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.
  • Erik Fernandez

    Professor Emeritus
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    Professor Erik Fernandez received his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley in 1989.

  • Roseanne M. Ford

    Professor of Chemical Engineering
    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.

  • John Gainer

    Professor Emeritus
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  • Geoff Geise

    Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering (by courtesy) ChE Undergraduate Program Director
    Dr. Geoff Geise

    Geoffrey M. Geise, associate professor at the University of Virginia, earned a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and an M.S.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. At UVA, his research focuses on studying the fundamentals of chemically- and electrochemically-driven small molecule transport.

  • 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
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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

    Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical 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

    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…
  • Donald Kirwan

    Professor Emeritus
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