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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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…
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Ronald J. Unnerstall
Professor of Practice - Chemical Process Safety 2019 Brenton S. Halsey Distinguished Visiting ProfessorRon 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 EngineeringNick 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 ChemistryThe 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…