Sciences and Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Quantum Science and Engineering
Arts, Sciences, and Technology
Research and Scholarly Interests
The discovery science and heterogeneous integration of new materials and devices for quantum and microelectronics technologies
Research Groups
Guha Lab
Po-Chun Hsu

Po-Chun Hsu

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Dynamic Metamaterials
Electrochemistry
Heat Transfer
Carbon Capture
Nano/Microfibers
Artificial Intelligence
Research Groups
Hsu Group
Chong Liu

Chong Liu

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Materials Science
Electrochemistry
Water
Energy
Separation
Research Groups
Liu Group
Y. Shirley Meng

Y. Shirley Meng

Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Batteries
Energy
Research Groups
Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion (LESC)
Paul Nealey

Paul Nealey

Brady W. Dougan Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Block Copolymers
Directed Self-assembly (DSA)
Nanolithography
Nanopatterning
Research Groups
Nealey Group
Shrayesh Patel

Shrayesh Patel

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Functional Polymers
Block Copolymers
Batteries
Thermoelectrics
Organic Electronics
Research Groups
Patel Group
Stuart Rowan

Stuart Rowan FRS

Interim Dean, Barry L. MacLean Professor for Molecular Engineering Innovation and Enterprise, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Polymeric Materials
Polymer Synthesis
Polymer Sustainability
Supramolecular Chemistry
Dynamic Covalent Chemistry
Research Groups
Rowan Group
Dmitri V. Talapin

Dmitri V. Talapin

Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Chemistry, the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the College
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Inorganic Nanomaterials
Nanocrystals
Self-Assembly
Research Groups
Talapin Lab
Matthew Tirrell

Matthew Tirrell

Director of the Institute for Materials and Sustainability, D. Gale Johnson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Biomolecular Engineering
Nanotechnology
Polymer Properties
Research Groups
Tirrell Lab
Sihong Wang

Sihong Wang

Associate Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Immunoengineering and Bioengineering
Research and Scholarly Interests
Soft Electronic Materials and Devices
Bio-electronics
Organic Electronics
Functional Polymers
Energy Harvesting
Nanotechnology
Research Groups
Wang Group
Jie Xu

Jie Xu

Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
Research Topics
Materials and Sustainability
Research and Scholarly Interests
Autonomous Materials Discovery
Electronic Polymers
Polymer Packing, Phase Behavior, and Dynamics
Circular Polymer Design
Research Groups
Xu Research Group, Polybot