Affiliated Researchers: Polymers

Samy Madbouly

Assistant Professor of Engineering, Plastics Engineering Technology, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Polyurethanes, Dispersions, Polymers, Polymethyl Methacrylates, Shear

Robert Mathers

Professor, Penn State New Kensington
Top research keywords: Polymerization, Hydrophobicity, Copolymer, Self Assembly, Monomer

Qiming Zhang

Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Dielectrics, Copolymer, Poly(vinylidene Fluoride-trifluoroethylene), Permittivity

Enrique Gomez

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT), Conjugated Polymer, Organic Solar Cells, Conjugated Polymers

Qing Wang

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ferroelectric Material, Dielectric Material, Energy Density, Dielectrics, Polymer Nanocomposites

Paul Cremer

J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Natural Sciences, Eberly College of Science
Top research keywords: Supported Lipid Bilayer, Lipids, Sum-frequency Generation Spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Aqueous Solution

John Hellmann

Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, College of Earth & Mineral Sciences
Top research keywords: Fibers, Sapphire, Fiber, Composite Materials, Float Glass

Daniel Hayes

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Human Adipose-derived Stem Cells (hADSCs), Human Adipose, Adipose-derived Stromal Stem Cells, Adipokinetic Hormone, MicroRNA

Zoubeida Ounaies

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: Carbon Nanotube, Piezoelectricity, Composite Material, Actuator, Elastomer

Adri van Duin

Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Top research keywords: ReaxFF, Surface (Surface Science), Computer Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, ReaxFF Reactive Force Field

Athanasios Karamalidis

Associate Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Refinery Oily Sludge, Brine, Oily Sludge, Rare Earth Elements, Leaching Behavior

Shedra "Amy" Snipes

Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Farmers, Pesticides, Personal Protective Equipment, Mexican Americans, African Americans

Timothy Tighe

Assistant Research Professor, Materials Characterization Lab
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Self Assembled Monolayer, Methoxy, Monolayers, Self-assembled Monolayer

Elizabeth Elacqua

Associate Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Polymerization, Ring-opening Copolymerization (ROCOP), Ring-Opening Metathesis Polymerization, Copolymer, Ring Opening Metathesis Polymerisation

Jeffrey Catchmark

Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Bacterial Cellulose, Cellulose, Surface (Surface Science), Composite Material, Pullulan

Miriam Freedman

Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Aerosol Particles, Ammonium Sulfate, Organic Aerosol, Phase Transition, Phase Separation

Bryan Vogt

Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Film, Thin Films, Copolymer, Surface (Surface Science), Polystyrene

Tom Jackson

Robert E. Kirby Chair Professor, Electrical Engineering
Top research keywords: Thin-Film Transistor, Thin Films, Electronic Circuit, Organic Thin-film Transistors, Film

Kristen Fichthorn

Merrell R. Fenske Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Surface (Surface Science), Density, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Nanowire, Nanoparticle

Daniel Cosgrove

Eberly Family Chair Professor, Biology
Top research keywords: Expansin, Cell Wall, Plant Cell Wall, Cellulose, Cellulose Nanofibrils

Nanyin Zhang

Hartz Family Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional Connectivity, Awake Rat, Resting-state Functional Connectivity (rs-FC), Resting-state Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (rs-fMRI)

Sridhar Komarneni

Distinguished Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Hydrothermal Synthesis, Density, X-Ray Diffraction, Composite Material, Nanocomposite

Jian Yang

Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Top research keywords: Citric Acid, Scaffolds, Tissue Engineering, Polymers, Elastomers

Christian Pester

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Brushes, Polymer Brush, Block Copolymers, Polymers, Polymerization

T.C. Mike Chung

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Copolymers, Organometallics, Polypropylenes, Polyolefins, Polymers

Stephen Chmely

Assistant Professor, Agricultural & Biological Engineering
Top research keywords: Lignin, Density Functional Theory, 3D Printing, Mixed Metal Oxide Catalyst, Phosphide

Benjamin Lear

Professor of Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Mixed Valence, Photothermal, Gold Nanoparticles, Electron Transfer, Electronics

Dassou Nagassou

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Plasmas, Decomposition, Solar Energy, Plasma

Squire Booker

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Enzyme, S-Adenosyl Methionine, Radical S-Adenosylmethionine, S-adenosylmethionine, Synthase

Ralph Colby

Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Ionomer, Rheology, Polyethylene Glycol, Copolymer, Permittivity

Raymond E. Schaak

DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Nanoparticle, Nanoparticles, Nanocrystals, Nanorod, Cation Exchange

Robert Hickey

Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Block Copolymer, Nanoparticle, Copolymer, Self Assembly, Nanoparticles

Ying Gu

Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Top research keywords: Cellulose, Synthase, Cellulose Synthase, Arabidopsis, Cellulose Synthesis

Fariborz Tavangarian

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, School of Science, Engineering & Technology (Harrisburg)
Top research keywords: Mechanical Properties, Bioactivity, Forsterite, Tissue Engineering Applications, Compressive Strength

Gregory Ziegler

Professor, Food Science
Top research keywords: Starch, Chocolate, Amylose, Milk Chocolate, Electrospinning

Gina Noh

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Hydrogenation, Carbon Dioxide, Methanol, CO2 Hydrogenation, Surface (Surface Science)

Xiawa Wu

Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering (Behrend)
Top research keywords: Cellulose Nanocrystals, Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Molecular Dynamics Study, Pectin, Cellulose

Hee Jeung Oh

Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
Top research keywords: Polyethylene Glycol, Poly(arylene Ether Sulfone), Plasticizing, Block Copolymer, Doxorubicin

Susan Sinnott

Department Head and Professor, Materials Science and Engineering
Top research keywords: Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Density, Surface (Surface Science), Carbon Nanotube, Computer Simulation

Ayusman Sen

Distinguished Professor, Chemistry
Top research keywords: Palladium, Alkene, Copolymerization, Micromotors, Carbon Dioxide