MSE Departmental Faculty
Our world-class faculty engage in teaching and interdisciplinary research across many traditional and cutting-edge fields. Below is an alphabetical list of faculty with academic appointments within the department. Also listed are their affiliated MSE research areas. To learn more about each of our faculty members, click to view their profiles for information on their specific research activities, center and institute affiliations, and publications.
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Name: Ritesh Agarwal, Associate Professor, MSE Research Areas: Chemistry of Materials | Electron Microscopy | Electronic and Optical Properties | Energy | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Semiconductors Office: 308 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-573-3037 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: John L. Bassani, Professor and Chair, MEAM |
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Name: Dawn Bonnell, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Biomaterials | Ceramics | Electronic and Optical Properties | Materials Theory and Modeling | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Scanning Probe Microscopy | Semiconductors | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 116 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-6231 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Norman Brown, Professor Emeritus, MSE Office: 206 LRSM | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-8506 | View Profile |
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Name: Robert Carpick, Professor, MEAM Research Areas: Ceramics | Energy | Mechanical Behavior | Metals | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Scanning Probe Microscopy | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 251 Towne Building | Affiliation: Secondary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-4608 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: I-Wei Chen, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Biomaterials | Ceramics | Chemistry of Materials | Electronic and Optical Properties | Mechanical Behavior | Nanostructured Materials | Polymers | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 424 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-5163 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Russell Composto, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Biomaterials | Chemistry of Materials | Materials Theory and Modeling | Mechanical Behavior | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Polymers | Scanning Probe Microscopy | Surfaces & Interfaces | X-Ray & Neutron Scattering Office: 321 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-4451 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Ertugrul Cubukcu, Assistant Professor, MSE Research Areas: Office: LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-7975 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Peter K. Davies, Professor and Chair, MSE Research Areas: Ceramics | Chemistry of Materials | Electron Microscopy | Electronic and Optical Properties | Energy | Nanostructured Materials | X-Ray & Neutron Scattering Office: 200 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-1013 | View Profile |
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Name: Daniel Gianola, Assistant Professor, MSE Research Areas: Nanotubes and Nanowires | Electron Microscopy | Energy | Mechanical Behavior | Metals | Nanostructured Materials | X-Ray & Neutron Scattering Office: 205 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-7974 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Louis Girifalco, Professor Emeritus, MSE Office: 403 LRSM | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-3448 | View Profile |
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Name: Raymond J. Gorte, Professor, CBE Research Areas: Ceramics | Chemistry of Materials | Energy | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 311 Towne | Affiliation: Secondary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-4439 | View Profile |
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Name: Charles Graham, Professor Emeritus, MSE Office: 222 LRSM | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-8509 | View Profile |
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Name: A. T. Charlie Johnson, Professor, Physics Research Areas: Nanotubes and Nanowires | Electron Microscopy | Nanostructured Materials Office: 1A and 2A LRSM | Affiliation: Secondary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-9325 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Cherie Kagan, Professor, ESE Research Areas: Nanotubes and Nanowires | Chemistry of Materials | Electronic and Optical Properties | Energy | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Polymers | Semiconductors | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 254 Levine | Affiliation: Secondary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-573-4384 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Mahadevan Khantha, Senior Lecturer, MSE Research Areas: Nanotubes and Nanowires | Materials Theory and Modeling | Mechanical Behavior | Metals | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Semiconductors | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 221 LRSM | Affiliation: Academic Support Staff Email | Phone: 215-898-2913 | View Profile |
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Name: Campbell Laird, Professor Emeritus, MSE Office: 221 LRSM | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-6664 | View Profile |
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Name: Ju Li, Adjunct Professor, MSE Research Areas: Biomaterials | Energy | Materials Theory and Modeling | Mechanical Behavior | Metals | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials Office: MIT | Affiliation: Affiliated Faculty Email | Phone: 617-253-0166 | View Profile |
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Name: Charles McMahon, Jr.,Professor Emeritus, MSE Research Areas: Mechanical Behavior | Metals | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 400 LRSM | Affiliation: Emeritus Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-7979 | View Profile |
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Name: Christopher B. Murray, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Nanotubes and Nanowires | Ceramics | Chemistry of Materials | Electron Microscopy | Electronic and Optical Properties | Energy | Metals | Nanostructured Materials | X-Ray & Neutron Scattering Office: 322 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-0588 | View Profile |
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Name: David Pope, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Mechanical Behavior | Metals | Nanostructured Materials | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 206 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-9837 | View Profile |
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Name: Andrew M. Rappe, Professor, Chemistry Research Areas: Ceramics | Chemistry of Materials | Electronic and Optical Properties | Energy | Materials Theory and Modeling | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | X-Ray & Neutron Scattering Office: 264 Cret Building | Affiliation: Secondary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-8313 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Vivek Shenoy, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Computational Materials Science; Mechanical Behavior; Nanostructured Materials; Biomaterials; Physics of Materials; Surface and Interfaces Office: 309 LRSM | Phone: 215-898-1558 Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | View Profile |
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Name: David J. Srolovitz, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Computational and Theoretical Materials Science | Defects, Growth, Evolution and Deformation of materials Office: 409 LRSM | Phone: 215-898-8337 Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | View Profile |
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Name: Vaclav Vitek, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Materials Theory and Modeling | Mechanical Behavior | Metals | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 218 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-7883 | View Profile |
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Name: Karen Winey, Professor, MSE Research Areas: Biomaterials | Nanotubes and Nanowires | Chemistry of Materials | Electron Microscopy | Mechanical Behavior | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | Polymers | X-Ray & Neutron Scattering Office: 300 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-0593 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Shu Yang, Associate Professor, MSE Research Areas: Biomaterials | Chemistry of Materials | Electronic and Optical Properties | Nanostructured Materials | Polymers | Surfaces & Interfaces Office: 203 LRSM | Affiliation: Primary Faculty Email | Phone: 215-898-9645 | Research website | View Profile |
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Name: Taner Yildirim, Adjunct Professor, MSE Research Areas: Nanotubes and Nanowires | Energy | Materials Theory and Modeling | Nanostructured Materials | Physics of Materials | X-Ray & Neutron Scattering Office: 302 LRSM | Affiliation: Affiliated Faculty Email | Phone: 301-975-6228 | View Profile |





























