Graduate Faculty

Learn more about our graduate faculty by browsing the alphabetical listing below. You also may search for faculty by name, or research interest.

	James Adair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 407 Steidle Building (814) 863-6047 jha3@psu.edu
	Kofi Adu Assistant Professor of Physics Penn State Altoona, 158 LRC, 3000 Ivyside Park, Altoona, PA 16601 814-940-3335 cxa269@psu.edu
	Nasim Alem Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-210 Millennium Science Complex (814) 865-7928 nalem@psu.edu
	Andrea Arguelles Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics 409C Earth and Engineering Sciences Building arguelles@psu.edu
	Igor Aronson Huck Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Mathematics 504 Chemical and Biomedical Engineering Building 814-867-6260 isa12@psu.edu
	John Asbury Professor of Chemistry 112 Chemistry Building, University Park, PA 16802 814-863-6309 jasbury@psu.edu
	Saurabh Basu Assistant Professor 210 Leonhard Building 814-868-2447 sxb514@psu.edu
	Allison Beese Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 327 Steidle Building 814-865-1523 beese@matse.psu.edu
	Andrew Belmonte Professor of Mathematics and Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 322 McAllister Building (814) 865-2491 belmonte@math.psu.edu
	Jeffery Brownson Associate Professor of Energy and Mineral Engineering 212 Hosler Building / 265 MRL Building 814-867-4227 jrb52@psu.edu
	Wenwu Cao Professor of Mathematics 339 McAllister Building (814) 863-8895 cao@math.psu.edu
	Long-Qing Chen Hamer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-229 Millennium Science Complex (814) 863-8101 lqc3@psu.edu
	Huanyu Cheng Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics 307D Earth and Engineering Sciences Building University Park, PA 16802 huc24@psu.edu
	Sukwon Choi Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering 306 Reber Building 814-863-4355 sfc5185@psu.edu
	T.C. Mike Chung Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 302 Steidle (814) 863-1394 chung@matse.psu.edu
	Ralph Colby Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 305 Steidle (814) 863-3457 colby@matse.psu.edu
	Judith Copley Department Head of ESM, P.B. Breneman Chair 214 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building 814-863-0771 jat20@psu.edu
	Vincent Crespi Distinguished Professor of Physics, 326 Davey Lab 814-863-0163 vhc2@psu.edu
	Ismaila Dabo Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-241 Millennium Science Complex (814) 867-4886 dabo@matse.psu.edu
	Tarasankar DebRoy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 204 Steidle (814) 865-1974 debroy@matse.psu.edu
	Melik Demirel Professor, Engineering Science and Mechanics 212 Earth and Engineering Sciences University Park, PA 16802 814-863-2270 mcd18@psu.edu
	Aida Ebrahimi Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering 111-J Electrical Engineering West 814-865-6177 sue66@psu.edu
	Roman Engel-Herbert Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Physics Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-232 Millennium Science Complex (814) 867-4325 engel-herbert@matse.psu.edu
	Kristen Fichthorn Merrell R. Fenske Professor of Chemical Engineering 164 Fenske Lab (814) 863-4807 fichthorn@psu.edu
	Noel Giebink Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering 209H Electrical Engineering West 814-865-2229 ncg2@psu.edu
	Enrique Gomez Professor of Chemical Engineering 404 Steidle Building 814-867-3428 edg12@psu.edu
	Venkatraman Gopalan Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-212 Millennium Science Complex (814) 865-2910 gopalan@matse.psu.edu
	John Hellmann Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research Associate Dean for Graduate Education and Research, Department of Materials Science and Engineering 248 Deike Building (814) 865-0163 hellmann@matse.psu.edu
	Robert Hickey Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 403 Steidle Building (814) 863-7521 rjh64@psu.edu
	Michael Hickner Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 405 Steidle Building (814) 867-1847 hickner@matse.psu.edu
	Mark Horn Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics 305C EES Bldg. (814) 865-0332 mwh4@psu.edu
	Thomas Jackson Robert E. Kirby Chair Professor 216 Electrical Engineering West 814-863-8570 tnj1@psu.edu
