Faculty and Staff

Meet our Macromolecular Science and Engineering faculty and staff

To contact the department, email the department administrator.

Chair

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Gary Wnek

Department Chair, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Joseph F. Toot, Jr., Professor of Engineering
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Develops advanced polymers for packaging, biomaterial applications and more.

Faculty

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Eric Baer

Distinguished University Professor
Herbert Henry Dow Professor of Science and Engineering
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Director, NSF Center for Layered Polymeric Systems

Develops processing-structure-property relationships in polymeric systems; creates micro- and nano-layered films; and produces biomimetic hierarchical structures of soft materials

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Michael Hore

Associate Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Combines experiments, theory and simulation to study fundamental problems in the polymer physics of grafted and non-linear polymers

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Hatsuo Ishida

Peter A. Asseff, PhD Professor of Organic Chemistry
Distinguished Research Professor
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Develops advanced benzoxazine resins, thermosetting resins based on natural renewable materials and green flame retarding systems

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Joao Maia

Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Director, CAPP - Center for Advanced Polymer Processing

Develops multi-scale, complex polymer-based materials, using both experimental and computational-based tools

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Ica Manas-Zloczower

Distinguished University Professor
Thomas W. and Nancy P. Seitz Professor of Advanced Materials and Energy
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Engineering new materials and technologies for industrial applications

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Sveta Morozova

Assistant Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
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Valentin Rodionov

Assistant Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Investigates catalysis with soft materials: catalytic surfactants and polymers; complex macromolecular architectures for bio-inspired catalysis; and ligand-mediated nanocatalysis

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Abhinendra Singh

Assistant Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

My current and future research interests are multi-disciplinary and lie at the intersections of soft matter, fluid dynamics, rheology, and tribology and integrates rigorous discrete particle simulations with hydrodynamics to study the particle-laden flows.

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Gary Wnek

Department Chair, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
Joseph F. Toot, Jr., Professor of Engineering
Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Develops advanced polymers for packaging, biomaterial applications and more.

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Lei Zhu

Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Develops high-energy and high-performance polymers based on close relationships among structure, property and processing

Research Faculty

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Chung-Fu Cheng

Research Assistant Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

My research interest focuses on developing polymers with unique mechanical properties and understanding their process-structure-property relationships.

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Alberto Costa

Research Assistant Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Emeritus Faculty

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John Blackwell

Professor Emeritus, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
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Alex Jamieson

Professor Emeritus, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
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Clare Rimnac

Wilbert J. Austin Professor of Engineering
Professor Emeritus, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Advances the long-term performance of implants and structural bone allografts through material analysis and characterization

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David Schiraldi

Professor Emeritus, Macromolecular Science and Engineering

Develops bio-based, flame-retarded plastics, polymer aerogels and packaging materials; and studies properties of polyesters

Associated Faculty

Roger French, Kyocera Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Tarek Agag, Research Associate Professor, Macromolecular Science and Engineering
J. Adin Mann, Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

James M. Anderson, Professor, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
John D. Protasiewicz, Hurlbut Professor of Chemistry and Chair, Case Western Reserve Department of Chemistry
Charles Rosenblatt, Professor, Case Western Reserve Department of Physics
Kenneth Singer, Ambrose Swasey Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve
Philip Taylor, Distinguished University Professor and Perkins Professor of Physics, Case Western Reserve

Hossein Ghassemi, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Scott Rickert, Adjunct Faculty
Alan Riga, Adjunct Faculty
Christoph Weder, Adjunct Faculty

LaShanda Korley, Adjunct Professor

 

 

Administrative Staff

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Jennifer Aquino-Pyles

Sr. Procurement Specialist, Departments of Macromolecular Science and Engineering; Materials Science & Engineering

Provides procurement services for the departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Macromolecular Science & Engineering; and Materials Science & Engineering

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Kathleen Bates

Manager, Academic & Research Operations, Departments of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering; Macromolecular Science & Engineering; and Materials Science & Engineering

Manages administrative support for the academic and research operations for the departments of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Macromolecular Science and Engineering, and Materials Science and Engineering.

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Pamela Bligh-Glover

Executive Director, CLiPS - Center for Layered Polymeric Systems, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering
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Theresa Claytor

Graduate Admissions Coordinator and Student Services, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering
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Patricia Simmons

CLiPS Center Administrator, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering