MaterialsResearchLaboratoryandCaliforniaNanoSystemsInstituteUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara

SoftMatterInterfaces(SMI)ConsortiumMeetingFacultyParticipants

MeganValentine,SMIMeetingCo-ChairAssociateProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringAssociateDirector,CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstituteValentine'sexperimentalresearchfocusesonunderstandingtheinterplayofstructure,dynamics,mechanics,andfunctioninbiologicalandbiologically-inspiredmaterials.Currentresearchfocusesontranslatingthestrength,toughnessandself-healingpropertiesoflivingsystemsinsyntheticcomplexfluidandpolymermaterials,anddevelopingnewbioinspiredapproachestoadhesivedesign.Email:valentine@engineering.ucsb.eduWebsite:https://me.ucsb.edu/valentinelab/

Ph.D.Physics,HarvardUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:FulbrightScholarAward;Paris,FranceNSFCAREERAwardBurroughsWellcomeCareerAward

MattHelgeson,SMIMeetingCo-ChairAssistantProfessorofChemicalEngineeringHelgeson'sresearchisdevotedtothedesignandprocessingofcomplexfluids,particularlythoseinvolvingcolloidalspecies(nanoparticles,emulsions,proteins,etc.)inself-assembling&structuredliquids(polymers,surfactants,etc.).Hisgroupdevelopsnovelinsituimagingandscatteringmethodsforprobingtheevolutionoffluidstructureanddynamicsduringprocessing.Theyapplythesemethodstounderstandhowprocessingcanleadtowell-specifiedmesostructureincomplexfluids,andhowsuchmesostructurecanbeusedtotailorthemechanicalandtransportpropertiesofsoftmaterials.Email:helgeson@engineering.ucsb.eduWebsite:http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/~helgeson/

Ph.D.ChemicalEngineering,UniversityofDelawareSelectedHonorsandAwards:EarlyCareerAward,DepartmentofEnergyNSFCAREERAwardUnileverAward,AmericanChemicalSocietyVictorK.LaMerAward,AmericanChemicalSociety

ChristopherBates,AssistantProfessorofMaterialsTheBatesgroupleverageschemistry,materialsscience,andphysicsincombinationwithsyntheticandphysicalexperimentaltechniquestodesign,create,andprobethestructureandpropertiesofsoftmatter.Currentendeavorsspanavarietyoftopicsincludingdynamiccomposites,mesostructurecontrol,energystorage,andconfinedcrystallization.Email:bates@engineering.ucsb.eduWebsite:https://materials.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/christopher-m-bates

Ph.D.Chemistry,TheUniversityofTexasatAustinSelectedHonorsandAwards:DSMScienceandTechnologyAwardAmericasReaxysPhDPrizeFinalistBenStreetmanPrize

MattBegley,ProfessorofMechanicalEngineering&Materials

Begley’sresearchfocusisontheoreticalmechanicsandadvancedsimulationstoguidematerialsdevelopment,withanemphasisonmultilayeredsystems,interfacesandcomposites.Additionally,hehasanactiveexperimentalgroupexploringnovel3Dprintingstrategiesfortwo-phasematerials,acousticassemblyofcolloidalparticles,andthestructuralintegrityofmicroelectronics.Thisworkdrawsonhisdeepexpertiseininterfacialfracturemechanics,adhesion,structure-propertyrelationshipsinmulti-phasematerials,numericaltechniquesforhighlynon-linearsystems,multiscaleplasticity,andmultifunctionalcomponentdesign.Email:begley@engr.ucsb.eduWebsite:http://www.engineering.ucsb.edu/~begley

Ph.D.MechanicalEngineering,UCSBSelectedHonorsandAwards:Fraunhofer-BesselAward,HumboldtFoundationNSFCAREERAward

BradChmelka,ProfessorofChemicalEngineeringCo-Director,InstituteforCollaborativeBiotechnologies,USARO,UCSB-MIT-CaltechChmelka'sresearchfocusesonthecorrelationofmacroscopicmaterialpropertiesandfunctionwithmolecularstructureanddynamics,particularlyinheterogeneousmacromolecularsolids.Hisgroupisactiveinsynthesizingandcharacterizingself-assembledinorganic-organicandmesoporousmaterialsforcatalysis,separations,andopto-electronicapplications.Effortsfocusonthedevelopmentandapplicationofnuclearmagneticresonancespectroscopymethodsforcharacterizingstructure,dynamics,adsorption,transport,andreactionpropertiesofnewsolid-statematerials.Email:bradc@engineering.ucsb.eduWebsite:https://chemengr.ucsb.edu/~ceweb/faculty/bradc

