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Core Faculty
 

Harry A. Atwater
Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Electronic materials and devices; nanostructures; growth, characterization, modeling of thin films
Phone: (626) 395-2197
MC 128-95, 246 Watson

Kaushik Bhattacharya
Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science; Executive Officer for Mechanical Engineering
Mechanics of materials, phase transformations, shape-memory alloys, ferroelectrics, thin films
Phone: (626) 395-8306
MC 104-44, 315 Thomas

Brent T. Fultz
Professor of Materials Science and Applied Physics; Option Representative for Materials Science
Materials physics, entropy, energy-storage materials, electron microscopy, neutron scattering
Phone: (626) 395-2170
MC 138-78, 239 Keck


William A. Goddard III
Charles and Mary Ferkel Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Applied Physics; Director of Materials and Process Simulation Center
New methods for quantum mechanics and molecular dynamics with applications to metal alloys, semiconductors, ceramics, polymers, proteins, DNA, carbon nanostructures. Current focus is on fuel cells (membranes and catalysts), nanoelectronics, catalysis, and biotechnology
Phone: (626) 395-2731
MC 139-74, 321 Beckman Institute


Julia R. Greer
Assistant Professor of Materials Science
Mechanical deformation and materials characterization at the nanoscale
Phone: (626) 395-4127
MC 309-81


Sossina M. Haile

Professor of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Materials chemistry, electroceramics, fuel cells, crystallography
Phone: (626) 395-2958
MC 309-81, 307 Steele

William L. Johnson
Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
Bulk metallic glass, metals, composites
Phone: (626) 395-4433
MC 138-78, 339 Keck

Axel van de Walle
Assistant Professor of Materials Science
Computational materials science, thermodynamics
Phone: (626) 395-3721
MC 309-81, 311 Steele

 

Faculty Associates & Lecturers
 

Channing Ahn
Senior Research Associate; Lecturer in Materials Science
Hydrogen storage materials, electron microscopy
Phone: (626) 395-2174
MC 138-78, 233 Keck


Vilupanur Ravi
Visiting Associate Professor
Phone: (626) 395-5986
MC 105-50, 131 Keck

G. Jeffrey Snyder
Faculty Associate
Thermoelectric materials and devices
Phone: (626) 395-6220
MC 309-81, 319 Steele

Affiliated Faculty
 

Thomas J. Ahrens
Professor of Geophysics
Phone: (626) 395-6906
MC 252-21, 354 S. Mudd

Frances H. Arnold
Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biochemistry
Biomaterials
Phone: (626) 395-4162
MC 210-41, 228B Spalding

Mark Davis
Warren and Katharine Schlinger Professor of Chemical Engineering and Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering
Chemical Synthesis
Phone: (626) 395-4251
MC 210-41, 215 Spalding

Richard C. Flagan
Irma and Ross McCollum Professor of Chemical Engineering and Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering
Chemical Synthesis
Phone: (626) 395-4383
MC 210-41, 213 Spalding

Konstantinos Giapis
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Synthesis
Phone: (626) 395-4180
MC 210-41, 219 Spalding

David Goodstein
Vice Provost, Professor of Physics and Applied Physics, and Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor
Electronic Materials; Chemical Synthesis
Phone: (626) 395-6365
MC 104-31, 104 Parsons-Gates

David G. Goodwin
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Physics
Electronic Materials
Phone: (626) 395-4249
MC 104-44, 113 Thomas

Robert H. Grubbs
Victor and Elizabeth Atkins Professor of Chemistry
Polymers; Chemical Synthesis
Phone: (626) 395-6003
MC 164-30, 363 Crellin

Julie Kornfield
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Polymers; biomaterials
Phone: (626) 395-4138
MC 210-41, 231 Spalding

Michael Ortiz
Dotty and Dick Hayman Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
Phone: (626) 395-4530
MC 105-50, 115 Firestone

G. Ravichandran
John E. Goode, Jr., Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
Metals; Composites
Phone: (626) 395-4525
MC 105-50, 113 Firestone

Ares J. Rosakis
Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering; Director, Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories
Mechanics of solids, dynamic failure, Metals, thin film mechanics, wafer inspection and reliability, optical metrology
Phone: (626) 395-4523
MC 105-50, 109 Firestone

Michael L. Roukes
Professor of Physics, Applied Physics, and Bioengineering
Electronic Materials
Phone: (626) 395-2916
MC 114-36, 104 Sloan Annex

Axel Scherer
Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, and Physics
Electronic Materials
Phone: (626) 395-4691
MC 200-36, 203 Sloan Annex

Thomas A. Tombrello
Chair, Division of Physics, Math and Astronomy; William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor and Professor of Physics; Technology Assessment Officer
Electronic Materials
Phone: (626) 395-4241
MC 103-33, 111 E. Bridge

Kerry J. Vahala
Professor of Applied Physics
Photonic Materials
Phone: (626) 395-2144
MC 128-95, 234 Watson

Zhen-Gang Wang
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Thermodynamics, polymers, liquid crystals, surfactant solutions
Phone: (626) 395-4647
MC 210-41, 217 Spalding

Amnon Yariv
Martin and Eileen Summerfield Professor of Applied Physics
Photonic Materials
Phone: (626) 395-4821
MC 128-95, 166 Watson

Nai-Chang Yeh
Professor of Physics
Electronic Materials
Phone: (626) 395-4313
MC 114-36, 128 Sloan Annex

Emeritus
 

Thad Vreeland, Jr.
Professor of Materials Science
Phone: (626) 395-4431
MC 138-78, 329 Keck


Wolfgang Knauss
Theodore von Kármán Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Mechanics
Polymers
Phone: (626) 395-4524
MC 105-50, 103 Firestone

James K. Knowles
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Applied Mechanics, Emeritus
Phone: (626) 395-4135
MC 104-44, 309 Thomas

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Thomas McGill
Professor of Applied Physics
Phone: (626) 395-4849
MC 128-95, 266 Watson


Marc-Aurele Nicolet
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics
Phone: (626) 395-4803
MC 116-81, 321 Steele

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