PeopleCore Faculty
Michael Bedzyk
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Physics and Astronomy
Co-Director, Northwestern Synchroton Research Center
Cécile Chazot
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Julia Weertman Professor in Materials Science and Engineering
Vinayak Dravid
Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Founding Director, Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization (NUANCE) Center
Founding Director, Soft and Hybrid Nanotechnology Experimental (SHyNE) Resource, an NSF-NNCI Node
Nathan Gianneschi
Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science & Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Sossina Haile
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor of Applied Physics
Mark Hersam
Chair of Materials Science and Engineering
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Electrical and Computer Engineering and Chemistry
Director, Materials Research Science and Engineering (MRSEC)
Erik Luijten
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry
Associate Dean for Research and Doctoral Education
Ian McCue
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Morris E. Fine Junior Professor in Materials and Manufacturing
Chad Mirkin
George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering and Biomedical Engineering
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology
Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry and (by courtesy) Chemical and Biological Engineering, Physics and Astronomy
Director, Center for Computation & Theory of Soft Materials
Deputy Director, Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science
Amanda Petford-Long
Argonne Distinguished Fellow, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Lab
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Jonathan Rivnay
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Director of PhD Admissions of Biomedical Engineering
John Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery (and by courtesy Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Dermatology)
Director, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics
James Rondinelli
Walter Dill Scott Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Associate Chair of Materials Science and Engineering
David Seidman
Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering
Founding Director of the Northwestern University Center for Atom-Probe Tomography (NUCAPT)
Kathleen Stair
Professor of Instruction in Materials Science and Engineering
Assistant Chair of Materials Science and Engineering
Samuel Stupp
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering and (by courtesy) Biomedical Engineering
Director, Simpson Querrey Institute
Director, Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science
John Torkelson
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
Ryan Truby
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
June and Donald Brewer Junior Professor
Peter Voorhees
Frank C. Engelhart Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Co-Director, CHiMaD
Shih-Ting (Christine) Wang
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (beginning on February 1, 2025)
Assistant Professor, Feinberg School of Medicine (Pulmonary and Critical Care)
