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Core Faculty

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Scott Barnett

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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David Barton

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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Michael Bedzyk

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Physics and Astronomy

Co-Director, Northwestern Synchroton Research Center

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Cécile Chazot

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Julia Weertman Professor in Materials Science and Engineering

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Yip-Wah Chung

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Mechanical Engineering

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Vinayak Dravid

Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Founding Director, Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization (NUANCE) Center

Founding Director, Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource, an NSF-NNCI Node

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David Dunand

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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Jonathan Emery

Associate Professor of Instruction

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Jennifer Fowlie

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (beginning on September 1, 2024)

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Nathan Gianneschi

Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

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Sossina Haile

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Professor of Applied Physics

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Mark Hersam

Chair of Materials Science and Engineering

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chemistry

Director, Materials Research Science and Engineering (MRSEC)

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Derk Joester

Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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Rajan Kumar

Assistant Professor of Instruction

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Lincoln Lauhon

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Co-Director, Applied Physics Program

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Erik Luijten

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry

Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Education

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Ian McCue

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Morris E. Fine Junior Professor in Materials and Manufacturing

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Chad Mirkin

George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology

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Monica Olvera de la Cruz

Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physics and Astronomy

Director, Center for Computation & Theory of Soft Materials

Deputy Director, Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science

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Amanda Petford-Long

Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Lab

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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Jonathan Rivnay

Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Director of PhD Admissions of Biomedical Engineering

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John Rogers

Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery (and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Dermatology)

Director, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics

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James Rondinelli

Walter Dill Scott Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Associate Chair of Materials Science and Engineering

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Christopher Schuh

Dean

John G. Searle Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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David Seidman

Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering

Founding Director of the Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT)

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Kenneth Shull

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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G. Jeffrey Snyder

Professor of Materials Science & Engineering

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Kathleen Stair

Professor of Instruction in Materials Science and Engineering

Assistant Chair of Materials Science and Engineering

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Samuel Stupp

Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering

Director, Simpson Querrey Institute

Director, Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science

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John Torkelson

Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

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Ryan Truby

Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

June and Donald Brewer Junior Professor

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Peter Voorhees

Frank C. Engelhart Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics

Co-Director, CHiMaD

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Chris Wolverton

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

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