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Chemical Engineering Faculty

Dr. Julia Fulghum
Professor
Department Chair
Ph: (505) 277-5431
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: jfulghum@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Materials and device characterization and development
  • Data visualization and analysis
Dr. Tim L. Ward
Professor
Associate Chair
Ph: (505) 277-2067
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: tlward@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Aerosol processes
  • Aerosol synthesis of materials
  • Ceramic membrane fabrication and characterization
Dr. C. Jeffrey Brinker
Professor
Ph: (505) 272-7627
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: cjbrink@sandia.gov

Research Interests:
  • Synthesis and processing of porous and composite nanostructores
  • Sol-gel processing
  • Thin films and membranes
Dr. Joseph Cecchi
Professor and SOE Dean
Ph: (505) 277-5522
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: cecchi@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Electronic materials and thin films
  • Plasma etching and deposition
Dr. Abhaya Datye
Distinguished Professor
Ph: (505) 277-0477
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: datye@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Heterogeneous catalysis
  • Electron microscopy
  • Materials characterization
Dr. Ronald Loehman
UNM/National Lab Professor
Ph: (505) 272-7601
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: loehman@unm.edu




Research Interests:
  • Glass-metal and ceramic-metal bonding and interfacial reactions
  • Preparation and properties of nitrogen ceramics and glasses
  • Crystallization of glasses
  • Electrical and thermal behavior of ceramics and glasses
Dr. Gabriel Lopez
Professor
Ph: (505) 277-4939
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: gplopez@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Biointerface science and engineering
  • Biosensors
  • Microfluidics
Dr. John Curro
UNM/National Lab Adjunct Professor
Ph: (505) 272-7129
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: jgcurro@sandia.gov 		Research Interests:
  • Computational modeling of polymers
  • Polymer blends and networks
  • Polymers nea surfaces
Dr. Plamen Atanassov
Associate Professor
Ph: (505) 277-2640
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: plamen@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Electrochemical and sensor systems
Dr. Sang Han
Associate Professor
Ph: (505) 277-3118
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: meister@unm.edu

Research Interests:
  • Compound semiconductor quantum devices
  • Heterogeneous surface phenomena
  • Micro/nanofluidic separations
Dr. Heather Canavan
Assistant Professor
Ph: (505) 277-8026
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: canavan@unm.edu

Research Interests:
  • Cell/surface interactions
  • “Smart” surfaces
  • Biomaterials for tissue engineering applications
Dr. Eva Chi
Assistant Professor
Ph: (505) 277-5431
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: evachi@unm.edu



Research Interests:
  • Biomolecular engineering
  • Protein interfacial dynamics
  • Protein misfolding and aggregation in human diseases
  • Stability and formulation of therapeutic proteins
Dr. Elizabeth Dirk
Assistant Professor
Ph: (505) 277-5906
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: edirk@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Tissue engineering
  • Biomaterials
  • Drug delivery
Dr. Jeremy Edwards
Assistant Professor
Ph: (505) 272-5465
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: jsedwards@salud.unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • DNA sequencing technologies for sequencing the cancer genome
  • Spatial-temporal modeling of signal networks
Dr. Dimiter Petsev
Assistant Professor
Ph: (505) 277-3221
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: dimiter@unm.edu 		Research Interests:
  • Complex fluids
  • Nanoscience
  • Electrokinetic phenomena
Dr. Dmitri Ivnitski
Research Professor
Ph: (505) 277-7952
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: ivnitski@unm.edu
Dr. Scott Sibbett
Research Professor
Ph: (505) 277-2803
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: ssibbett@unm.edu
Dr. Harry Weaver
Research Professor
Ph: (505) 277-8446
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: hweaver@unm.edu
Dr. David Whitten
Research Professor
Ph: (505) 277-5736
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: whitten@unm.edu



Research Interests:
  • Biosensors
  • Conjugated polymer photophysics
  • Bioactivity in films and interfacial assemblies
  • Multicomponent sysetms and their application
Dr. Ravil Sitdikov
Research Assistant Professor
Ph: (505) 277-6112
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: sitdikov@unm.edu
Dr. Sergio Mendez
Post Doctoral Fellow
Ph: (505) 277-9890
Fx: (505) 277-5433
Email: cosmos@unm.edu