Soft Matter Interfaces (SMI) Consortium Meeting Faculty Participants

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1 Materials Research Laboratory and California NanoSystems Institute University of California, Santa Barbara Soft Matter Interfaces (SMI) Consortium Meeting Faculty Participants Megan Valentine, SMI Meeting Co-Chair Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Associate Director, California NanoSystems Institute Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University Fulbright Scholar Award; Paris, France Burroughs Wellcome Career Award Valentine's experimental research focuses on understanding the interplay of structure, dynamics, mechanics, and function in biological and biologicallyinspired materials. Current research focuses on translating the strength, toughness and self-healing properties of living systems in synthetic complex fluid and polymer materials, and developing new bioinspired approaches to adhesive design. Website: Matt Helgeson, SMI Meeting Co-Chair Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware Early Career Award, Department of Energy Unilever Award, American Chemical Society Victor K. LaMer Award, American Chemical Society Helgeson's research is devoted to the design and processing of complex fluids, particularly those involving colloidal species (nanoparticles, emulsions, proteins, etc.) in self-assembling & structured liquids (polymers, surfactants, etc.). His group develops novel in situ imaging and scattering methods for probing the evolution of fluid structure and dynamics during processing. They apply these methods to understand how processing can lead to well-specified mesostructure in complex fluids, and how such mesostructure can be used to tailor the mechanical and transport properties of soft materials. Website:

2 Christopher Bates, Assistant Professor of Materials The Bates group leverages chemistry, materials science, and physics in combination with synthetic and physical experimental techniques to design, create, and probe the structure and properties of soft matter. Current endeavors span a variety of topics including dynamic composites, mesostructure control, energy storage, and confined crystallization. Ph.D. Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin DSM Science and Technology Award Americas Reaxys PhD Prize Finalist Ben Streetman Prize bates@engineering.ucsb.edu Website: Matt Begley, Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, UCSB Fraunhofer-Bessel Award, Humboldt Foundation Begley s research focus is on theoretical mechanics and advanced simulations to guide materials development, with an emphasis on multilayered systems, interfaces and composites. Additionally, he has an active experimental group exploring novel 3D printing strategies for two-phase materials, acoustic assembly of colloidal particles, and the structural integrity of microelectronics. This work draws on his deep expertise in interfacial fracture mechanics, adhesion, structure-property relationships in multi-phase materials, numerical techniques for highly non-linear systems, multiscale plasticity, and multifunctional component design. begley@engr.ucsb.edu Website:

3 Brad Chmelka, Professor of Chemical Engineering Co-Director, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, USARO, UCSB-MIT-Caltech Ph.D. Chemical Engineering UC Berkeley Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Research Award David and Lucile Packard Foundation Award Chmelka's research focuses on the correlation of macroscopic material properties and function with molecular structure and dynamics, particularly in heterogeneous macromolecular solids. His group is active in synthesizing and characterizing selfassembled inorganic-organic and mesoporous materials for catalysis, separations, and opto-electronic applications. Efforts focus on the development and application of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy methods for characterizing structure, dynamics, adsorption, transport, and reaction properties of new solid-state materials. Website: Glenn Fredrickson, Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Director, Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials Director, Complex Fluids Design Consortium Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Stanford University Member, National Academy of Engineering Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Academy of Arts & Sciences Polymer Physics Prize, American Physical Society Alpha Chi Sigma Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society Fredrickson focuses on theoretical analysis of complex fluids and polymers including suspensions, polymer solutions, and melts, and especially block and graft copolymers. A major effort involves the development of new computer simulation tools for analyzing statistical field theory models of polymers and soft matter -- "field theoretic simulations" -- and the application of such tools to the design of improved complex fluid formulations and high performance polymer materials. ghf@mrl.ucsb.edu Website:

