My research focuses on understanding and designing the properties of equilibrium and nonequilibrium forms of soft matter—including colloidal dispersions and assemblies, complex fluids, macromolecular solutions, glassy solids, and particle packings—using principles from statistical mechanics, optimization, and data science.
Awards and Achievements
- Inaugural Dudley A. Saville Lectureship, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University ( 2009)
- Ernest W. Thiele Award Lectureship, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame ( 2008)
- Hendrick C. Van Ness Award Lectureship, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ( 2007)
- Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering ( 2015)
- O’Donnell Award in Engineering, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Science of Texas (TAMEST) ( 2014)
- Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers ( 2007)
- Sloan Research Fellowship in Chemistry, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation ( 2006)
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation ( 2005)
- Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, David and Lucile Packard Foundation ( 2004)
- NIH National Research Service Award, National Institutes of Health ( 2001)
- CoMSEF Impact Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
In the News
- UT engineering prof wins research award (Austin Business Journal)
- Hot Paper: Enhancing tracer diffusivity by tuning interparticle interactions and coordination shell structure (Royal Society of Chemistry)
- The Need for Nanospeed (Truskett Group)