	Jayme Keist Assistant Research Professor 4410M The 230 Building University Park, PA 16802 814 865 3940 jsk25@psu.edu
	Hojong Kim Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Department of Materials Science and Engineering 406 Steidle Building 814-865-3117 kim@matse.psu.edu
	Seong Kim Professor of Chemical Engineering, N-323 Millennium Science Complex (814) 863-4809 shkim@engr.psu.edu
	R. Allen Kimel Associate Teaching Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 225B Steidle (814) 865-5397 kimel@matse.psu.edu
	Sridhar Komarneni Distinguished Professor of Clay Mineralogy 205 Materials Research Laboratory 814-865-1542 komarneni@psu.edu
	Michael Lanagan Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics N-329 Millennium Science Complex (814) 865-6992 mxl46@psu.edu
	Patrick Lenahan Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics 101 Earth and Engineering Sciences Building University Park, PA 16802 814-863-4630 pml8@psu.edu
	George Lesieutre Professor of Aerospace Engineering 229 Hammond Building 814-863-0103 g-lesieutre@psu.edu
	Jingjing Li Associate Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 212 Leonhard Building 814-863-1300 jul572@psu.edu
	Zi-Kui Liu Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 326 Steidle (814) 865-1934 liu@matse.psu.edu
	Evangelos Manias Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 428 Steidle (814) 863-2980 manias@matse.psu.edu
	Jon-Paul Maria Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 207 Steidle Building 814-863-3391 jpm133@psu.edu
	Richard Martukanitz Director of Penn State's Center for Innovative Materials Processing through Direct Digital Deposition 4400D APPLIED SCIENCE BLDG 814-863-7282 rxm44@psu.edu
	John Mauro Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 333 Steidle Building 814-865-2130 jcm426@psu.edu
	Theresa Mayer Associate Dean for Research and Innovation N-229 Millennium Science Complex 814-863-8458 tsm2@psu.edu
	Randall McEntaffer Professor 505 Davey Lab (814) 863-6091 rlm90@psu.edu
	Gary Messing Distinguished Professor of Ceramic Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 307 Steidle (814) 865-2262 messing@matse.psu.edu
	Richard Meyer Senior Research Associate and Associate Professor of Materials 165 Applied Research Lab, University Park, PA 16802 814-865-9607 rjm150@psu.edu
	Suzanne Mohney Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and Electrical Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-209 Millennium Science Complex, 328 Steidle Building 814-863-0744 mohney@matse.psu.edu
	Arthur Motta Professor in the Nuclear Engineering Program 233 Hallowell Bldg (814) 865-0036 atm2@psu.edu
	Kwadwo Osseo-Asare Distinguished Professor of Metallurgy and Energy and Geo-Environmental Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 426 Steidle 814-865-4882 ako1@psu.edu
	Zoubeida Ounaies Professor of Mechanical Engineering 157B Hammond Building 814-867-4443 zxo100@psu.edu
	Todd Palmer Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering 147B Research West Building (814) 863-8865 palmer@matse.psu.edu
	Shashank Priya Associate Vice President for Research 303 Steidle Building 814-863-9657 sup103@psu.edu
	Clive Randall Director, Materials Research Institute Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-221 Millennium Science Complex 814-863-1328 car4@psu.edu
	Joan Redwing Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N336 Millennium Science Complex (814) 865-8665 redwing@matse.psu.edu
	Joshua Robinson Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-337 Millennium Science Complex 814-863-8567 robinson@matse.psu.edu
	Nitin Samarth Professor of Physics 104 Davey Lab (814) 863-0136 nxs16@psu.edu
	Raymond Schaak DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry 523 Chemistry Building (814) 865-8600 schaak@chem.psu.edu
	Justin Schwartz Harold and Inge Marcus Dean of Engineering 0101 Hammond Building 814-865-7537 jzs622@psu.edu
	Albert Segall Professor 403B Earth and Engineering Sciences Building 814-865-7829 axs18@psu.edu
	Abhronil Sengupta Assistant Professor 111K Electrical Engineering West 814-867-4776 sengupta@psu.edu
	Barbara Shaw Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics 403C Earth and Engineering Sciences Building 814-865-7828 bas13@psu.edu
	Feifei Shi Assistant Professor of Energy Engineering 154 Hosler 814-863-8852 feifeishi@psu.edu.
