More than 100 Faculty members are affiliated with UC San Diego's Program in Materials Science and Engineering from various Departments, including:
- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
- Structural Engineering
- Bioengineering
- Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Chemical and Nano Engineering
- Physics
- Chemistry and Biochemistry
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- School of Medicine
- Division of Biological Sciences
Current
Claire Acevedo
Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Brian Aguado
Assistant Professor Bioengineering
Monica T. Allen
Assistant Professor Physics
Eduard Arzt
Visiting Distinguished Faculty Material Science and Engineering
Richard Averitt
Professor Physics
Prabhakar Bandaru
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andrew Bartko
Professor of Practice Bioengineering
David Berry
Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Nicholas Boechler
Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Michael Burkart
Department Chair Chemistry and Biochemistry
Leonid Butov
Professor Physics
Shengqiang Cai
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Zheng Chen
Associate Professor NanoEngineering
Renkun Chen
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Shaochen Chen
Professor NanoEngineering
Karen Christman
Professor Bioengineering
Seth Cohen
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ertugrul Cubukcu
Associate Professor NanoEngineering
Shadi Dayeh
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Dimitri Deheyn
Faculty Affiliate Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Valentina Di Santo
Assistant Professor Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Massimiliano Di Ventra
Professor Physics
Robert Dynes
Professor Physics
Lars Eckmann
Professor Medicine
Adam Engler
Department Chair Bioengineering
Shaya Fainman
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
David Fenning
Associate Professor NanoEngineering
Joshua Figueroa
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Alex Frañó
Associate Professor Physics
Michael Frazier
Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
James Friend
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Eric Fullerton
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Javier E. Garay
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kamil Godula
Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Olivia A. Graeve
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Vicki Grassian
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nicholas Gravish
Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kent Griffith
Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arunava Gupta
Adjunct Professor NanoEngineering
J. Silvio Gutkind
Department Chair Pharmacology
Thomas Hermann
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Xiaohua Huang
Professor Bioengineering
Jesse Jokerst
Professor NanoEngineering
Hyunsun 'Alicia' Kim
Professor Structural Engineering
Hyonny Kim
Professor Structural Engineering
Cliff Kubiak
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Andrew Kummel
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Duygu Kuzum
Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ester J. Kwon
Assistant Professor Bioengineering
Ratneshwar Lal
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Wanlu Li
Assistant Professor NanoEngineering
Shaowei Li
Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Zhaowei Liu
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ping Liu
Professor NanoEngineering
Yu-Hwa Lo
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Kenneth Loh
Professor Structural Engineering
Vitaliy Lomakin
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Haiwen Luan
Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Vlado Lubarda
Professor NanoEngineering
Jian Luo
Professor NanoEngineering
M. Brian Maple
Professor Physics
Xanthippi Markenscoff
Recall Faculty Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andrew McCulloch
Distinguished Professor Bioengineering
Marc Meyers
Professor NanoEngineering
Timothy Morris
Professor Medicine
Machel L. Morrison
Assistant Professor Structural Engineering
Abdoulaye Ndao
Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Tse Nga Ng
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Shyue Ping Ong
Professor NanoEngineering
Julia Ortony
Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Francesco Paesani
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Alessandro Palermo
Professor Structural Engineering
Tod A. Pascal
Assistant Professor NanoEngineering
Jonathan Pokorski
Professor NanoEngineering
Lisa V. Poulikakos
Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Andrew Pun
Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Yu Qiao
Professor Structural Engineering
Padmini Rangamani
Professor Pharmacology
Jeffrey Rinehart
Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nathan Romero
Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kaustuv Roy
Professor Biological Sciences
Michael Sailor
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
David Santiago-Dieppa
Assistant Clinical Professor Neurological Surgery
Alina Schimpf
Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Geert Schmid-Schoenbein
Professor Bioengineering
Ivan Schuller
Professor Physics
Shabnam J. Semnani
Assistant Professor Structural Engineering
Nisarg Shah
Assistant Professor NanoEngineering
Sameer Shah
Associate Professor Bioengineering
Lingyan Shi
Associate Professor Bioengineering
Oleg Shpyrko
Department Chair Physics
Dan Sievenpiper
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Donald Sirbuly
Associate Professor NanoEngineering
Nicole Steinmetz
Professor NanoEngineering
Dale Stokes
Research Oceanographer Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Gürol Süel
Professor Molecular Biology
Andrea Tao
Professor NanoEngineering
Michael Tauber
Associate Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Jennifer Taylor
Associate Professor Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Mehran Tehrani
Associate Professor Structural Engineering
Akif Tezcan
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Michael Tolley
Associate Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Georgios Tsampras
Assistant Professor Structural Engineering
George Tynan
Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Oscar Vazquez Mena
Assistant Professor NanoEngineering
Elizabeth Villa
Professor Molecular Biology
Joseph Wang
Professor NanoEngineering
Samuel Ward
Professor Orthopaedic Surgery
Wei Xiong
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Sheng Xu
Professor NanoEngineering
Jerry Yang
Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Kesong Yang
Associate Professor NanoEngineering
Gene Yeo
Professor Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Michael Yip
Associate Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Haiwang Yong
Assistant Professor Chemistry and Biochemistry
Paul Yu
Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
Karsten Zengler
Professor Pediatrics
Liangfang Zhang
Professor NanoEngineeringEmeriti
Sadik Esener
Professor Emeritus NanoEngineering
David Gough
Professor Emeritus Bioengineering
Michael J. Heller
Professor Emeritus NanoEngineering
David Miller
Professor Emeritus Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Vitali F. Nesterenko
Professor Emeritus Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
M. Lea Rudee
Professor Emeritus Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jan Talbot
Professor Emerita NanoEngineering
Frank Talke
Professor Emeritus Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering