Department Chair
Izabela Szlufarska
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering and Department Chair
Contact: szlufarska@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1821
Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Research interests: Computational materials science, Mechanical behavior at the nanoscale, Defect behavior in semiconductors and insulators under irradiation, Solid/liquid interfaces, Nucleation and kinetics of medium range order ...
Faculty
Michael S. Arnold
Professor and Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies
Contact: michael.arnold@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3863
Chang-beom Eom
Raymond R. Holton Chair for Engineering and Theodore H. Geballe Professor
Contact: eom@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-6305
Research interests: Nanostructure fabrications of novel materials, Hetroepitaxy of complex oxide thin films and heterostructures
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
Paul Evans
Professor
Contact: pgevans@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6773
Research interests: X-ray diffraction, microscopy, and optics, x-ray probes for ultrafast dynamics, micro-and-nanoscale properties of magnetic materials, magnetism, domains and switching in ferroelectric materials, single-monolaye...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Dawei Feng
Y. Austin Chang Assistant Professor
Contact: dfeng23@wisc.edu
Courses: Click to see my courses
Padma Gopalan
Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
Contact: pgopalan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-4258
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research interests: Polymer Synthesis and Characterization, Electro-optic and Photonic Materials, Self-assembly of Block Copolymers, Photonic Devices, Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Chemistry
Franklin Hobbs
Assistant Teaching Professor
Contact: fhobbs@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3971
Research interests: Teaching and Learning, Course Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Earth and Natural Materials, Crystallography, Crystal Chemistry
Courses: Click to see my courses
Jiamian Hu
Associate Professor
Contact: jhu238@wisc.edu, (608) 262-6009
Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering
Jason Kawasaki
Associate Professor
Contact: jkawasaki@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3233
Also: Physics
Research interests:
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
Sebastian Kube
Assistant Professor
Contact: sebastian.kube@wisc.edu, (608) 890-1979
Also: Mechanical Engineering
Research interests: Autonomous materials discovery, Refractory alloys for extreme environments, Glass forming ability and structure of metallic liquids, Rapid solidification processing, Lab automation for high-throughput experimen...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Fang Liu
Assistant Professor
Contact: fang.liu3@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6141
Also: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research interests: Materials and devices for energy storage and conversion, batteries, solid electrolytes, high-throughput experimentation, advanced material characterizations, CO2 capture and utilization, sustainabili...
Dane Morgan
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering
Contact: ddmorgan@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5879
Also: College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Research interests: Computational materials science for materials design, Ab initio electronic structure and multiscale methods for large time / length scales and thermokinetics, Ab initio based modeling of electrochemical systems...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Hyunseok Oh
Assistant Professor
Contact: hyunseok.oh@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5211
Research interests: Alloy design, Complex-concentrated alloy, Steel, Aluminum, Thermomechanical processing, In-situ scanning electron microscopy, Synchrotron, Cryogenic, High temperature, Irradiation, Hydrogen environment, High ra...
Other affiliations: College of Engineering
John Perepezko
Professor
Contact: perepezk@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-1678
Research interests: Phase transformations, Interface reactions / coating design, Metastable and amorphous phases, Kinetics, Nucleation, Metal powders and high temperature intermetallic alloys, Rapid solidification, Microgravity pr...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Yuan Ping
Associate Professor
Contact: yping3@wisc.edu
Also: Physics
Research interests: Ping Group’s research focuses on developing theoretical and computational methods such as many-body perturbation theory and first-principles open quantum dynamics based on density-matrix formalism, to und...
Other affiliations: Chemistry
Daniel Rhodes
Assistant Professor
Contact: darhodes@wisc.edu
Also: Physics
Research interests: Single Crystal Synthesis, Superconductivity, 2-D Materials, Topological Materials (Dirac, Weyl, HOTI), Defect Kinetics
Courses: Click to see my courses
Ian Robertson
Professor and Dean of the College of Engineering
Contact: ian.robertson@wisc.edu
Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Courses: Click to see my courses
Kumar Sridharan
Grainger Professor; Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor,
Departments of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics and Materials Science & Engineering
Contact: kumar.sridharan@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4789
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Nuclear reactor materials research and development, Irradiation effects in materials, Corrosion of materials, High temperature materials, Physical metallurgy and mechanical behavior of materials, Ion implantati...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Manufacturing Systems Engineering Program
Donald Stone
Professor and Associate Chair of Graduate Studies
Contact: dsstone@wisc.edu
Research interests: Metals and alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites, amorphous alloys, biological materials, thin films, microscopic specimens, kinetics, thermodynamics, mechanical properties: creep, plasticity, fracture, scale ...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Engineering Mechanics
Dan J Thoma
Professor
Contact: dthoma@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3751
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics
Research interests: Autonomous materials Research, Metal additive manufacturing, Alloy design and development, Advanced materials for energy applications, Phase transformations for functional materials, Thermal analysis and dilato...
