Faculty

The Department of Materials Science and Engineering is a growing and exciting department where faculty and staff work on cutting-edge research. The department focuses specifically on nanoelectronics, photovoltaics, batteries and supercapacitors, atomically precise manufacturing, nanoscale coatings and materials for biomedical applications. More than half of our faculty have prior industrial experience, and almost all have well-established industrial collaborations. Some faculty members provide experience from government labs, and others have worked primarily in academia. Many faculty from other departments are affiliated with materials science and engineering.

    Orlando Auciello
    Professor, Distinguished Chair in Engineering

    Kevin Brenner
    Assistant Professor

    Massimo (Max) Fischetti
    Professor, TI Distinguished Chair in Nanoelectronics

    Lev D. Gelb
    Associate Professor

    Larry J. Hornbeck
    Professor, National Academy of
    Engineering Member

    Julia W.P. Hsu
    Professor, TI Distinguished Chair in Nanoelectronics

    Jiyoung Kim
    Professor

    Moon Kim
    Professor

    Kyle McCall
    Assistant Professor

    Rebecca McClain
    Assistant Professor of Instruction

    Laisuo Su
    Assistant Professor

    Cormac Toher
    Assistant Professor

    William G. H. Vandenberghe
    Associate Professor

    Walter E. Voit
    Associate Professor

    Amy Walker
    Professor

    Chadwin D. Young
    Associate Professor

    Affiliated Faculty

    Kenneth Balkus Professor, Chemistry

    Ray Baughman Professor, NanoTech Institute

    Stuart Cogan Professor, Bioengineering

    John Ferraris Professor, Chemistry

    Matthew Goeckner Professor, Physics
    Associate Dean of Natural Science and Mathematics

    Fatemeh Hassanipour Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering

    Mark Lee Professor, Physics

    Hongbing Lu Professor, Mechanical Engineering

    Bing Lv Associate Professor, Physics

    Anton Malko Professor, Physics

    Kenneth O Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
    TI Distinguished University Chair
    Director, Texas Analog Center of Excellence

    Lawrence J. Overzet  Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering

    Shalini Prasad Professor and Head, Bioengineering
    Cecil H. and Ida Green, Professor in Systems Biology Science

    Jason Slinker Associate Professor, Physics

    Mihaela C. Stefan Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
    Eugene McDermott Professor

    Anvar A. Zakhidov Professor, Physics and Deputy Director of the NanoTech Institute

    Adjunct Faculty

    Rafik Addou
    Scientist
    Canadian Bank Note Company

    Husam N. Alshareef
    Acting Faculty Chair MSE
    KAUST

    Daniel Alvarez
    CEO
    Purity Resource, Inc.

    Jeong-Soo Lee
    Director
    Materials & Devices, LG Electronics

    Ecatherina (Katy) Roodenko
    Founder/CEO
    MAX-IR Labs

    Scott Summerfelt
    TI Fellow
    Texas Instruments’ Kilby Labs

    Maarten Van de Put
    imec
    Belgium

    Research Scientists and Technical Staff

    Francisco Aguirre
    Research Scientist

    Alfonso Caraveo
    Research Scientist

    Luigi Colombo
    Research Scientist

    Leunam Fernandez-Izquierdo
    Research Scientist

    Maria Josefina Arellano-Jimenez
    Research Scientist

    Rodolfo Rodriquez
    Research Scientist

    David Stimson
    Technical Staff Associate

    Kui Tan
    Research Scientist

    Jean Francois Veyan
    Research Scientist