Ph.D.ChemicalEngineeringUCBerkeleySelectedHonorsandAwards:ForeignMember,RoyalSwedishAcademyofSciencesAlfredP.SloanFoundationResearchAwardDavidandLucilePackardFoundationAward

GlennFredrickson,ProfessorofChemicalEngineering&MaterialsDirector,MitsubishiChemicalCenterforAdvancedMaterialsDirector,ComplexFluidsDesignConsortiumFredricksonfocusesontheoreticalanalysisofcomplexfluidsandpolymersincludingsuspensions,polymersolutions,andmelts,andespeciallyblockandgraftcopolymers.Amajoreffortinvolvesthedevelopmentofnewcomputersimulationtoolsforanalyzingstatisticalfieldtheorymodelsofpolymersandsoftmatter--"fieldtheoreticsimulations"--andtheapplicationofsuchtoolstothedesignofimprovedcomplexfluidformulationsandhighperformancepolymermaterials.Email:ghf@mrl.ucsb.eduWebsite:http://www.mc-cam.ucsb.edu/fredrickson/

Ph.D.ChemicalEngineering,StanfordUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:Member,NationalAcademyofEngineeringFellow,AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience,AmericanAcademyofArts&Sciences

PolymerPhysicsPrize,AmericanPhysicalSocietyAlphaChiSigmaAward,AmericanInstituteofChemicalEngineers

JohnH.DillonMedal,AmericanPhysicalSociety

SongiHan,ProfessorofChemistry&ChemicalEngineeringHan'sexperimentalgroupisdevelopingnoveltechniquesandinnovativeapproaches,relyingonelectronandnuclearspinmagneticresonanceconceptstoinvestigatesoftmatterstructure-dynamics-propertyrelationshipswithunprecedentedsensitivity,resolutionandinformationcontent.Email:songi@chem.ucsb.eduWebsite:http://www.chem.ucsb.edu/hangroup/

Ph.D.Chemistry,AachenUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:Bessel,HumboldtAwardNIHInnovatorAwardPackardFellowshipforScienceandEngineeringNSFCAREERAward

CraigHawker,ProfessorofChemistry&Materials

Director,CaliforniaNanoSystemsInstituteHawker'sexperimentalgroupfocusesonthedesignandsynthesisofnanoscopicallydefinedmaterialsforapplicationsrangingfromnext-generationmicroelectronicdevicestopolymer-basedtherapeutics.Majoremphasisisondevelopmentofmethodsforfacilesynthesisoffunctionalizedmacromoleculeswithwell-controlledarchitectures.Email:hawker@mrl.ucsb.eduWebsite:http://hawkergroup.mrl.ucsb.edu/

Ph.D.Chemistry,UniversityofCambridgeSelectedHonorsandAwards:Member,NationalAcademyofInventorsFellowoftheRoyalSociety,AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS),&RoyalSocietyofChemistry(RSC)

ACSAwardinPolymerChemistryRCSCentenaryPrize

ElliotHawkes,AssistantProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringHawkes’sresearchfocusesonbringingtogetherdesign,mechanics,andnon-traditionalmaterialstoadvancethevisionofrobust,adaptable,human-saferobotsthatcanthriveintheuncertain,unstructuredworld.Currentprojectsinvolvebio-inspiredmicrostructuredadhesivematerials,non-linearcompliantmechanisms,high-powersoftactuators,andgrowingrobots.Email:ewhawkes@engr.ucsb.eduWebsite:https://me.ucsb.edu/people/elliot-hawkes

Ph.D.MechanicalEngineering,StanfordUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:ICRA2015BestStudentPaperAwardASME2015BestJournalPaperinBioinspiredSystems

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JacobIsraelachvili,ProfessorofChemicalEngineering&MaterialsIsraelachvili’sresearchismainlyexperimentalandfocusedintheareasofsurfaceforcemeasurements,colloidalinteractionsincomplexfluidsystemsandnano-structuredmaterials,adhesion,frictionandlubrication,andtheinteractionsofbiologicalmacromolecules,surfacesandmembranes.Email:jacob@engineering.ucsb.eduWeb:https://chemengr.ucsb.edu/~ceweb/ce/people/faculty/israelachvili/

Ph.D.ExperimentalPhysics,UniversityofCambridgeSelectedHonorsandAwards:Member,NationalAcademyofScienceMember,NationalAcademyofEngineeringFellow,RoyalSocietyofLondonFellow,AustralianAcademyofScienceFellow,AAASMRSMedalGoldMedalinTribology

