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FACULTY DIRECTORY AND RESEARCH AREAS

CMSE faculty have varied interests and specialties that span the breadth of macromolecular science and engineering. 

MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 

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Drug Delivery, Chelating Polymers.

cbati@ufl.edu 

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Hydrogels, Stimuli Responsive Materials, Nanocomposites.

jandrew@mse.ufl.edu 

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Dynamic Networks, Polyesters, and Biodegradation.

guilhem.dehoe@ufl.edu

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Polymer Synthesis, Polyelectrolyte Complexation, Self-assembly.

aneitzel@ufl.edu

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Organic Electronics, Polymer Nanocomposites, Thin Films for Optoelectronics.

jxue@mse.ufl.edu

CHEMISTRY

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Supramolecular Chemistry, Organic Synthesis, Self-Assembly, Functional Molecules/Materials.

castellano@chem.ufl.edu

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Polymer Simulations, Membranes, Structure & Interactions, Macromolecular Design.

colina@chem.ufl.edu

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Sustainable Polymer Synthesis, Degradable Polymers, Green Chemistry.

miller@chem.ufl.edu

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Polymer Self Assembly, Scattering, Energy Absorping Materials.

savin@chem.ufl.edu

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Cyclic Polymer Synthesis & Applications, Conducting Polymers, Metallopolymers.

veige@chem.ufl.edu

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Polymer Synthesis, Controlled Architectures, Stimuli Responsive Materials.

sumerlin@chem.ufl.edu

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Organic Electronics, Network Dynamics, Supramolecular Interactions, Crystalline Soft Matter.

austinevans@chem.ufl.edu

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Amal Narayanan

Polymer Synthesis, Biomimetics, Soft Living Materials, Intracellular Phase Separation, Underwater Adhesives.

narayanana@ufl.edu

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Polymerization Catalysts, Polyolefin Synthesis, Surface Organometallic Chemistry.

searles@chem.ufl.edu

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Polymer Synthesis, Membranes, Aliphatic Polysulfones, Polyolefin and Metathesis Chemistry.

wagener@chem.ufl.edu

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

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Coating & Encapsulation of Inorganic Particules In Polymer Matrices.

carlos.rinaldi@ufl.edu

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Polymer Dynamics, Polyelectrolyte Physics, Brownian Dynamics Simulations.

butler@che.ufl.edu

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Conjugated Polymers, Nanocomposites, Electrochemistry, Photoelectrochemistry.

wontae.choi@ufl.edu

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Complex Fluids, Colloids, Interfacial Science, Electrokinetics, Rheology, Mathmatical Modeling, Computation.

h.chu@ufl.edu

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Catalytic Polymer Upcycling, Polymer Hydrogenolysis, DFT Simulations.

hibbitts@che.ufl.edu

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Polymer/Protein Assembly, Biomaterials, Nano/Micro-Patterned Thin Films, Scattering.

y.jang@ufl.edu

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Shape Memory Polymers, Stimuli-Responsive Materials, Nanostructured Coatings.

pjiang@che.ufl.edu

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Shape Memory Polymers, Stimuli-Responsive Materials, Nanostructured Coatings.

joshua.moon@ufl.edu

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Molecular Simulations, Rheology, Dispersity, Amorphous Polymers, Separations, Proteins.

jsampath@ufl.edu

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Natural Biopolymers, Biomaterials, Viscoelastic Materials/Rheological Properties, Crystalline Biopolymers.

whitney.stoppel@ufl.edu 

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Self-Assembly, Nanostructure Interactions, Xyloglucan Extraction, Hydrogel Synthesis.

kziegler@che.ufl.edu

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

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Magnetic Nanoparticle/Microparticle Polymer Composites For Biomedical Applications.

jdobson@ufl.edu 

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Peptides, Glycopeptides, Self-Assembly, Supramolecular Materials.

ghudalla@bme.ufl.edu

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Biomaterials For Immune Engineering.

bkeselowsky@bme.ufl.edu 

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Polymer synthesis, hydrogels, immuno-modulatory materials.

JLewis@bme.ufl.edu

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Polymer synthesis, hydrogels, immuno-modulatory materials.

schmidt@bme.ufl.edu

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Polymer synthesis, hydrogels, immuno-modulatory materials.

blanka.sharma@bme.ufl.edu

MECHANICAL & AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

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Rheology, Structure, Applications of Hydrogels, Microgels, Biopolymers, 3D Printing with Soft Matter

t.e.angelini@ufl.edu

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Multiphase, Poroelastic, Soft Tissue Mechanics, Transport, finite Element Models

msarnt@ufl.edu

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Hydrogels, Atomistic Modeling, Mechanical Behavior, Shockwave Propagation, Fracture

dspearot@ufl.edu

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