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Faculty

Our chemical and biomolecular engineering faculty are teaching and research professionals who are innovative, and dedicated to serving the university community, students as academic peers, teachers and mentors. We are committed to our students to enter a variety of professional related fields, academic settings, and research.

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Burcu Beykal

Eversource Energy Assistant Professor in Environmental & Sustainability Education
beykal@uconn.edu
(860) 486-2756

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George Bollas

Professor, Director of Pratt & Whitney Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, Associate Dean for Research
george.bollas@uconn.edu
(860) 486-6037

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Kelly Burke

Associate Professor, Department Head
kelly.burke@uconn.edu
(860) 486-4020

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Daniel Burkey

Associate Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education & Diversity
daniel.burkey@uconn.edu
(860) 486-5466

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Yongku Cho

Associate Professor
cho@uconn.edu
(860) 486-4072

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Monika Crowl

Assistant Professor in Residence
monika.crowl@uconn.edu
(860) 486-9579

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Cato Laurencin

University Professor and Van Dusen Distinguished Endowed Professor
laurencin@uchc.edu
(860) 679-4086

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Yu Lei

Centennial Professor
yu.lei@uconn.edu
(860) 486-4554

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Anson Ma

Professor
anson.ma@uconn.edu
(860) 486-4630

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Radenka Maric

UConn President, CT Clean Energy Fund Professor of Sustainable Energy
radenka.maric@uconn.edu
(860) 486-3621

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Jeffrey McCutcheon

General Electric Professor of Advanced Manufacturing
jeffrey.mccutcheon@uconn.edu
(860) 486-4601

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Mu-Ping Nieh

Professor
mu-ping.nieh@uconn.edu
(860) 486-8708

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Desen Ozkan

Assistant Professor
desen.ozkan@uconn.edu
TBD

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Jennifer Pascal

Associate Professor in Residence, Associate Department Head
jennifer.pascal@uconn.edu
(860) 486-3604

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Yang Qin

Associate Professor
yang.qin@uconn.edu
(860) 486‑9080

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Genesis Quiles-Galarza

Assistant Professor in Residence
genesis.quiles_galarza@uconn.edu
TBD

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Leslie Shor

Professor, Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Dean of the Graduate School
leslie.shor@uconn.edu
(860) 486-3136

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Ranjan Srivastava

Professor
rs@uconn.edu
(860) 486-2802

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Matthew Stuber

Pratt & Whitney Associate Professor in Advanced Systems Engineering, Director of Graduate Studies
matthew.stuber@uconn.edu
(860) 486-3689

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Luyi Sun

Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor
luyi.sun@uconn.edu
(860) 486-6895

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Julia Valla

Associate Professor
valla@engr.uconn.edu
(860) 486-0583

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Kristina Wagstrom

Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Studies
kristina.wagstrom@uconn.edu
(860) 486-1715

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Brian Willis

Professor
brian.willis@uconn.edu
(860) 486-9429

Xiao-Dong Zhou

Xiao-Dong Zhou

Professor, CT Clean Energy Fund Professor of Sustainable Energy, Director of Center for Clean Energy Engineering
xiao-dong.zhou@uconn.edu
(860) 486-9204

Graduate Faculty

Alexander Agrios
Associate Professor
agrios@engr.uconn.edu
(860) 486‑1350

S. Pamir Alpay
Professor
pamir.alpay@uconn.edu
(860) 486‑6917

Bodhi Chaudhuri
Professor
bodhi.chaudhuri@uconn.edu
(860) 486‑4861

Abi Lawal
Assistant Professor
alawal7@uconn.edu
(860) 486-2771

Na Li
Assistant Professor
lina@uconn.edu
(860) 486‑3202

Prabhakar Singh
Professor
singh@engr.uconn.edu
(860) 486‑8379

Steven Suib
Professor, Director of the Institute for Materials Science
steven.suib@uconn.edu
(860) 486‑2797