Researchers
Moris S. Eisen
Professor, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Chemistry Program
Research Interests
- Organometallic Chemistry of the Actinide and Group-4 Metals and Their Use in Catalytic Processes
- the Use of Hydrophobic-hydrophilic Membranes for the Treatment of Polluted Waters
- the Design of Trapping Polymers to Clean the Dialysis Solution from a Weareable Artifitial Kidney (WAK)
Moshe Eizenberg
Professor, Dean of Graduate Studies, Head of Materials Science and Engineering Program
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Electronic Materials
- Thin Films and Semiconductors
Dganit Danino
Professor, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Head of Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
Moshe Sheintuch
Professor, Head of Chemical Engineering Program
Chemical Engineering program
Research Interests
- Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering
- reactor stability and dynamics
- reactor design
- catalytic kinetics
- rate predictions from first principles
- membrane reactors and hydrogen production
Alexander Furman
Associate Professor, Head of Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group
Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group
Research Interests
- Hydrology;
- Soil physics;
- Groundwater;
- Vadose zone;
- Hydrogeophysics
Research Interests
- Strong-light quantum optics
- High harmonic generation and attosecond science
- Selection rules in nonlinear optics
- Ultra high-speed imaging
Eli Aljadeff
Professor, Head of Mathematics with Computer Science Program
Mathematics with Computer Science Program
Research Interests
- Polynomial Identities
- Group Gradings on Algebras
- Brauer Groups
- Group Cohomology and Division Algebras
Zvi Pinhas Bar-Yoseph
Professor, Head of Mechanical Engineering Program
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Fluid-Structure Interaction
- Computational Mechanics
- Computational Biomechanics
- CFD
- Liquid Sloshing
Israel Schechter
Professor, Head of Chemistry Program
Chemistry Program
Research Interests
- Analytica chemistry
- Analytical spectroscopy
- laser spectroscopy
Daniel Tan
Professor, Deputy Head of Materials Science and Engineering Program
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Nanodielectric composites and interface phenomena
- Energy storage and electrochemical supercapacitors
- Polymer film and membrane
- Piezoelectric conversion materials
Panagiotis Grammatikopoulos
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Nanotechnology
- nanoparticles
- coalescence
- atomistic simulations
- radiation damage
- cluster beam deposition
Elissaios Stavrou
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- High pressure and temperature
- Chemistry under Extreme
- Novel synthesis approaches and materials
- Ultrafast chemical dynamics
Haijin Zhu
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- OIPC
- electrolyte
- lithium battery
- NMR
- solid oxide electrolysis
- fuel cell
- polymer materials
Woo Jin Hyun
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Solution processing of 2D materials
- Electrochemical energy storage
- Printed electronics
Yuanshen Qi
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Nanostructured Materials
- Nanowhiskers, Nanoparticles
- Ferroelectric Materials
- Interphase and Intergranular Boundaries
- Solid State Dewetting of Thin Films
- Electroplasticity & Electromigration
Nan Wang
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Understanding confinement effect in phase transformation
- Developing semi-quantitative and quantitative meso-scale materials modeling methods
- Investigating growth and stability issues in nano materials
- Computational optimization of materials microstructure
- Developing commercial software for simulation of solidification process
Aleksandra Baron-Wiechec
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Metal Surface Engineering
- Nanoporous Anodic Oxides
- Surface Analysis
- Nuclear Fusion Technology
- Hydrogen Retention in Materials
Zuoti Xie
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- The transport properties of materials in the molecular scale
- Relationship between charge transport properties and electronic structures of molecular junctions
- Spin transport in molecular junctions
- Electronic properties organic thin film and crystals2
- Bioelectronics, electronic detection of nucleic acids
Cheng Zhu
Associate Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Carbon quantum dot
- Nanocatalysts
- Clean energy production
- Multifunctional coatings
- Molecular dynamics simulations
Limei Cha
Senior Research Scientist, Director of the Electron Microscopy Center of Materials Science and Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Interface and Surface
- Intermetallics
- Energy Materials
- Electron Microscopy
- Materials Characterization
Vijaykumar Jadhav
Research Scientist
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- 3D printed Nickel-Zinc and lithium-ion battery
- Energy storage and electrochemical supercapacitors
- Chemical gas sensor
- Materials Characterization
Ziyi Zhong
Professor, Deputy Head of Chemical Engineering Program
Chemical Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Heterogeneous Catalysis, Particularly in the Design and Synthesis of Nanosized Catalysts for Environmental Remediation
