Chemical and Biological Engineering: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Jennifer Dunn

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Climate Change, Environmental Sustainability, Pollution, Sustainable energy

Sam Kriegman

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Complex Systems, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Biodiversity, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Biotechnology, Design Thinking, Robotics

Joshua Nathaniel Leonard

McCormick School of Engineering

Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence,

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Cancer and Oncology, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biomedicine, Biotechnology, Cancer Treatment, Drug Development, Genetic Medicine and Health, HIV/AIDS, Immunology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Precision Medicine

Jeffrey Lopez

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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

Focus Areas: Climate Change, Electric Cars, Organic Chemistry, Robotics, Sustainable energy

Julius B. Lucks

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biophysics, Environmental Sustainability, Hunger, Food and Water Security, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

Justin M. Notestein

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

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

Focus Areas: Biofuels, Carbon Cycle, Molecular Bonds, Organic Chemistry, Sustainable energy

Arthur Prindle

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Biotechnology

Jeffrey J. Richards

McCormick School of Engineering

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering

Focus Areas: Environmental Sustainability, Infrastructure, Manufacturing

Krishna Shrinivas

McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Artificial Intelligence, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Physics and Astronomy, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, Biophysics, Cell Biology, Life Sciences, Machine Learning and Automation

Danielle Tullman-Ercek

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biosciences, Nanotechnology, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Antibiotic Resistance, Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines

Keith Edward Jaggard Tyo

McCormick School of Engineering

Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Field: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Global Health, Synthetic Biology

Focus Areas: Biochemistry, Biofuels, Biomaterials, Biophysics, Biotechnology