4 Songi Han, Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Han's experimental group is developing novel techniques and innovative approaches, relying on electron and nuclear spin magnetic resonance concepts to investigate soft matter structure-dynamics-property relationships with unprecedented sensitivity, resolution and information content. Website: Ph.D. Chemistry, Aachen University Bessel, Humboldt Award NIH Innovator Award Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering Craig Hawker, Professor of Chemistry & Materials Director, California NanoSystems Institute Hawker's experimental group focuses on the design and synthesis of nanoscopically defined materials for applications ranging from next-generation microelectronic devices to polymer-based therapeutics. Major emphasis is on development of methods for facile synthesis of functionalized macromolecules with well-controlled architectures. Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Cambridge Member, National Academy of Inventors Fellow of the Royal Society,American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), & Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) ACS Award in Polymer Chemistry RCS Centenary Prize Website:

5 Elliot Hawkes, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Hawkes s research focuses on bringing together design, mechanics, and non-traditional materials to advance the vision of robust, adaptable, human-safe robots that can thrive in the uncertain, unstructured world. Current projects involve bioinspired microstructured adhesive materials, non-linear compliant mechanisms, high-power soft actuators, and growing robots. Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University ICRA 2015 Best Student Paper Award ASME 2015 Best Journal Paper in Bioinspired Systems and Materials ewhawkes@engr.ucsb.edu Website: Jacob Israelachvili, Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Israelachvili s research is mainly experimental and focused in the areas of surface force measurements, colloidal interactions in complex fluid systems and nano-structured materials, adhesion, friction and lubrication, and the interactions of biological macromolecules, surfaces and membranes. Ph.D. Experimental Physics, University of Cambridge Member, National Academy of Science Member, National Academy of Engineering Fellow, Royal Society of London Fellow, Australian Academy of Science Fellow, AAAS MRS Medal Gold Medal in Tribology jacob@engineering.ucsb.edu Web: vili/

6 Robert McMeeking, Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials McMeeking uses theoretical and computational approaches to tackle a wide range of problems in Solid Mechanics, Materials, and Structures with particular emphasis on fracture, plasticity, composite materials, materials processing, materials durability, multifunctional materials and structures, thermal barrier coatings, blast and fragment resistant structures, and biomechanics. Ph.D. Solid Mechanics, Brown University Member, National Academy of Engineering Timoshenko Medal, American Society of Mechanical Engineering William Prager Medal, Society Engineering Science rmcm@engineering.ucsb.edu Website: Rachel Segalman, Professor of Chemical Engineering & Materials Segalman works on controlling the structure and thermodynamics of functional polymers including polymerized ionic liquids and semiconducting and bioinspired polymers. This has led to a host of new and promising applications, particularly in plastic thermoelectrics Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, UCSB Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society PECASE Award Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award segalman@engineering.ucsb.edu Website:

7 Joan Shea, Professor of Chemistry & Physics Research in the Shea Group focuses on developing and applying techniques of statistical and computational physics to the study of biological and soft matter systems. Website: Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, MIT Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship David and Lucile Packard Award Todd Squires, Professor of Chemical Engineering Squires' group uses experimental and theoretical tools to address questions in various areas of micro-scale fluid mechanics and transport science: designing long-range interactions in colloidal suspensions, measuring and understanding rheology and mechanics of surfactant interfaces, interfacial polymerization and adsorption, and transport processes in soft materials. Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University GSOFT Early Career Award, APS Soft Matter Group Fellow, American Physics Society Pierre Gilles de Gennes Prize Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award Frenkiel Award for Fluid Mechanics Beckman Young Investigator Website:

8 Kimberly Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering Turner's research focuses on the design and use of MEMS devices and fabrication technologies to advance the development of versatile adhesives and nonlinear resonator systems, as well as new methods for soft materials characterization. Web: Ph.D. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Cornell University Herb Waite, Professor of MCD Biology & Biochemistry Ph.D. Biochemistry, Duke University Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science 3M-Adhesion Society Award (2009) for the Science of Adhesion Waite's experimental research focuses on understanding the structure-function relationships in load-bearing materials made by marine organisms. Included are mussel byssus for durable adhesive bonding in hostile, wet environments, high impact biopolymer networks in polychaete fangs and squid beak, as well as shape-memory proteins from whelk egg capsules. Through experimental studies of natural and synthetic materials, he aims to develop the fundamental design principles involved in bio-adhesion, achieve translation to synthetic systems, and pioneer a systems approach to wet bonding that spans nano- to macroscale dimensions. waite@lifesci.ucsb.edu Website: