CBE Faculty
Szu-Wen Wang, Ph.D.
Interim Department Chair and Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Biomedical
Engineering
Research Interests: Bioinspired materials, immunomodulatory materials, nanoparticle vaccines, therapeutics,
protein engineering, drug delivery
Email: wangsw@uci.edu
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Tayloria Adams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Anatomy and Neurobiology
Research Interests: Dielectrophoresis, microfluidic devices, stem cells, biomarker development, cell membrane biophysics, cell sorting
Email: tayloria@uci.edu
Herdeline Ann Ardoña, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Chemistry
Research Interests: Biomaterials, self-assembly, optoelectronics, stimuli-responsive materials, in vitro tissue models, biosensors
Email: hardona@uci.edu
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Chancellor’s Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Electrocatalysis and electrocatalysts for energy conversion processes; bio-electrocatalysis and energy harvesting systems
Email: plamen.atanassov@uci.edu
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Nancy Da Silva, Ph.D.
Professor of Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: Molecular biotechnology, metabolic engineering and synthetic biology, eukaryotic expression systems, biorenewable chemicals
Email: ndasilva@uci.edu
Alon Gorodetsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Chemistry
Research Interests: Cephalopods, adaptive materials, camouflage, bioelectronics
Email: alon.gorodetsky@uci.edu
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Ryan Hayes, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Computational protein engineering, therapeutics, biocatalysis, drug design, molecular simulation
Email: rhayes1@uci.edu
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Han Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, biomanufacturing renewable chemicals, protein engineering
Email: han.li@uci.edu
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Ali Mohraz, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Associate Dean of Graduate and Professional Studies
Research Interests: Colloid science, soft matter engineering with applications in health care and energy materials
Email: mohraz@uci.edu
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Elizabeth Read, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Dynamics of complex biochemical systems, stochastic processes in cell biology, computational modeling
E-mail: elread@uci.edu
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Erdem Sasmaz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis and nanoparticle synthesis for clean energy production and carbon dioxide utilization
Email: esasmaz@uci.edu
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Quinton Smith, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Interests: Pluripotent stem cells, regenerative medicine, organoids, microfluidics, tissue engineering
Email: quintons@uci.edu
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Vojislav Stamenkovic, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Chemistry
Research Interests: Energy conversion and storage, surface modifications, thin films, nanoscale synthesis, electrochemical interfaces, fuel cells, electrolyzers and batteries
Email: vrstamen@uci.edu
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Vasan Venugopalan, ScD
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; Mechanical
and Aerospace Engineering; Surgery
Research Interests: Laser-generated thermal, mechanical and radiative transport processes for application in medical diagnostics, imaging, therapeutics, and biotechnology
Email: vvenugop@uci.edu
Lily Wu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Teaching, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering;
Faculty Director of International Programs, Samueli School of Engineering
Research Interests: Engineering education, experiential learning, project-based learning, collaborative learning, online and hybrid modality
Email: lwu@uci.edu
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Iryna Zenyuk, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Director, National Fuel Cell Research Center
Research Interests: Renewable energy, fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, X-ray imaging techniques, multi-scale modeling, transport phenomena