Materials Science: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Vinayak P. Dravid

McCormick School of Engineering

Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Entrepreneurship, Environmental Sustainability, Sustainable energy, Water Quality and Purification

Mark Hersam

Email Mark

McCormick School of Engineering

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Field: Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Information Systems and Technology

Pedram Khalili

McCormick School of Engineering

Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Field: Electrical Engineering, Materials Science, Nanotechnology

Focus Areas: Artificial Intelligence, 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, Machine Learning and Automation, Molecular Bonds, Quantum Mechanics, Solar Energy, Sustainable energy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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