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Timothy A. Becker
Associate Professor of Practice, Director, Bioengineering PhD Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: Tim.Becker@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-1468
Research interests: Advanced materials used in translational medical device development, aneurysm and stroke modeling, brain vessel modeling, and mechanical characterization of biomaterials.
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Ryan Behunin
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Ryan.Behunin@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-0443
Research interests: Optomechanics, Quantum Physics, Fluctuation-Induced Phenomena.
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Bertrand Cambou
Professor, Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Bertrand.Cambou@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-7824
Research interests: Cybersecurity, Nanotechnology, Memristors, ReRAM, Post Quantum Cryptography
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Cindy C. Browder
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email:Cindy.Browder@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-9062
Research interests: Polymer electrolytes, polymer synthesis, power storage, supercapacitors, drug design, antimicrobial compounds, small molecule and heterocycle synthesis, synthetic methodology.
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Constantin “Cornel” Ciocanel
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: Constantin.Ciocanel@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-2439
Research interests: Smart materials, adaptive systems, power storage composite materials
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Heidi Feigenbaum
Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Email: Heidi.Feigenbaum@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5326
Research interests: Continuum mechanics, constitutive modeling, solid mechanics, adaptive materials, and structure.
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John G. Gibbs
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: John.Gibbs@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-1916
Research interests: Dr. Gibbs is an experimental condensed matter physicist who primarily focuses on inorganic nanomaterials and their applications. Currently, his two main research areas are: (1) the fabrication and optical properties of metamaterials with nanoscale features, and (2) active transport and collective behavior of self-propelled particles at the micro- and nanoscale.
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Stephanie Hurst
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: Stephanie.Hurst@nau.edu
Phone: 928- 523-6204
Research interests: Inorganic and organometallic complexes with an emphasis on functional transition-metal systems with p-delocalization.
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Robert S. Kellar
Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Biological Sciences
Email: Robert.Kellar@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-9311
Research interests: Development, characterization, and evaluation of biomaterials to make them more suitable for clinical use.
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Mark Loeffler
Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Mark.Loeffler@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523–0369
Research interests: Materials Science, Surface Science, Physical Chemistry, Radiation Effects in Solids, Planetary Science
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Andy Koppisch
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: Andy.Koppisch@nau.edu
Phone: 928- 523-8893
Research interests: Development and characterization of antibiotic and antibiofilm materials, ionic liquids/deep eutectic solvents, secondary metabolism in bacteria, biosynthesis of terpenoids/isoprenoids.
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Naomi Lee
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: Naomi.Lee@nau.edu
Phone: 928- 523-7379
Research interests: Self-assembling peptides, virus-like particles, vaccines, biomaterials, nanofibrils
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Gerrick Lindberg
Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Gerrick.Lindberg@nau.edu
Phone: 928- 523-3897
Research interests: Molecular scale modeling, modeling of soft condensed matter, biophysics, astrochemistry, enhanced sampling methods.
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Christopher Mann
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Christopher.Mann@nau.edu
Research interests: Optical Interferometry, holography, machine vision, materials imaging
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Jennifer S. Martinez
Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Jennifer.Martinez@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-4304
Research interests: Biomaterials, fluorescent nanoclusters, recombinant polymers, device integration, and biosensors
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Gabriel A. Montaño
Professor and Department Chair, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Gabriel.Montano@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-2353
Research interests: Bio-inspired membrane materials, non-equilibrium materials, scanning-probe microscopy application development
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Inès Montaño
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Ines.Montano@nau.edu
Research interests: Quantum phenomena, novel nanoscale optoelectronics, and quantum computing devices, metamaterials
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Gregory Uyeda
Assistant Research Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Gregory.Uyeda@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-2625
Research interests: Spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, optical microscopy, photochemistry, photosynthesis
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Robert L. Whetten
Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Robert.Whetten@NAU.edu
Phone: 928-523-5517
Research interests: Molecular & discrete metallurgy; chemical physics of protected metallic clusters; structure and bonding
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Miguel Jose Yacaman
Professor, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science
Email: Miguel.Yacaman@nau.edu
Phone: 928-523-5518
Research interests: Properties of Nanomaterials, Synthesis of nanostructures, Electron Microscopy, Nanoparticles
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