Faculty Member	Research
	Arthur J. Ragauskas Acting Department Head and UT-ORNL Governor's Chair for Biorefining	Biorefining; Nanolignocellulosics; Green Chemistry; BioFuels; Bio-Based Materials & Chemicals; BioComposites; BioPower; Fiber Modification; Pulping/Bleaching; Chemistry of Natural Biopolymers including Cellulose, Hemicellulose, and Lignin; Polysaccharides; Organic/Carbohydrate Chemistry
	Gila E. Stein Associate Head, Director of Graduate Studies, and Prados Professor	Self-Assembly in Polymeric Systems, Physics of Confined Polymers, Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends, Architectural Design of Polymers, Lithographic Materials, Coatings, Thin Film Membranes, X-Ray Scattering Methods
	Eric T. Boder Associate Head, Director of Undergraduate Studies, and Associate Professor	Biomolecular Engineering Applications in Immune Function, Viral Membrane Fusion Proteins, Molecular Switching and Cell Adhesion Proteins, Protein Immobilizing and Modifying Enzymes
	Steven M. Abel Associate Professor	Computational Cell Biology and Immunology, Theory and Simulation of Soft Biological Materials
	Rigoberto Advincula UT-ORNL Governor's Chair of Advanced and Nanostructured Materials	Polymers, Nanoscience, Macromolecule Science and Engineering, Organic Materials, Hybrid Materials, Ultrathin Films
	Belinda Akpa Associate Professor	Computational biomedicine, Systems physiology, Mechanistic mathematical modeling
	Ria D. Corder Assistant Professor	Rheology, Soft Materials, Polymers, Complex Fluids, and Additive Manufacturing
	Paul Dalhaimer Associate Professor	Nanomedicine in the Context of Mouse Models of Metabolic Diseases
	Michael Danquah Professor and Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs	Aptasensing, Targeted Drug Delivery, Bioaffinity Analysis and Simulations, Plasmid Biopharmaceutical Development, Nanoformulation of Bioactive Ingredients, Microbial Bioremediation, Biofuels Development, Natural Products Discovery
	Manolis Doxastakis Associate Professor	Polymer Melts, Blends and Nanocomposites; Reaction-Diffusion in Patterning Applications; Biomolecules in Membranes; Multiscale Modeling and Characterization of Materials Coupled to Experiments
	Brian J. Edwards Professor	Nonequilibrium Thermodynamics, Polymer Dynamics, Rheology, Molecular Simulation, Statistical Mechanics
	Paul D. Frymier Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Engagement and Professor	Stability of Hydrogen Production from Photosystems of Thermophyllic Cyanobacteria, Improving the Kinetics of Electron Transport in Isolated Photosystems and Cytochromes, Protein Stabilization in Liposomes
	Bamin Khomami Granger and Beaman Distinguished University Professor	Structure, Dynamics, and Rheology of Complex Fluids and Soft Matter; Multiscale Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems; Processing Science of Micro- and Nano-Structured Materials; Nano- and Micro-Scale Interfacial Phenomenon
	Siris O. Laursen Associate Professor	Heterogeneous Catalysis, Fundamental Surface Science, High Energy Catalysis, Quantum Chemical Surface Reaction Modeling, Electronic Structure of Molecules and Materials, Fundamental Design of Chemical Kinetics, Rational Catalyst Design, Non-Noble Metal Ceramic and Intermetallic Compound Nanoparticle Catalyst Synthesis, and Renewable Fuels and Chemicals Catalysis
	Stephen J. Paddison Gibson Endowed Chair in Engineering, Professor	Ion Containing Polymers, Proton and Hydroxide Ion Exchange Membranes, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Structure/Property Relationships
	Sankar V. Raghavan Eastman Professor of Practice	Engineering Pedagogy
	Brandon Stevens Assistant Professor of Practice
	Cong T. Trinh Ferguson Faculty Fellow in Chemical Engineering, Professor	Systems and Synthetic Biology; Metabolic Engineering; Biochemical Engineering; Microbiome Engineering; Computational Biology; Cell Physiology; Bioenergy, Biofuels, Biochemicals, Biomaterials; CRISPR technology; and Antimicrobials
	Thomas A. Zawodzinski UT-ORNL Governor's Chair for Electrical Energy Conversion and Storage	Electrolytes and Composite Electrodes for Fuel Cells, Fundamentals of Energy Storage Materials and Systems, Water Management in Fuel Cells, Application of NMR to Chemical Engineering Problems