RobertMcMeeking,ProfessorofMechanicalEngineering&MaterialsMcMeekingusestheoreticalandcomputationalapproachestotackleawiderangeofproblemsinSolidMechanics,Materials,andStructureswithparticularemphasisonfracture,plasticity,compositematerials,materialsprocessing,materialsdurability,multifunctionalmaterialsandstructures,thermalbarriercoatings,blastandfragmentresistantstructures,andbiomechanics.Email:rmcm@engineering.ucsb.eduWebsite:https://me.ucsb.edu/people/robert-mcmeeking

Ph.D.SolidMechanics,BrownUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:Member,NationalAcademyofEngineeringTimoshenkoMedal,AmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineering

WilliamPragerMedal,SocietyEngineeringScience

RachelSegalman,ProfessorofChemicalEngineering&MaterialsSegalmanworksoncontrollingthestructureandthermo-dynamicsoffunctionalpolymersincludingpolymerizedionicliquidsandsemiconductingandbioinspiredpolymers.Thishasledtoahostofnewandpromisingapplications,particularlyinplasticthermoelectricsEmail:segalman@engineering.ucsb.eduWebsite:http://www.segalman.mrl.ucsb.edu/

Ph.D.ChemicalEngineering,UCSBSelectedHonorsandAwards:JournalofPolymerScienceInnovationAwardJohnH.DillonMedal,AmericanPhysicalSocietyPECASEAwardAlfredP.SloanResearchFellowshipCamilleDreyfusTeacher-ScholarAward

JoanShea,ProfessorofChemistry&PhysicsResearchintheSheaGroupfocusesondevelopingandapplyingtechniquesofstatisticalandcomputationalphysicstothestudyofbiologicalandsoftmattersystems.Email:shea@chem.ucsb.eduWebsite:https://labs.chem.ucsb.edu/shea

Ph.D.PhysicalChemistry,MITSelectedHonorsandAwards:AlfredP.SloanResearchFellowshipDavidandLucilePackardAwardNSFCAREERAward

ToddSquires,ProfessorofChemicalEngineeringSquires'groupusesexperimentalandtheoreticaltoolstoaddressquestionsinvariousareasofmicro-scalefluidmechanicsandtransportscience:designinglong-rangeinteractionsincolloidalsuspensions,measuringandunderstandingrheologyandmechanicsofsurfactantinterfaces,interfacialpolymerizationandadsorption,andtransportprocessesinsoftmaterials.Email:squires@engineering.ucsb.eduWebsite:http://squerver.chemengr.ucsb.edu/

Ph.D.Physics,HarvardUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:GSOFTEarlyCareerAward,APSSoftMatterGroupFellow,AmericanPhysicsSocietyPierreGillesdeGennesPrizeCamilleDreyfusTeacher-ScholarAwardFrenkielAwardforFluidMechanicsBeckmanYoungInvestigatorNSFCAREERAward

KimberlyTurner,ProfessorofMechanicalEngineeringTurner'sresearchfocusesonthedesignanduseofMEMSdevicesandfabricationtechnologiestoadvancethedevelopmentofversatileadhesivesandnonlinearresonatorsystems,aswellasnewmethodsforsoftmaterialscharacterization.Email:turner@engineering.ucsb.eduWeb:http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~tmems/

Ph.D.TheoreticalandAppliedMechanics,CornellUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:NSFCAREERAward

HerbWaite,ProfessorofMCDBiology&BiochemistryWaite'sexperimentalresearchfocusesonunderstandingthestructure-functionrelationshipsinload-bearingmaterialsmadebymarineorganisms.Includedaremusselbyssusfordurableadhesivebondinginhostile,wetenvironments,highimpactbiopolymernetworksinpolychaetefangsandsquidbeak,aswellasshape-memoryproteinsfromwhelkeggcapsules.Throughexperimentalstudiesofnaturalandsyntheticmaterials,heaimstodevelopthefundamentaldesignprinciplesinvolvedinbio-adhesion,achievetranslationtosyntheticsystems,andpioneerasystemsapproachtowetbondingthatspansnano-tomacroscaledimensions.Email:waite@lifesci.ucsb.eduWebsite:https://www.mcdb.ucsb.edu/people/faculty/waite

Ph.D.Biochemistry,DukeUniversitySelectedHonorsandAwards:Fellow,AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience

3M-AdhesionSocietyAward(2009)fortheScienceofAdhesion