- Clean Energy and Energy Storage Materials
- Waste Water Treatment
- Surface Chemistry
- Various Nanosized Materials, including Solid Adsorbents
Research Interests
- Chemical biology, metabolic engineering and synthetic biology
- Feedback control theory, gene circuits and bio-intelligent design
- Bio-computing based on biochemical reaction network
- Yeast genome engineering and genome evolution
- Natural product synthesis and human/animal gut health
- C1/C2 feedstock utilization
Research Interests
- Carbon Hollow Fiber Membranes
- Polymeric Membranes
- Membranes for CO2 Capture
- Biogas Upgrading
- Natural Gas Sweetening
- Hydrogen Purification
- Process Simulation
- Molecular Design
Research Interests
- Chemical Reactor Engineering
- Multiphase Flow Science
- Fluidization
- Catalytic Reaction Engineering
- CleanEnergy Technologies
- Solid Fuels (biomass/coal/plastic/MSW) Thermochemical Conversions
- Microalgae Biotechnologies
- Multiphase CFD Solver Development
Research Interests
- Chemical Reactor/Process Engineering, Multi-scale Modeling/Simulation, Energy, Environment/Sustainability
- Multiphase Flows, Particle-laden Flow, Granular Flow, Bubbly Flow, Sprays, Emulsion
- Kinetic Theory, Population Balance Equation, Quadrature-Based Moment Methods
- Turbulence Modeling, Turbulent Mixing and Reacting Flow, Large-Eddy Simulation
- Additive Manufacturing, Metal Powder Synthesis, Gas Atomization
- Bioprocessing, Algal Biotechnology, Bio-Inspired Fluid Mechanics, Flows in Biomedical Devices
- Laser-Based Fluid Diagnostic and Experimental Techniques, High-Performance Computing
Research Interests
- nanomaterials
- hydrogels
- materials design
- nanofibers/wires
- flexible/interface design
- mechanical engineering
- smart textiles
- energy devices
- electronics skins
- biomedical sensors
- health monitoring
- human-machine interfaces
Research Interests
- Microbial Synthetic Biology
- Metabolic Engineering
- Sustainable biomanufacturing
Varenyam Achal
Professor, Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group
Research Interests
- Environmental Microbiology
- Bioremediation of Organics and Inorganics from Soil and Water
- Soil Heavy Metal Pollution
- Ecological Restoration and Environmental Sustainability
- Microbial-Based Sustainable Building Materials
Ji-Dong Gu
Professor
Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group
Research Interests
- Archaea
- environmental microbiology
- oilfield microbiology
- microbiology of cultural heritage
Keke Xiao
Associate Professor
Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group
Research Interests
- Dissolved organic matter
- Proteinaceous components
- Humic substances
- Sludge
- Wastewater
- Anaerobic digestion
- Sludge dewatering
- Soil fertility
Xiaowu Huang
Associate Professor
Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group
Research Interests
- Anammox
- Biological Wastewater Treatment
- Biowaste Recycling
Qian Wang
Associate Professor
Environmental Science and Engineering Research Group
Research Interests
- Phosphorus recovery and recycling
- Circular Economy of phosphorus
- Valorization; Adsorption
- Thermodynamics
Ka Yin Leung
Professor, Deputy Head of Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Bacterial Fish Diseases
- Pathogen-Host Interactions
- Type III and Type VI Secretion Systems
- Host Disease Resistance, Fish Microbiota
- Fish Vaccines
Harold Corke
Professor
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Starch Surface Nanotexture and Sensory Quality
- Development of New Functional Materials from Crop Plants
- Food Safety Management
- Industry Problem-Solving
- Crop Quality Under Climate Change
Olivier Habimana
Associate Professor
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Bioadhesion
- Biofilms
- Microbial Ecology
- Food microbiology
- Food Safety
Yigal Achmon
Associate Professor
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Food sustainability
- Food microbiomes
- Food volatomes
- Food spoilage
- Advanced food shelf-life simulation
- Soil biosolarization
- High solid anaerobic digestion
Keying Guo
Associate Professor
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Medical Diagnosis
- Biosensor Design
- Organic Electrochemical Transistors (OECT) Device Development
- Soft Bioelectronics
- Porous Bio-Materials and Their Electrochemical Properties
Pedro Jose Rodriguez Gonzalez
Research Scientist
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
- Cryo Electron Microscopy (CryoTEM)
- Single Particle Analysis (SPA)
- Scanning Electron Microcopy (SEM)
- Low Temperature Methods for Electron Microscopy
Antti Rasila
Associate Professor
Mathematics with Computer Science Program
Research Interests
- Complex Analysis (harmonic and quasiconformal mappings)
- Geometry of Conformal Invariants
- Elliptic Partial Differential Equations
- Computer-aided Mathematics
- E-learning in Mathematics
Nikita Kalinin
Associate Professor
Mathematics with Computer Science Program
Research Interests
- tropical geometry
- algebraic geometry
- complex analysis
- hyperbolic geometry
- sandpiles
- knots
- number theory
- matroids
- auctions
- pattern formation
- history of mathematics
Youhua Jiang
