Chemical Engineering

Postal address
United States

Konstantinos Alexopoulos
- Chemical Engineering - Assistant Research Professor
Person: Academic
20102026
Ali Borhan
- Chemical Engineering - Professor
Person: Academic
19842025
Bert Chandler
- Chemical Engineering - Professor
Person: Academic
19942026
Ezra Clark
- Chemical Engineering - Assistant Professor
- Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Person: Academic
20112026
Wayne R. Curtis, PhD
- Chemical Engineering - Professor of Chemical Engineering
Person: Academic
19902025
Kristen Ann Fichthorn
- Chemical Engineering - Merrell R. Fenske Professor
Person: Academic
19842026
Enrique Daniel Gomez
- Chemical Engineering - Professor
- Materials Research Institute (MRI)
Person: Academic
20042026
Esther Winter Gomez, PhD
Person: Academic
20062026
Michael John Janik
- Chemical Engineering - Distinguished Professor
- Institute of Energy and the Environment (IEE)
Person: Academic
20032026
Seong Kim, PhD
- Chemical Engineering - Distinguished Professor and Walter L. Robb Family Department Head
Person: Academic
19982026

293114 Citations
217 h-index
4136 Article
393 Conference contribution
217 Editorial
201 Review article
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3D Printed Biosponge Adsorbers for Capturing Toxic Chemotherapy Drugs In Situ in the Body
Oh, H. J., Aboian, M. S., Yee, C. R., Yi, M. Y. J., Maslyn, J. A., Loo, W. S., Kilbride, B., Decavel-Bueff, E., Godby, A. G., Bhagat, E., Wilson, M. W., Stillson, C., Moore, T., Robbins, G. R. & Hetts, S. W., Feb 9 2026, In: ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering. 12, 2, p. 1256-1268 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Link opens in a new tab Scopus citations
Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification
Grosjean, G., Ostermann, M., Sauer, M., Hahn, M., Pichler, C. M., Fahrnberger, F., Pertl, F., Balazs, D. M., Link, M. M., Kim, S. H., Schrader, D. L., Blanco, A., Gracia, F., Mujica, N. & Waitukaitis, S. R., Mar 19 2026, In: Nature. 651, 8106, p. 626-631 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Affinity membranes in downstream bioprocessing: From chemical design rules to ligand engineering
Gao, P., Smet, M., Dehaen, W., Zydney, A. L. & Yang, X., Jul 5 2026, In: Journal of Chromatography A. 1778, 467022.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
A General Workflow for Tangential Flow Filtration Perfusion Scale-Up
Romann, P., Lee, K., Natarajan, V., Ley, D., Nilsson, C. N., Garcia-Munzer, D., Schieman, D., Hajighasemi, M., Zaytsev, A., Friedman, J., Chappuis, L., Habicher, T., Jaques, C., Cohen, A., Gagnon, M., Chan, E., Karst, D. J., Giller, P., Sibilia, A. & Zydney, A. L. & 1 others, Villiger, T. K., 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Biotechnology and bioengineering.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A Kinetic Model-Driven Techno-Economic Analysis of Plastic Pyrolysis: Linking Process Dynamics to Economic Viability
Zaker Hosseiny, F. & Shi, R., Jun 10 2026, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 65, 22, p. 11631-11641 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Alkali Cation-Mediated Modulation of CO₂ Reduction Activity on Tin Electrodes in [EMIM][BF₄]/H₂O Electrolytes
Muchharla, B., Gautam, M., Nkurunziza, F., Ross, R. D., Chatterjee, S., Spurgeon, J. M., Hahn, C., Janik, M. J. & Kumar, B., Aug 6 2026, In: ACS Electrochemistry. 2, 8, p. 1831-1840 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
All-Cellulose Cryogels with Tunable Extracellular Matrix-Mimetic Architecture 2025 BioResources Early Career Investigator Award Winner
Franz, L. L., Akelaitis, K. P., Cooper, N. N., Kheirabadi, S., Pitcher, M. L., Lin, J., Salari, M. A., Baikarikar, A. K., Thirumalai, S., Koshani, R. & Sheikhi, A., 2026, In: BioResources. 21, 3, p. 6416-6435 20 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
A Multisite Microkinetic Framework for Describing Interfacial Kinetics in Dry Methane Reforming (DRM) over Ni-CeO₂Catalysts
Padmanabha Naveen, N. S., Dooley, K. M., Janik, M. J., Noh, G. & Alexopoulos, K., Feb 6 2026, In: ACS Catalysis. 16, 3, p. 2535-2549 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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An exact approach for describing adsorption and catalysis of interacting species in lattice models
Fichthorn, K. A., Cooper, E., Humphries, C. H., Latham, A. A., Okpaire, L. A., Pachter, M. R., Piao, H., Verma, N. & Yin, H., Aug 7 2026, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 165, 5, 054117.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A Novel Optical Elastography Platform Integrating Transparent Ultrasound Transducer and Digital Holography
Samanta, K., Mirg, S., Abbasi, A., Mansour, Y., Ramiah, K. M., Jiang, J., Gomez, E. W. & Kothapalli, S. R., Mar 5 2026, Optical Elastography and Tissue Biomechanics XIII. Larin, K. V. & Scarcelli, G. (eds.). SPIE, 138530D. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 13853).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

