Materials Science: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Vinayak P. Dravid

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Medical Imaging, Therapeutics

Mark Hersam

Email Mark

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Information Systems and Technology

Kevin L. Kohlstedt

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Research Associate Professor of Chemistry

Field: Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biophysics, Energy and Sustainability, Machine Learning and Automation, Molecular Bonds, Quantum Mechanics, Solar Energy

Jeffrey Lopez

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Data Science, Materials Science

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Electric Cars, Energy and Sustainability, Organic Chemistry, Robotics

Chad Mirkin

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Nanomedicine

Milan Mrksich

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science

Focus Areas: Cancer Treatment, Cell Biology, Drug Development

Justin M. Notestein

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Carbon Cycle, Energy and Sustainability, Molecular Bonds, Organic Chemistry

Teri W. Odom

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry

Field: Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Nanomedicine

John Rogers

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Bioelectronics, Haptics, Nanomedicine, Wearable Technology

Nathaniel P. Stern

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Physics and Astronomy

Focus Areas: Atomic Physics, Fiber-optics, Information Systems and Technology, Quantum Mechanics

Samuel Stupp

McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Nanomedicine, Regenerative Medicine, Solar Energy