Associate Professor, Academic Supervisor of the "GTIIT Electrical and Mechanical Design Centre", Deputy Program Head for Program Teaching, Infrastructure Development of Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Interfacial Phenomena
- Surface Engineering
- Microfluidics
Cheng Li
Associate Professor, Deputy Head for Academic Affairs of Mechanical Engineering Program
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Multiphase flow: particle laden flows, particle-turbulence interaction, droplet/bubble fragmentation under turbulence, sprays, aerosol
- Development and application of advanced flow diagnostic tools for multidisciplinary research: digital inline holography, tomographic holography, holographic microscopy
- Field-scale particle and flow measurement
Andrea Cioncolini
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Thermal-hydraulics;
- Multiphase Flows;
- Convective flow boiling;
- Microfluidics;
- Flow-induced vibrations;
- Fluid-structure interactions
Research Interests
- Turbulence
- Wind energy
- Thermoacoustics
- Dynamical systems
- Data assimilation
- Machine learning
Pavlos Dimitriou
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Energy
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Alternative fuels, Hydrogen
- Hydrogen energy carriers
- Combustion and turbulent flows
- Energy recovery solutions
- Combined Heat and Power systems
- Advanced computational simulations in engine systems (0D, 1D, 3D, 1D-3D coupled)
Kumaran Kannaiyan
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Alternative fuels;
- Alternative refrigerants;
- Multiphase Thermo-fluid characteristics;
- Spray and Combustion diagnostics;
- Nanoscale additives;
- Computational Fluid Dynamics: Supersonic/Hypersonic mixing and combustion studies
Madan Kumar
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Internal Combustion Engines
- Clean combustion and performance development
- Modeling and control applications in engines/automotive
- Alternative fuels (hydrogen, ammonia, biofuel, etc.) utilization towards emissions control
- Engine transient control and stability
- Heat and energy recovery/management
- Advanced computational simulations in engine systems (1D/3D)
Research Interests
- Surface Mechanics
- Mechanics of Soft Materials
- Mechanics of Thin Structures
- Fracture of Heterogeneous Materials
- Mechanics Modeling of Contractile Microtissues
Mingyi Liu
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Energy harvesting and renewable energy
- Robotics
- Mechatronics
- Sensors/Instruments
- Dynamics and control
Damiano Padovani
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Fluid Power
- Hydraulic Systems
- Motion Control
- Mechatronics
- Soft Robotics
Dmitry Pashchenko
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Thermodynamics
- CFD-modeling
- Chemical kinetics
- Combustion
- Heat-transfer
Zhujiang Wang
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Robotics) Program
Research Interests
- Hyperelasticity
- Virtual fields method
- Lattice structures design and optimization
- Rapid Prototyping
- Medical Devices and Simulations
Xinpeng Xu
Associate Professor, Deputy Head of Physics Program
Physics Program
Research Interests
- Theory of soft and living matter physics
- Cell-matrix mechanical interactions
- Microscale fluid-structure interactions
- AI for science: deep learning methods for soft matter and biological physics
Research Interests
- Attosecond Physics
- Strong Laser-Matter Interaction
- Atomic Collisions
- Ultrafast Optics
- Plasmonics
- Condensed Matter
Research Interests
- 2D materials
- light-controlled superconductivity
- hybrid Bose-Fermi systems
- anomalous Hall effect
- exciton-polaritons
- coherence of Bose-Einstein condensates
- Fano resonance
Research Interests
- Light-Matter Interaction
- Topological Magnetic and Electric Defects
- Ferroelectric and Multiferroic Materials
- First-Principles (Ab Initio) Simulations
- Physics-Informed AI for Materials Modeling
- Sustainable Materials and Energy Solutions
Research Interests
- Phase modulation
- Fluorescence and photocurrent detected two-dimensional spectroscopy
- Coherent excitations
- Semiconductors
- Superconductors
Research Interests
- Exploration of Large-Scale Structure: Employing data from various cosmological surveys
- Galaxy Clustering and Structure Formation: Investigating the intricate processes that lead to the formation of cosmic structures
- Observations Related to the Cosmological Principle: Specifically, exploring isotropy and homogeneity at large scales
- Cosmology Projects: With a primary focus on radio surveys, including collaborations with LOFAR, SKA, and GMRT
Research Interests
- Quantum scattering theory
- Nonhermitian quantum mechanics
- Matter – light interaction
- Quantum electrodynamics
- Violation of detailed balance
Research Interests
- Physics and Chemistry at Solid Surfaces
- Novel Surface Materials for Energy, Catalysis and Health Applications
- Scanning Probe Microscopy and Spectroscopy
- First-principles Computations
Sehoon Park
Associate Professor, Academic Head of the EHS
Chemistry Program
Research Interests
- Organometallic Catalysis
- Cascade Reduction
- Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Research Interests
- in situ technology coupled with electrochemistry;
- electrocatalyst deactivation mechanism;
- electrochemical conversion of carbon dioxide and biomass;
- large current water electrolysis