Researchers

Ahn, Chong H.: Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
Research Interests: BioMEMS/NEMS, nanowires, nanobiosensors, smart lab-on-a- chip (LOC), microfluidics and nanofluidics, bioelectronics, protein biochips, and point-of-care testing (POCT) clinical diagnostics.
Website: http://www.BioMEMS.uc.edu

Banerjee, Rupak: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Analytical and numerical analysis with experimental study of biological systems; Experimental and numerical techniques, including CFD, biofluid dynamics, biomass and bio-heat transfer.
Website: http://www.min.uc.edu/MINE/Members/rbanerjee/index_html

Bhattacharya, Amit: Professor of Environmental Health
Research Interests: Nanosensor and BIOMEMS technology for early/pre-clinical detection of neurodegenerative disorders and degenerative skeletal disorders; Development and evaluation of wearable sensors for remote monitoring of biological and physical health; Nanosensor and BIOMEMS technology for quantifying internal biological dose and genotypic aspects of environmental and industrial toxicants in humans;Neurological health implications of nanoparticles among workers involved in the manufacturing of these particles.
Website: http://www.eh.uc.edu/dir_individual_details.asp?qcontactid=94

Boerio, James: Professor of Materials Engineering
Research Interests: Adhesive bonding of metals and polymers, corrosion protection of metals, nanocomposites, surface and interface properties and scratch resistance of polymers, plasma treatment, etching, and polymerization, surface characterization and engineering
Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~fboerio/

Boyd, Joseph T.: Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Integrated photonic devices, nanophotonics, photonic bandgap structures and devices
Website: http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~jboyd/

Cahay, Marc: Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Nanoscale device modeling, vacuum nanoelectronics, spintronics
Website: http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~mcahay

Dionysiou, Dionysios: Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering
Research Interests: Advanced oxidation technologies, environmental nanotechnology and nanomaterials
Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/dept_cee/people/faculty/dionysiou/

Heikenfeld, Jason: Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: photonic nanostructures and devices, micro- and nano-fluidic devices, display devices, biomedical devices.
Website: http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~heikenfeld/

Iyer, Suri: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Interests: Carbohydrate chemistry, glycobiology and biosensors, tailor-made glycoconjugates as research probesbiosensors.
Website: http://www.che.uc.edu/faculty_staff/Suri_Iyer.html

Jackson, Howard: Professor of Physics
Research Interests: Low dimensional semiconductors, in particular MBE grown quantum dots in CdSe/ZnSe systems are being investigated using a variety of light scattering techniques including low temperature photoluminescence and Raman scattering. Near field optical scanning microscopy (NSOM) which achieves sub-diffraction limit spatial resolution is being used to investigate optical waveguide structures, including multiple interference structures and vertical cavity surface emitting semiconducting lasers.
Website: http://asweb.artsci.uc.edu/collegeDepts/physics/facultyStaff/facDetails.cfm?username=jacksonh

Klotzkin, David: Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Optoelectronic devices, including semiconductor lasers, organic light emitters, and rare-earth-based emitters. Optical devices made with conventional waveguides and integrated photonic crystals
Website: http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~klotzkdj

Kowel, Stephen T.: Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Applications of liquid crystals and electro-optical polymers; 3-D autostereoscopic displays based on MEMS mirror arrays and fibers
Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~skowel

Mast, David: Associate Professor of Physics
Research Interests: Nucleation, growth, and Raman Spectroscopy of Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers; plasma surface functionalization and thin film coating of nanostructured carbon materials; scanning SERS imaging and evanescent microwave Investigation of nanostructured materials; electrical transport and magnetic bield Behavior of metal quantum dots
Website: Under Construction

Papautsky, Ian: Professor of Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: polymer micro/nanofluidic systems, environmental bio/chemical micro/nano sensors, cell engineering, and plastic biochips/lab-on-a-chip devices.
Website: http://www.biomicro.uc.edu

Reineke, Theresa M.: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Research Interests: Polymer and dendrimer synthesis, nucleic acid delivery, MRI contrast agent synthesis and delivery, lanthanide-organic materials
Website: http://www.che.uc.edu/reineke/reineke_group_homepage.htm

Seliskar, Carl: Professor of Chemistry
Research Interests: Molecular spectroscopy, applied optical spectroscopy and optical chemical sensors.
Website: http://www.che.uc.edu/faculty_staff/seliskar_carl.html

Shanov, Vesselin: Materials Engineering
Research Interests: Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Carbon Nanotubes
Website: http://www.min.uc.edu/~mschulz/smartlab/smartlab.html

Schaefer, Dale W.: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Morphology of nanocomposites, nanoporous materials, responsive hydrogels, anti corrosion films, small-angle scattering, neutron reflectivity
Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~dwschae/

Schulz, Mark J.: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Smart nanoscale materials for engineering and medical applications
Website: http://www.min.uc.edu/~mschulz/smartlab/smartlab.html

Shi, Donglu: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Luminescent nanomaterials for biomedical applications, anocomposites, nanotubes, nagnetic nanomaterials, plasma polymerization on nanoparticles.
Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~dshi/

Smith, Leigh: Professor of Physics
Research Interests: Electronic and spin properties of quantum confined nanostructures.
Website: http://www.physics.uc.edu/~smithl

Steckl, Andrew J.: Ohio Eminent Scholar and Gieringer Professor of Solid State Electronics
Research Interests: Light emitting materials and devices - rare earth lumophores, gallium nitride LED and lasers, organic light emitting diodes, biophotonics.
Website: http://www.nanolab.uc.edu

Vasudevan, Vijay K.: Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Research Interests: Physical metallurgy, phase transformations, high resolution transmission electron microscopy, mechanical behavior and structure-property relations of nanoscale materials, advanced lightweight alloys, high temperature alloys, intermetallics, metal-matrix and intermetallic matrix composites; thin films, coatings and interconnect materials.
Website: http://www.eng.uc.edu/~vvasudev

Wagner, Hans-Peter: Professor of Physics
Research Interests: Quantum coherent processes in semiconductors and in crystalline organic films, organic light emitting diodes, all-optical photorefractive devices and switches
Website: http://www.physics.uc.edu/~hpw/