49 Active
400 Finished

Mechanobiology of epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity
Gomez, E. W. (PI)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
9/1/26 → 4/30/27
Project: Research project
Functional and physical dissection of the redox enzyme-driven and polysaccharide-scaffolded assembly of lignin in plant cell walls
Anderson, C. T. (PI), Gomez, E. W. (CoPI) & Gomez, E. D. (CoPI)
Basic Energy Sciences
5/1/26 → 4/30/29
Project: Research project
Data-Driven Discovery of Intermetallic Catalysts with Controlled Active Site Nuclearity
Janik, M. J. (PI) & Rioux, Jr., R. M. (CoPI)
Basic Energy Sciences
9/15/25 → 9/14/28
Project: Research project
Data-Driven Discovery of Intermetallic Catalysts with Controlled Active Site Nuclearity
Janik, M. J. (PI) & Rioux, Jr., R. M. (CoPI)
9/15/25 → 9/14/28
Project: Research project
Hydrogen Atom Transport Membrane Enabled H2/Hydrocarbon Separations
Chandler, B. (PI)
Basic Energy Sciences
9/1/25 → 12/31/28
Project: Research project
NSF-BSF: Developing organ-on-chip predictive models to effectively target the bacterial component of inflammatory bowel diseases
Wood, T. K. (PI)
National Science Foundation
9/1/25 → 8/31/28
Project: Research project
NSF-BSF: Developing organ-on-chip predictive models to effectively target the bacterial component of inflammatory bowel diseases
Wood, T. K. (PI)
9/1/25 → 8/31/28
Project: Research project
High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Mixed Polymer Conductors
Gomez, E. D. (PI)
7/15/25 → 6/30/28
Project: Research project
High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Mixed Polymer Conductors
Gomez, E. D. (PI)
National Science Foundation
7/15/25 → 6/30/28
Project: Research project
REU Site: Integration of Biology and Materials in Chemical Engineering
Gomez, E. W. (PI) & Gnoh@psuedu, G. A. N. (CoPI)
5/1/25 → 4/30/28
Project: Research project

Fellow of American Chemical Society
Pisupati, S. V. (Recipient), Aug 20 2018
Prize: Honorary award

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Konstantinos Alexopoulos

Ali Borhan

Bert Chandler

Ezra Clark

Wayne R. Curtis, PhD

Kristen Ann Fichthorn

Enrique Daniel Gomez

Esther Winter Gomez, PhD

Michael John Janik

Seong Kim, PhD

3D Printed Biosponge Adsorbers for Capturing Toxic Chemotherapy Drugs In Situ in the Body

Adventitious carbon breaks symmetry in oxide contact electrification

Affinity membranes in downstream bioprocessing: From chemical design rules to ligand engineering

A General Workflow for Tangential Flow Filtration Perfusion Scale-Up

A Kinetic Model-Driven Techno-Economic Analysis of Plastic Pyrolysis: Linking Process Dynamics to Economic Viability

Alkali Cation-Mediated Modulation of CO₂ Reduction Activity on Tin Electrodes in [EMIM][BF₄]/H₂O Electrolytes

All-Cellulose Cryogels with Tunable Extracellular Matrix-Mimetic Architecture 2025 BioResources Early Career Investigator Award Winner

A Multisite Microkinetic Framework for Describing Interfacial Kinetics in Dry Methane Reforming (DRM) over Ni-CeO₂Catalysts

An exact approach for describing adsorption and catalysis of interacting species in lattice models

A Novel Optical Elastography Platform Integrating Transparent Ultrasound Transducer and Digital Holography

Mechanobiology of epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity

Functional and physical dissection of the redox enzyme-driven and polysaccharide-scaffolded assembly of lignin in plant cell walls

Data-Driven Discovery of Intermetallic Catalysts with Controlled Active Site Nuclearity

Data-Driven Discovery of Intermetallic Catalysts with Controlled Active Site Nuclearity

Hydrogen Atom Transport Membrane Enabled H2/Hydrocarbon Separations

NSF-BSF: Developing organ-on-chip predictive models to effectively target the bacterial component of inflammatory bowel diseases

NSF-BSF: Developing organ-on-chip predictive models to effectively target the bacterial component of inflammatory bowel diseases

High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Mixed Polymer Conductors

High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy of Mixed Polymer Conductors

REU Site: Integration of Biology and Materials in Chemical Engineering

Fellow of American Chemical Society

Chemical Engineering

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