Paul Voyles
Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: paul.voyles@wisc.edu, (608) 265-6740
Research interests: Electron microscopy, including aberration-corrected Z-contrast STEM, microanalysis by EDS and EELS, and coherent electron nanodiffraction, growth, structure, and defects in functional materials, including spint...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Xudong Wang
Professor and Associate Chair of Named MS Studies
Contact: xudong@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-2667
Also: Biomedical Engineering
Research interests: Oxide nanomaterials growth and characterization, Piezoelectric nanostructures and nanodevices for mechanical energy harvesting, Semiconductor nanomaterials and devices for solar energy harvesting and energy sto...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Jun Xiao
Assistant Professor
Contact: jun.xiao@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2462
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research interests:
- Photo-induced nonequilibrium phenomena, ferroelectric, magnetic, correlated and topological transitions in quantum materials, THz optoelectronic materials and devices fo...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
Adjunct
Samuel L Zelinka
Adjunct Faculty
Contact: slzelinka@wisc.edu, (608) 231-9277
Research interests: Wood, wood-moisture relations, natural materials, corrosion, thermodynamics, kinetics
Affiliates
Dan Botez
Philip Dunham Reed Professor
Contact: botez@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 213-5483
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: High-power, spatially coherent semiconductor lasers, Photonic Crystal semiconductor lasers for high coherent-power generation, Quantum Cascade lasers
Courses: Click to see my courses
AJ Boydston
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Contact: aboydston@wisc.edu
Also: Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research interests: Additive manufacturing (3D printing), photoredox-catalyzed polymerizations, polymerizations in continuous flow, mechanochemistry
Other affiliations: Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering
Victor Brar
Assistant Professor of Physics
Contact: vbrar@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1139
Research interests: Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, 2D materials, magnetic materials, optics, metasurfaces, thermal emission
Curt Bronkhorst
Harvey D. Spangler Professor of Engineering
Contact: cbronkhorst@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2586
Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Theoretical/computational mechanics of materials, computational plasticity, multi-scale material modeling, damage mechanics, single crystal plasticity, dynamic material behavior, structural phase transformation...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Weibo Cai
Associate Professor
Contact: wcai@uwhealth.org, (608) 262-1749
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Molecular Imaging, Nanotechnology/Nanomedicine, Biomaterials, Positron Emission Tomography, Cancer Research, Cardiovascular Research, Radiochemistry
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Radiology
Rose Cersonsky
Conway Assistant Professor
Contact: rose.cersonsky@wisc.edu
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests:
Lianyi Chen
Kuo K. & Cindy F. Wang Associate Professor
Contact: lianyi.chen@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0664
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Additive manufacturing, metals design based on nanoelements, in-situ characterization, autonomous metals design and manufacturing, advanced materials and manufacturing technologies for fusion energy
Courses: Click to see my courses
Jennifer Choy
Dugald C. Jackson Assistant Professor
Contact: jennifer.choy@wisc.edu, (608) 263-6974
Also: Physics, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Quantum engineering; atomic and optical physics; nanophotonics; development and characterization of solid-state defects; quantum sensing using atoms and defects in solids; inertial navigation and timekeeping
Adrien Couet
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Professor
Contact: couet@wisc.edu, (608) 265-7955
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Nuclear Materials, Irradiation Damage, Corrosion of Metals and Alloys, Oxidation Model, Electrochemistry, Synchrotron Radiation, Defect Transport in Oxides
Courses: Click to see my courses
Wendy Crone
Karen Thompson Medhi Professor
Contact: crone@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-8384
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Experimental mechanics of materials, characterization hydrogels and biomaterials, therapeutic medical devices, stem cell mechanics
Melih Eriten
Associate Professor
Contact: eriten@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-4899
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Multiscale materials modeling (friction, energy dissipation, and failure in multiscale structures and systems; continuum and atomistic modeling of interfaces; dislocations; plasticity; delamination), Multiscale...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Shaoqin Sarah Gong
Vilas Distinguished Professor, Advancing Vision Science Chair Professor,
and RRF Edwin and Dorothy Gamewell Professor
Contact: shaoqingong@wisc.edu, (608) 316-4311
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Biomaterials (e.g., multifunctional drug nanocarriers, theranostic nanomedicines, and tissue engineering scaffolds), and functional devices., Prof. Gong's lab currently has openings for graduate stud...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, UW Carbone Cancer Center, UW Eye Research Institute, Wisconsin Institute for Discovery, Wisconsin Stem Cell Research Program
Sundaram Gunasekaran
Professor
Contact: guna@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1019
Also: Biological Systems Engineering
Research interests: Nanotechnology and biosensing for food, biological, biomedical, and environmental applications.
Chirag Gupta
Assistant Professor
Contact: cgupta9@wisc.edu
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests:
Quanyin Hu
Assistant Professor
Contact: qhu66@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3814
Research interests: Drug delivery, Cell engineering, Cell therapy, Immunotherapy, Nanotechnology/Nanomedicine, Biomaterials, Material Sciences
Robert Jacobberger
Assistant Professor
Contact: jacobberger@wisc.edu, (608) 265-4496
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Electronic, photonic, and quantum materials
- 2D, 1D, and 0D nanomaterials, Organic/molecular semiconductors, Mixed-dimensional heterostructures, , High-performance devices
Hongrui Jiang
Associate Chair for Graduate Studies, Lynn H. Matthias Professor in Engineering,
and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: hongruijiang@wisc.edu, (608) 265-9418
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: MicroElectroMechanical System, Microsensors and microactuators, BioMEMS and micro-optics, Microfluidics, Lab on chips, Biomimetics and bioinspiration
Courses: Click to see my courses
Song Jin
Professor of Chemistry
Contact: jin@chem.wisc.edu, (608) 262-1562
Research interests: Physical and chemical propertes of molecular-based materials, molecular electronics, nanoscale assembly techniques for molecular systems, chemical and structural characterization of surfaces, interfaces between...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Mikhail Kats
Jack St. Clair Kilby Professor and Antoine-Bascom Professor
Contact: mkats@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3984
Also: Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Optics and photonics; plasmonics; optoelectronics; light harvesting; device physics; nanoscale science. For detailed information please see my Extended Homepage (ht...
Irena Knezevic
Associate Chair for Academic Affairs,
Patricia and Michael Splinter Professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: irena.knezevic@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3383
Also: Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Quantum and semiclassical electronic transport in semiconductor nanostructures, Heat transport at the nanoscale. Nanostructured thermoelectrics, Decoherence and relaxation in nanostructures; transient and high-...
Other affiliations: Physics
Ying Li
Associate Professor
Contact: yli2562@wisc.edu, (608) 265-0577
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Mechanics of Materials, Polymer Physics, Soft Matter, Computational Mechanics, Computational Materials Science, Multiscale Modeling, Molecular Dynamics, Biomedical Systems, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Artifi...
David Lynn
Duane H. and Dorothy M. Bluemke Professor and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: david.lynn@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1086
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests:
- Polymers and soft materials, Surfaces and interfaces, Biomaterials and biotechnology, Gene and drug delivery, Synthesis and characterization, Controlled Release
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Chemistry
Zhenqiang Ma
Lynn H. Matthias Professor in Engineering & Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: mazq@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 261-1095
Also: College of Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Current Research Pursuits:Lattice mis-matched semiconductor heterostructures: materials, physics and related various device applications, Flexible/stretchable/wearable electronics/optoelectronics, Bioelectronic...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
Luke Mawst
Grainger STAR Professor in Engineering - On sabbatical leave, Spring Semester 2025
Contact: ljmawst@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1705
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Semiconductor lasers, metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) growth of semiconductors, III/V compound semiconductor materials and devices
Courses: Click to see my courses
Robert McDermott
Assistant Professor
Contact: rfmcdermott@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4476
Research interests: Condensed Matter: Quantum coherence and entanglement of superconducting integrated circuits, quantum-limited amplifiers, application of SQUIDs to magnetic resonance detection.
