Researchers
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
Klaus-Dieter Liss
Professor, Deputy Dean of Graduate Studies
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Common Materials Aspects
- Thermo-Mechanical Processing and Extreme Conditions
- Response of Materials to External Stimulation
- Novel Possibilities with Quantum Beams
Mario Lanza
Young 1000 Talent Junior Chair Professor, Deputy Dean for Research
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Nanoelectronics
- 2D materials
- Memristors
- Conductive AFM
Daniel Tan
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Deputy Program Head
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Nanodielectric composites and interface phenomena
- Energy storage and electrochemical supercapacitors
- Polymer film and membrane
- Piezoelectric conversion materials
Nan Wang
Assistant 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
Assistant Professor
Materials Science and Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Metal Surface Engineering
- Nanoporous Anodic Oxides
- Surface Analysis
- Nuclear Fusion Technology
- Hydrogen Retention in Materials
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
Raphael Semiat
Professor, Head of Chemical Engineering Program
Chemical Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Separation Processes
- Desalination
- Water Treatment
- Seawater
- Brackish Water
- AOP
- Adsorption
- Pre and Post treatment
- Energy and Environment
Ziyi Zhong
Professor, Chemical Engineering Deputy Program Head
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 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
- Rheological Modelling of Polymeric Melts Through Constitutive Equations
- Fabrication and Rheological Characterization of Self-Exfoliating Polymer Nanocomposites
- Study of Failure in Polymeric Melts Under Uniaxial Extensional Deformation
- Processing and Characterization of Well-Dispersed Polymer Nanocomposites
Ori Lahav
Professor, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Head of Environmental Engineering Program
Environmental Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Aquatic Chemistry and Water Treatment Process Development and Applications
- Reverse Osmosis Desalination
- Removal of Nitrogen Species from Drinking and Agricultural Waters
- Aquacultural Engineering and Ocean Resource Recovery
Varenyam Achal
Associate Professor
Environmental Engineering Program
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
Tjalfe G. Poulsen
Senior Research Scientist
Environmental Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Transport, Transfer and Transformation Processes in Porous Media
- Sustainable Solid Waste Management
- Environmental Impact Assessment of Anthropogenic Systems
Meilian Chen
Research Scientist
Environmental Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Dynamics of Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in Various Ecosystems
- Water Treatment and Water Quality Improvement
- Environmental Monitoring, Protection, and Remediation
Sima Yaron
Professor, Head of Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Microbial Food Safety
- Mechanisms of Resistance and Virulence of Food-Borne Pathogens
Ka Yin Leung
Professor, Biotechnology and Food Engineering Deputy Program Head
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
Ashok R. Patel
Associate Professor, Deputy Dean of Undergraduate Studies
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Food Colloids
- Edible Soft Matter
- Oil Structuring
- Encapsulation and Colloidal Delivery Systems
Markus Walkling-Ribeiro
Research Scientist
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Emerging Food and Bioprocessing Technologies
- Minimal Processing with Novel Hurdle Strategies
- Next-Generation Process Engineering Design
- Health-Promoting Food Ingredients
- Food Preservation and Consumer Acceptability
- Environmentally Sustainable Production Systems and Waste Recycling
Udi Sarig
Assistant Professor, Core Facility Coordinator of Biotechnology and Food Engineering
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Stem cells
- Tissue Engineering
- Biomaterials
- Bioengineering
- Developmental Biology
- Synthetic Biology
- 3D bio-printing
Hadar Sarig
Research Scientist
Biotechnology and Food Engineering Program
Research Interests
- Microbiology
- Antimicrobial Agents
- Tissue Engineering
- Biomaterials
- Cell and Stem Cell Biology
Yigal Achmon
Principal Investigator
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
Noam Soker
Professor, Head of Physics Program
Physics Program
Research Interests
- Hot Gas in Clusters of Galaxies, Formation of Planetary Nebulae
- Explosion Mechanism of Massive Stars
- Interaction of Binary Stellar Systems
- Influence of Planets on the Evolution of Stars
- the General Role of Jets in Astrophysics
Research Interests
- Soft Matter Physics
- Biological Physics
- Active Matter
- Cell Mechanics
- Colloidal Suspensions
- Polymer Solutions
- Polymer Gels
- Wetting Dynamics
Eli Aljadeff
Professor, Head of Mathematics Program
Mathematics Program
Research Interests
- Polynomial Identities
- Group Gradings on Algebras
- Brauer Groups
- Group Cohomology and Division Algebras
Research Interests
- Complex Analysis (harmonic and quasiconformal mappings)
- Geometry of Conformal Invariants
- Elliptic Partial Differential Equations
- Computer-aided Mathematics
- E-learning in Mathematics
Research Interests
- Quasiconformal mapping
- Dirichlet-Neumann problem for Laplace equation
- hyperbolic type metrics
Research Interests
- Harmonic Analysis
- Weight Theory
- Maximal and Singular operators
- Degenerate Poincaré Inequalities
- Geometric Measure theory
- Kakeya and Furstenberg problems
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)
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
Assistant Professor, Academic Head of the EHS
Chemistry Program
Research Interests
- C-H Functionalizations of Hydrocarbons
- Asymmetric Catalysis
- Metal-Free Organocatalytic Reduction
- Single-Site Olefin Polymerization
- Biomass Conversion
- Heterogeneous Catalysis
Research Interests
- Electronic structure: Excited atoms, confined atoms, quantum dots, atoms embedded in plasmas
- Applications of q-analysis: q-bosons, q-Stirling numbers, the q-BCH formula
- Representation theory of the symmetric group. Partition identities
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