	Elzbieta Sikora Associate Teaching Professor and Graduate Programs Coordinator 403A Earth and Engineering Sciences Building 814-863-5571 exs36@psu.edu
	Jogender Singh Senior Scientist Department of Materials Science and Engineering 4000D Applied Science Building (814) 863-9898 jxs46@psu.edu
	Susan Sinnott Department Head, Materials Science and Engineering 221A Steidle Building 814-863-3117 sinnott@matse.psu.edu
	David Snyder Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering 181 The 230 Building (814) 865-9381 dsnyder@eoc.psu.edu
	Jorge Sofo Professor of Physics 210 Osmond Lab. (814) 777-3450 sofo@psu.edu
	Chunshan Song Distinguished Professor of Fuel Science, and Professor of Chemical Engineering C211 CUL 814-863-4466 csong@psu.edu
	Hongtao Sun Assistant Professor of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 220 Leonhard Building 814-865-1489 hongtao.sun@psu.edu
	Mauricio Terrones Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics 205A Osmond Building 814-865-0343 mut11@psu.edu
	Susan Trolier-McKinstry Steward S. Flaschen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Electrical Engineering N-227 Millennium Science Complex (814) 863-8348 trolier-mckinstry@matse.psu.edu
	Kenji Uchino Professor 134 Materials Research Laboratory 814-863-8035 kxu1@psu.edu
	Kenan Unlu Director of Radiation Science and Engineering Center 102 Breazeale Nuclear Reactor Building (814) 865-6351 kxu2@psu.edu
	Adrianus Van Duin Kenneth Kuan-Yun Kuo Early Career Professor 240 Research Building East (814) 863-6277 acv13@psu.edu
	Robert Voigt Professor and Graduate Program Coordinator 344 Leonhard Building 814-863-7290 rcv2@psu.edu
	Chao-Yang Wang William E. Diefender, Chair of Mechanical Engineering 338A Reber Building (814) 863-4762 cxw31@psu.edu
	Donghai Wang Professor of Mechanical Engineering 328 Reber Building 814) 863-1287 duw13@psu.edu
	Jian Wang Professor of Biomedical Engineering W-340 Millennium Science Complex 814-865-1278 jxy30@psu.edu
	Qing Wang Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Department of Materials Science and Engineering N-322 Millennium Science Complex 814-863-0042 wang@matse.psu.edu
	Mary Williams Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, Eberly College of Science 111 Ritenour Building 814-863-0284 mew17@psu.edu
	Nicholas Winograd Evan Pugh University Professor of Chemistry 209 Chemistry Building (814) 863-0001 nxw@psu.edu
	Douglas Wolfe Department Head of the Advanced Coatings at the Applied Research Laboratory and senior scientist; Room 119, 230 Building 814-865-0316 dew125@arl.psu.edu
	Tak Wong Principal Investigator N-330 Millennium Science Complex (814) 865-6122 tswong@psu.edu
	Lauren Zarzar Assistant Professor of Chemistry 436 Chemistry Building (814) 865-1316 ldz4@psu.edu
	Lauren Zarzar Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 436 Chemistry Building 814-865-1316 ldz4@psu.edu
	Qiming Zhang Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering N-219 Millennium Science Complex 814-863-8994 qxz1@psu.edu
	Sulin Zhang Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics and Bioengineering N-231 Millennium Science Building 814-865-7640 suz10@psu.edu
	Greg Ziegler Professor of Food Science 341 Rodney A. Erickson Food Science Building 814-863-2960 grz1@psu.edu