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
William L. Murphy
Harvey D. Spangler Professor & H.I. Romnes Faculty Fellow
Contact: wlmurphy@wisc.edu, (608) 265-9978
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Creation of new biomaterials using bioinspired approaches, Using biomaterials to define the stem cell microenvironment, Development of biomaterials for tissue regeneration (tissue engineering), New approaches f...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Dan Negrut
Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor
Contact: negrut@wisc.edu, (608) 772-0914
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Computer Sciences
Research interests:
Computer modeling and simulation of robots and autonomous vehicles, high performance computing, fluid-solid interaction
Courses: Click to see my courses
Tim Osswald
Kuo K. and Cindy F. Wang Professor Emeritus
Contact: tosswald@wisc.edu, (608) 263-9538
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Plastics Design, Extrusion, Injection Molding, Blow Molding, Film Blowing, Compression Molding, Composites, Modeling and Simulation in Polymer Processing and Composites, Biopolymers, Intellectual Property, Ethi...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center
Sean P. Palecek
Milton J. and A. Maude Shoemaker Professor
Contact: sppalecek@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8931
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Cellular engineering, tissue engineering, stem cells, cell and protein biosensors
Courses: Click to see my courses
Shubhra S Pasayat
Assistant Professor
Contact: shubhra@ece.wisc.edu, (608) 262-3781
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: MOCVD growth of Group III-nitrides and Oxides, Optoelectronics: Micro-LEDs, LASERs, RF and Power Electronics: HEMTs and MOSFETs, Bio-Photonics, Lattice Engineering , Quantum Materials, Porous and flexible ...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Frank Pfefferkorn
Professor
and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies
Contact: frank.pfefferkorn@wisc.edu, (608) 263-2668
Also: Materials Science and Engineering, Interdisciplinary Professional Programs, Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Research interests: Laser remelting-based polishing and structuring of metal alloys, Friction stir welding and processing, Friction surfacing / additive friction stir, Temperature measurement and control in manufacturing, Instrume...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Pavana Prabhakar
Charles G. Salmon Associate Professor
Contact: pavana.prabhakar@wisc.edu
Also: Mechanical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Damage and failure mechanics of architected composite materials; Advanced manufacturing of composite materials - additive manufacturing and composite fabrication; Design of durable and damage tolerant comp...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Mark Rzchowski
Associate Professor
Contact: mark@cheddar.physics.wisc.edu, (608) 265-2876
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
Darryl G. Thelen
John Bollinger Chair of Mechanical Engineering
& Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Professor
Contact: dgthelen@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1902
Also: College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Dynamics and control of human movement, Wearable sensors in biomechanics, Neuromuscular adaptation with age, injury and disease, Imaging of soft tissue mechanics, Application of biomechanics in orthopedics, reh...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Ramathasan Thevamaran
Bernard A. and Frances M. Weideman Associate Professor
Contact: thevamaran@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5724
Also: Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Mechanical behavior of structured materials | Dynamic properties | Hierarchical materials | Nanomaterials | Metamaterials | Wave propagation | Experimental techniques
Courses: Click to see my courses
Lih-Sheng Turng
Consolidated Papers Foundation Professor sponsored by the Mead Witter Foundation
Contact: turng@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0586
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Injection molding and innovative plastics manufacturing processes, bio-based polymers and tissue engineering scaffolds, microcellular injection molding (MuCell process), nanocomposites and electro-active polyme...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Bu Wang
Associate Professor
Contact: bu.wang@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8698
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Bu leads the Sustainable Materials Innovation Lab in the CEE department (SMIL-CEE). The lab's mission is to develop innovative and interdisciplinary technological solutions to address the urgent need for s...
Ying Wang
Dugald C. Jackson Assistant Professor
Contact: y.wang@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: 2D/quantum material physics and their device applications including advanced optoelectronics and information storage. And the exploration on quantum behaviors in such material systems can potentiall...
