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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.

Our Faculty

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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

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

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Daniel Burkey

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

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Yongku Cho

Castleman Term 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

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

Collins Aerospace Assistant Professor
desen.ozkan@uconn.edu
TBD

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Jennifer Pascal

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

Centennial Professor
luyi.sun@uconn.edu
(860) 486-6895

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Julia Valla

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

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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, Provost & Executive Vice President
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

Mingyu Qiao
Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
mingyu.qiao@uconn.edu
(860) 486-3495

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

Daniele Vivona
Assistant Professor
daniele.vivona@uconn.edu