Faculty
Faculty
Georges Belfort
Institute ProfessorMember, National Academy of Engineering
Contact Information
E-mail:belfog@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Membrane separation processes, Transport phenomena, Interfacial phenomena and rheology, Bioseparations and sensors, Protein misfolding and aggregation, Intein technology
B. Wayne Bequette
ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:bequette@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Process systems engineering with a focus on process dynamics and control, complex systems, diabetes technology, fuel cell systems, smart grid applications.
Vidhya Chakrapani
Assistant ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:chakrv@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Semiconductor Electrochemistry, Advanced materials, Quantum dot solar cells, Ultrafast spectroscopy, Li ion batteries, optical and electronic properties of Group III- Nitrides
Cynthia H Collins
Assistant ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:ccollins@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Synthetic Biology, Biochemical Engineering, Microbial Communities, Human Microbiome, Protein Engineering, Directed Evolution, Biofilms
Marc-Olivier Coppens
Professor and Associate Director of the Multiscale Science and Engineering CenterContact Information
E-mail:coppens@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Nature inspired chemical engineering, Hierarchically structured functional materials, Energy, Diffusion, Statistical mechanics and multiscale simulations
Steven Cramer
William Weightman Walker ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:crames@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Bioseparations, Bioprocessing, Chromatography, Proteomics, Microfluidics, Multiscale modeling, Affinity precipitation, Biosensors
Jonathan S. Dordick
Howard P. Isermann Professor and Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary StudiesContact Information
E-mail:dordick@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Biocatalysis, Molecular Bioprocessing, Drug Discovery, Biomolecular Surfaces
Shekhar Garde
Elaine S. and Jack S. Parker Professor and Department HeadContact Information
E-mail:gardes@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Molecular theory and simulations of biological systems; hydration phenomena at interfaces and nanosystems; protein hydration, thermodynamics, and interactions; hydrophobicity.
Ravi Kane
P.K. Lashmet ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:kaner@rpi.edu
Research Interests
biotechnology, nanotechnology, polyvalency, biosurfaces, molecular therapeutics, stem cells
Pankaj Karande
Assistant ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:karanp@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Drug discovery, Drug delivery, Peptide engineering, High throughput screening, Vaccine design, Biomaterials design
Mattheos Koffas
Associate ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:koffam@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Industrial Microbiology, Natural Products
Joel L. Plawsky
ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:plawsky@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Interfacial phenomena, Transport Processes, Thin Films, Microelectronics, Photonics
Peter M Tessier
Assistant ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:tessip@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Design, engineering and stability of therapeutic antibodies
Patrick T Underhill
Assistant ProfessorContact Information
E-mail:underp3@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Complex fluids, Coarse-grained simulations, Microfluidics, Biopolymers, Swimming microorganisms
Joint Appointments
Angel Garcia
Professor of Physics; Senior Constellation Chaired Professor in Biocomputation and BioinformaticsContact Information
E-mail:angel@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Professor Garcia's research interests are theoretical and computational aspects of the structure, dynamics and stability of biological molecules.
Juergen Hahn
Professor of Biomedical EngineeringContact Information
E-mail:hahnj@rpi.edu
Research Interests
Systems biology, Process modeling, optimization, and control
Amir H. Hirsa
Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringContact Information
E-mail:hirsaa@rpi.edu
Robert J. Linhardt
Ann and John H. Broadbent, Jr. '59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic EngineeringContact Information
E-mail:linhar@rpi.edu
Adjunct Appointments
Marlene Belfort
Research Scientist, Wadsworth Center, Molecular GeneticsDistinguished Professor, School of Public Health, Biomedical Sciences
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Research Interests
Molecular Biology, Bioseparations, Sensors, Introns, Inteins
George Dalakos
General ElectricResearch Professors