Other affiliations: Physics
Justin Williams
Vilas Distinguished Achievemet and Harvey D. Spangler Professor
Contact: jwilliams@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-3952
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Neural Engineering, BioMEMS, Microfluidics, Bio-fluidic interactions, Neural Rehabilitation, Neural Prostheses, Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Neurological Surgery
Huifang Xu
Assistant Professor
Contact: hfxu@geology.wisc.edu, (608) 265-5887
Research interests: Nano-structured nanoporous materials for environmental management, heterogeneous photocatalytic materials, biomimetic growth of crystals, andapplications of transmission electron microscopy and scanning transmi...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Geological Engineering
Filiz Yesilkoy
Assistant Professor
Contact: filiz.yesilkoy@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5112
Also: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Biosensors, Nanophotonics, Nanobiotechnology, Bioimaging and microscopy techniques, Spectroscopy, Biomedical devices and instrumentation, Micro-Nano Fabrication, Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-chip devices
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Chemistry
Yongfeng Zhang
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor
Contact: yzhang2446@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3779
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Multiscale modeling and simulation:Nuclear fuels and materials , Defect thermodynamics and kinetics , Irradiation effect , Mechanical degradation , Cossion and stress corrosion cracking ...
Emeritus Faculty
Susan Babcock
Professor Emerita
Contact: babcock@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-5696
Research interests: Crystal defect microstructures, microstructure in films and engineered substrates of/for compound semiconductors, applications of electron microscopy and atom probe tomography in materials research ,
Courses: Click to see my courses
Bezalel C. Haimson
Professor Emeritus
Contact: bhaimson@wisc.edu, (608) 262-2563
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: Rock mechanics, failure modes in rocks, true triaxial strength criteria, borehole instability and breakouts, strain localization in high porosity sandstones and compaction bands, rock stress and in situ stress ...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Eric E. Hellstrom
Professor Emeritus
Contact: hellstrom@engr.wisc.edu, (850) 645-7489
Also: Materials Science Program
Research interests: Synthesis, characterization and application of electrical ceramics, solid electrolytes, high-temperature oxide superconductors
Courses: Click to see my courses
Sindo Kou
Professor
Contact: kou@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0576
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: My research work has been on understanding and controlling cracking, segregation, microstructure and transport phenomena during welding, casting and crystal growth. Examples of my current interests in welding i...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Max G. Lagally
Erwin W. Mueller Professor and Bascom Professor of Surface Science
Contact: lagally@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 332-4581
Research interests: Nanoscale properties of surfaces, interfaces, thin films, and dimensionally confined structures, Atom-scale mechanisms of film growth: Group IV semiconductors, nano-strain engineering, silicon nanomembranes, re...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
Roderic Lakes
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Contact: lakes@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-8697
Also: Biomedical Engineering, Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Novel materials including composites and cellular solids, Viscoelastic materials, Biomechanics and bio-materials, Experimental characterization of materials, Extreme physical properties
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Rheology Research Center
David Larbalestier
Professor Emeritus
Contact: larbales@engr.wisc.edu
Also: Materials Science Program
Research interests: Metallurgical manufacturing processes, solidification in casting/welding operations, ductile cast irons, struture morphology, aluminum casting alloys, refinement/modification, primary phase morphology, thermal ...
Courses: Click to see my courses
Other affiliations: Physics
Administrative Staff
Julie Breitbach
Accountant II
Contact: julie.breitbach@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5960
Also: College of Engineering
Emma Conway
Communication Specialist
Contact: eeconway@wisc.edu, (608) 263-1564
Also: College of Engineering
Brandon Denney
Research Administrator
Contact: mbdenney@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4750
Also: College of Engineering
Cheryl Harris
Administrative Manager
Contact: cjharris5@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1608
Also: College of Engineering
Chris Kailhofer
Senior Instrumentation Technologist
Contact: chris.kailhofer@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8175
Director of Development
Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) Staff
Student Services Staff
Janna Pollock (she/her)
Graduate Advisor
Contact: janna.pollock@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2756
Also: College of Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering
Technical Staff
Ryan Jacobs
Scientist II
Contact: rjacobs3@wisc.edu
Research interests: My work combines atomistic modeling, data science and machine learning to understand the structure and properties of materials at the atomic scale to understand, discover and design novel functional ...
