Interdisciplinary Research Groups
IRG 1: Peptide Active Materials (PAMs)
Computationally designed peptides for targeted nanostructures, motion, and simple machines
Computational Design – Modeling
Molecule Synthesis
Molecule Assembly
Structure & Properties
April Kloxin
IRG1 Co-Lead
Associate Department Chair & Professor, CBE & MSE
University of Delaware
akloxin@udel.edu
Darrin Pochan
IRG1 Co-Lead
Distinguished Professor, MSE
University of Delaware
pochan@udel.edu
Alexandra V. Bayles
IRG1 Seed
Assistant Professor, CBE
University of Delaware
avbayles@udel.edu
Eric Bloch
Paul Butler
Staff Scientist
Center for Neutron Research
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
paul.butler@nist.gov
Wilfred Chen
Professor, CBE
University of Delaware
wilfred@udel.edu
Thomas Epps, III
MRSEC Director
Professor, CBE & MSE
University of Delaware
thepps@udel.edu
Joseph Fox
Professor, CHEM
University of Delaware
jmfox@udel.edu
Eric Furst
Professor, CBE
University of Delaware
furst@udel.edu
Thomas E. Hanson
Professor, School of Marine Science & Policy / DBI
University of Delaware
tehanson@udel.edu
Xinqiao Jia
Professor, BISC, BME, & MSE
University of Delaware
xjia@udel.edu
Christopher Kloxin
Associate Professor, CBE & MSE
Director of Peptide-Protein Materials Center
cjk@udel.edu
LaShanda Korley
MRSEC Co-Director
Distinguished Professor, CBE & MSE
University of Delaware
lkorley@udel.edu
Jeffery Saven
Professor, CHEM
University of Pennsylvania
saven@sas.upenn.edu
IRG 2: Hybrid Quantum Materials with Emergent Terahertz Functionalities (HQ-METs)
Understanding and controlling interfaces and transduction to create hybrid materials with emergent THz functionalities
Growth
Theory/Design
Characterizations
Matthew Doty
IRG2 Co-Lead, Facilities Director
Professor, MSE
University of Delaware
doty@udel.edu
Joshua Zide
IRG2 Co-Lead
Department Chair, MSE
University of Delaware
zide@udel.edu
Garnett Bryant
Group Leader, Atomic-Scale Device Group
Fellow, Joint Quantum Institute
Nanoscale Device Characterization Division
National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST)
garnett.bryant@nist.gov
Chitro Chakraborty
IRG2 Seed
Assistant Professor, MSE & PHYS
University of Delaware
cchakrab@udel.edu
Lars Gundlach
Professor, CHEM & PHYS
University of Delaware
larsg@udel.edu
Anderson Janotti
Professor, MSE
University of Delaware
janotti@udel.edu
Benjamin Jungfleisch
Associate Professor, PHYS
University of Delaware
mbj@udel.edu
Stephanie Law
Branislav Nikolić
Professor, PHYS
University of Delaware
bnikolic@udel.edu
Thomas Searles
IRG2 Seed
Associate Professor, ECE
University of Illinois – Chicago
tsearles@uic.edu
Xi Wang
IRG2 Seed
Assistant Professor, MSE
University of Delaware
wangxi@udel.edu
John Xiao
Professor, PHYS
University of Delaware
jqx@udel.edu
Department Abbreviations
BISC – Biological Sciences
BME – Biomedical Engineering
CBE – Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
CHEM – Chemistry & Biochemistry
ECE – Electrical & Computer Engineering
MSE – Materials Science & Engineering
PHYS – Physics & Astronomy