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.

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  • 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.

  • Robert J. Davis

    William Stansfield Calcott Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
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    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.

  • Roseanne M. Ford

    Professor of Chemical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
    Roseanne M. Ford

    Roseanne M. Ford is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia. She holds a B.S. degree from the University of Delaware and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, both in chemical engineering.

  • Geoff Geise

    Associate Professor Director, Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Programs
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    Geoffrey M. Geise is an associate professor at the University of Virginia with appointments in chemical engineering and materials science and engineering (by courtesy). At UVA, his research focuses on studying the fundamentals of chemically- and electrochemically-driven small molecule transport in polymeric membranes for clean water and energy.

  • Gaurav Giri

    Assistant Professor
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    Prof. Giri graduated from Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, working on the crystallization control of organic semiconductors for flexible electronic applications. His postdoctoral work focused on the use of microfluidics and continuous flow processing for pharmaceutical industry.

  • David L. Green

    Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering (Joint Appointment)
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    Our group focuses on the synthesis of well-defined nanoparticles, their dispersion into polymer solutions and melts, and their suspension rheology. With our fundamental studies, we seek to optimize processing to achieve a desirable microstructure in industrial suspensions, and to set a foundation for developing constitutive rheological models.

  • Donald Richieri Griffin, Ph.D.

    Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering Graduate Program Director, Biomedical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Donald Griffin improves clinical translation of acellular and cellular therapies through enhanced hydrogel-tissue integration, specifically focusing on the development of passive and active instructional microenvironments using microscale building blocks.

  • Christopher B. Highley, Ph.D.

    Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Christopher Highley develops materials and fabrication technologies to enable the design and construction of complex cellular and material systems, with the goal of addressing fundamental and translational problems in biomedicine. 

  • Michael L. King

    Professor of Practice
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    Michael L. King is a professor of practice in the Department of Chemical Engineering. He received his B.S.degree in chemical engineering from VA Tech, M.S. from the University of Virginia and Ph.D. from University of Delaware. Mike had a significant 32-year industrial experience at…
  • Gary Koenig

    Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
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    We are interested in the tailored synthesis of new materials at multiple length scales. At the molecular scale, the physical properties of materials are largely dependent on the stoichiometry and stable structures that can be formed. 

  • Kyle J. Lampe

    Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience (by courtesy)
    Kyle J. Lampe

    Kyle Lampe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Virginia, and by courtesy, Biomedical Engineering and Neuroscience.

  • Matthew J. Lazzara

    Professor of Chemical Engineering Professor of Biomedical Engineering Member, UVA Cancer Center
    Currently Recruiting
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    Work in the Lazzara Lab employs a combination of experimental and computational methods to study problems in cell signaling, the complex biochemical process cells use to make decisions.

  • Rachel A. Letteri

    Assistant Professor
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    Rachel A. Letteri is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. 

  • Blair Okita

    Professor of Practice Fall 2024 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor Fall 2023 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor
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    For the past 35+ years, Blair has been a pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality, and development executive where he has had the opportunity to work globally and drive twelve new chemical/biological and biosimilar products through development and into sustained commercial production. 

  • Chris Paolucci

    Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
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    Chris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.  He completed his B.S. and Ph.D in Chemical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame.

  • George Prpich

    Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering
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  • Lakeshia J. Taite

    Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Academic General Faculty, Research Track
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    Lakeshia Taite designs biomaterials to create cell-instructive microenvironments that encourage tissue growth or regeneration.

  • Phillip Taylor

    Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
    Currently Recruiting
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    Phillip A. Taylor is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. After obtaining his B.S.E. and M.S.E. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, he completed a Ph.D. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the University of…
  • Ronald J. Unnerstall

    Professor of Practice - Chemical Process Safety 2019 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting Professor
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    Ron Unnerstall retired from BP in 2017 following a varied career in the Oil and Gas Industry spanning over 34 years. His career was predominately in Refining and Marketing, including 24 years in oil refineries across four locations, and other executive assignments in Chicago, London…
  • Nick Vecchiarello

    Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering
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    Nick Vecchiarello received his B.S. is Chemical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and his Ph.D. in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He then worked as a late-stage purification scientist at Amgen in Cambridge Massachusetts…
  • Huiyuan Zhu

    Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (by courtesy) Associate Professor of Chemistry
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    The Zhu Group's research aims to develop new synthetic strategies for well-defined nanocrystals and 2-dimensional (2D) materials with atomically precise surfaces and interfaces that can lead to a fundamental understanding of how atomic structure affects catalyst performance and to use…