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.
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
- Chemical and Catalytic Reaction Engineering;
- Kinetic Instabilities, Reactor Dynamics and Control, Chaos, Spatio-Temporal Patterns;
- Reaction and Diffusion in Porous and Fractal Media;
- Membrane Reactors; Environmental Catalysis, Adsorption Columns;
- Application of DFT Methods to Study Pd-Catalyzed Reactions.
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
- 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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