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December 17, 2024
Chase Brown Assistant Professor EMAIL Office: Research I, Room 215 Email: chase.brown@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Google Scholar LinkedIn Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Chase Brown is a materials engineer and neuroscientist who develops tools across the fields of nanomaterials, photonics, bioinformatics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to facilitate the automation of scientific discovery. He has a…

December 16, 2024
Yuxun Ren Assistant Professor Office: Research I, Room 150 Email: yuxun.ren@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Energy Storage System Lab Google Scholar Biography Research Publications Awards News BIOGRAPHY Yuxun Ren obtained his doctoral degree in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2019. From 2019 to 2023, he received postdoc training…

August 7, 2024
David Mitchell Associate Professor Office: ENG 2, Room 417 Email: david.j.mitchell@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Xtremes Lab Google Scholar Biography Research Publications Awards News BIOGRAPHY David Mitchell is an associate professor with a joint appointment in the Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace departments. He is a faculty member of the Center for Advanced…

August 7, 2024
Rachna Rachna Lecturer Office: ENG I Email: rachna.rachna@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Biography News BIOGRAPHY Rachna completed her Ph.D. in 2021 from the National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Her research was centered on the innovative green synthesis of nanomaterials and exploring their applications in the degradation of organic contaminants. Following the completion of her doctorate,…

August 7, 2024
Aleksandra Petelski Assistant Professor Office: ENG I, Room 115 Email: aleksandra.petelski@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Google Scholar LinkedIn Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Aleksandra A. Petelski-Kulik earned her Ph.D. in bioengineering from Northeastern University, and her bachelor’s in biomedical engineering and master’s in materials engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. During her doctoral training in the Slavov…

August 7, 2024
Needa Brown Assistant Professor Office: Biomedical Sciences, Room 438 Email: needa.brown@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 NanoBio Lab Biography Research Publications Awards News BIOGRAPHY Needa Brown joined the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering in fall 2024 as an assistant professor under the Infectious Disease and Travel Health Initiative. Her research is centered around understanding and leveraging…

August 7, 2023
Liping Yu Associate Professor Office: ENG I, Room 418 Email: liping.yu@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Google Scholar Biography Research Publications Awards News BIOGRAPHY Liping Yu is an associate professor who joined the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering Department under the Semiconductor Initiative in fall 2023. Before that, he was an assistant professor of physics at…

July 28, 2023
Leland Nordin Assistant Professor Office: CREOL, Room A235 Email: leland.nordin@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Advanced Photonic Devices Lab Google Scholar Biography Research Publications Awards News BIOGRAPHY Leland Nordin is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida, holding a joint appointment between the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the College of Optics and Photonics…

July 28, 2023
Ehsan Shirzaei Sani Assistant Professor Office: ENG I, Suite 207 Email: ehsan.shirzaeisani@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Google Scholar Biography Research Publications Awards News BIOGRAPHY Ehsan Sani joined the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering as an assistant professor in fall 2023 under the UCF Infectious Disease and Travel Health Initiative. He specializes in advanced multifunctional and multimodal…

July 28, 2023
Shruti Vyas Assistant Professor Office: ENG I, Room 408 Email: shruti@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Google Scholar Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Vyas completed her doctoral degree in chemical engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2016 and her undergraduate degree from IIT Varanasi in 2009. She has three years of post-undergraduate industrial experience, working in process…

July 28, 2023
Paria Gharavi Assistant Professor Office: ENG I, Room 208 Email: paria.gharavi@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Google Scholar LinkedIn Gharavi Lab Biography Research Publications Awards News BIOGRAPHY Paria Gharavi is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida, which she joined in August 2023. She received her master’s and doctoral degrees…

August 21, 2020
Laurene Tetard Associate Professor Affiliated Faculty, Nanoscience Technology Center Physics Department Email: Laurene.Tetard@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-0128 Google Scholar Biography Research News BIOGRAPHY Dr. Tetard received her PhD in Physics from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, in 2010. She spent two years (2011-2013) as Eugene P. Wigner Fellow and Research Staff in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak…

August 21, 2020
Julie Brisset Florida Space Institue Email: julie.brisset@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-6168 Google Scholar Biography News BIOGRAPHY Dr. Julie Brisset earned her Ph.D. in 2014 at the University of Braunschweig in Germany. She is currently a research associate at the Florida Space Institute and at the Center for Microgravity Research at UCF. Her research interests are focused around the behavior…

July 18, 2019
Yongho Sohn Pegasus Professor, Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering Office: ENG I, Room 211 Email: yongho.sohn@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-1181 Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Additive Manufacturing Google Scholar Biography Research News BIOGRAPHY Yongho Sohn is a Pegasus Professor and a Lockheed Martin Professor of Engineering. Dr. Sohn joined UCF in January 2001 as an assistant professor. He is an…

