Faculty

Professors, associate professors, and assistant professors with primary and joint appointments in Chemical Engineering. Other faculty and staff can be found via the links and filtering options below.
  • Eric Anderson

    Lecturer, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track
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    One area I focus on is building and validating models of chemical processes. Modern commercial software has made many parts of this task much easier, but proper use of commercial tools requires judgment about the inputs and the level of modeling detail, process-specific knowledge, and validation against real-world performance data.

  • Jason Bates

    Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor, Chemistry (by courtesy)
    Currently Recruiting
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    Bates research group synthesizes catalysts with well-defined structures and use quantitative kinetic measurements and characterizations of their active centers to elucidate structure–reactivity relationships.

  • Bryan Berger

    Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Bryan received and his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Delaware. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the department of biochemistry & biophysics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Currently Bryan is associate professor of chemical engineering with a joint appointment in biomedical engineering.

  • Camille Bilodeau

    Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
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    Dr. Bilodeau received her B.S. and M.S. from Northwestern University and her Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, both in Chemical and Biological Engineering. During her Ph.D., she received the Lawrence Livermore Advanced Simulations and Computation Graduate Fellowship…
  • Liheng Cai

    Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (by courtesy) Assistant Professor of Chemistry (by courtesy)
    Currently Recruiting
    Liheng Cai

    My lab’s research lies at the interface of soft (bio)materials and biology. We seek to understand and control the interactions between soft (bio)materials and living systems to solve challenges in sustainability and health. We do this using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches.

  • Steven R. Caliari

    Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering ChE Graduate Program Director
    Steven R. Caliari

    The Caliari Lab designs, synthesizes, and characterizes new biomaterials to explore the dynamic interplay between cells and their microenvironment, applying these platforms to address fundamental human health challenges in understanding disease and engineering tissues.

  • Giorgio Carta

    Professor Emeritus
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    Giorgio Carta has served an Editor of Biotechnology Journal from its founding and as a member of the Editorial Board of Separation Science & Technology. He has been a consultant for a number of chemical and pharmaceutical companies. He has published extensively in the area of adsorption and ion exchange with emphasis on protein chromatography.

  • Robert J. Davis

    William Stansfield Calcott Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
    Robert J. Davis

    Davis joined the faculty in Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia in 1990 as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1996, and full professor in 2002.

  • Don Dunham, MBA

    Spring 2025 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor
    Don Dunham

    2025 Spring Brenton Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor of Chemical Engineering

  • William Epling

    Department Chair Ann Warrick Lacy Distinguished Professor
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    Bill received his PhD from the University of Florida in 1997 and his BS from Virginia Tech in 1992, both in Chemical Engineering.