July 18, 2019
Sudipta Seal Professor and Department Chair EMAIL Office: ENG I, Room 207 Email: sudipta.seal@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-5277 Nano Biomaterials Manufacturing Group Google Scholar Biography Research News BIOGRAPHY Sudipta Seal joined the Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center and UCF  in 1997. He has been consistently productive in research, instruction and service to UCF since 1998. He…

July 18, 2019
Yeonwoong “Eric” Jung Associate Professor Office: Research Pavilion, Room 487 Email: yeonwoong.jung@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-1033 Jung Research Group Google Scholar Biography Research Publications News Biography Yeonwoong “Eric” Jung is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he also holds appointments in the NanoScience Technology Center…

July 18, 2019
Tengfei Jiang Associate Professor Office: ENG I, Room 452 Email: tengfei.jiang@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-2284 Jiang Research Group Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Tengfei Jiang is an Associate Professor in the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Education: Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio…

July 18, 2019
Yajie Dong Associate Professor Email: yajie.dong@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-3806 Dong Research Group Biography Research News BIOGRAPHY Yajie Dong is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He also holds joint appointments at the NanoScience Technology Center and CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics. Education:…

July 18, 2019
Parag Banerjee Professor Lead, Catalysis Faculty Cluster Office: Research 1, Room 208 Email: parag.banerjee@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-0190 Banerjee Lab Google Scholar Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Parag Banerjee is a Professor in the UCF Department of Materials Science and Engineering, where he also leads the Catalysis Faculty Cluster. He joined UCF in 2018. Professional Experience: Associate…

July 17, 2019
Lorraine Leon Associate Professor Office: ENG I, Room 210 Email: lorraine.leon@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-5378 Biomolecular Engineering Lab Google Scholar Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Lorraine Leon is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She joined UCF as an Assistant Professor in January 2017. Education: Ph.D. in Chemical…

July 17, 2019
James Fenton Professor Director of Florida Solar Energy Center Office: FS 1, Room 208A Email: fenton@fsec.ucf.edu Phone: 321-638-1002 Biography News BIOGRAPHY James M. Fenton is the Director of the UCF Florida Solar Energy Center, where he leads a staff of 90 in the research and development of energy technologies that enhance Florida’s and the nation’s economy and…

July 17, 2019
Yang Yang Associate Professor Office: Research Pavilion, Room 423 Email: yang.yang@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-1180 Yang Research Group Google Scholar Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Yang Yang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), with affiliations in the NanoScience Technology Center. He joined UCF in 2015.…

July 17, 2019
Swaminathan Rajaraman Associate Professor Office: Research I, 237 Email: swaminathan.rajaraman@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-4339 NanoBioSensors & Systems Lab Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) in Electrical EngineeringM.S., University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) in Electrical EngineeringB.S., Bharathidasan University (India) in Electronics Engineering RESEARCH Micro and nanofabrication technologies Neuroengineering Micro and nanofabrication on…

July 17, 2019
Kris Davis Associate Professor Office: Research I, Room 150H Email: kristopher.davis@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-2415 Data-Enabled Photovoltaics Rsearch Group Google Scholar Biography Research News BIOGRAPHY Kris Davis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He is also affiliated with CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics,…

July 17, 2019
Raj Vaidyanathan Professor Office: ENG I, Room 111 Email: raj@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-1180 Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Dr. Raj Vaidyanathan joined UCF in 2001 in the Mechanical, Materials and Aerospace Engineering Department and is currently a Professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department. He is a recipient of several teaching and research awards including a…

July 17, 2019
Jayan Thomas Professor Office: Research Pavilion, Room 480 Email: jayan.thomas@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-0196 Nano Energy-Photonics Group Biography Research News BIOGRAPHY Jayan Thomas is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), with joint appointments in the NanoScience Technology Center and CREOL, The College of Optics and Photonics. Education: Postdoctoral…

July 17, 2019
Kaitlyn Crawford Associate Professor Office: ENG I, Room 446 Email: kcrawford@ucf.edu Phone: 407-266-7090 Functional Emergent Materials Lab Google Scholar Biography Research News BIOGRAPHY Kaitlyn Crawford is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). She joined UCF in August 2017 as an Assistant Professor and is…

July 17, 2019
Jiyu Fang Professor AMPAC Director, Graduate Program Coordinator Office: ENG I, Room 207B Email: jiyu.fang@ucf.edu Phone: 407-882-1517 Biography Research Publications News BIOGRAPHY Jiyu Fang is a Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF). He serves as the director of the Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC)…

July 17, 2019
Dan Zhou Instructor Email: dan.zhou@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-2175 ResearchGate Biography News Dan Zhou is an Instructor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF) LATEST NEWS Dan Zhou is an Instructor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF) LATEST NEWS

July 17, 2019
Akihiro Kushima Associate Professor Office: Research I, Room 277 Email: kushima@ucf.edu Phone: 407-823-0317 Google Scholar Biography Research Publications News Akihiro Kushima is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida (UCF), with affiliations in the Advanced Materials Processing and Analysis Center (AMPAC) and the NanoScience Technology Center.…