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Ahmad Al-Douri
Ahmad Al-Douri

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Ahmad Al-Douri Bio

Vivek K. Bajpai
Vivek K. Bajpai

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Vivek K. Bajpai Bio

Ngoc T. Bui
Ngoc T. Bui

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Ngoc T. Bui Bio

Steven P. Crossley
Steven P. Crossley
Reza Foudazi
Reza Foudazi

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Reza Foudazi Bio

Michele Galizia
Michele Galizia

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Michele Galizia Bio

Jie Gao
Jie Gao

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Jie Gao Bio

Dr. Grady
Brian Grady

PROFESSOR

Brian Grady Bio

Kasun Gunasooriya
Kasun Gunasooriya

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Kasun Gunasooriya Bio

Horst Hahn
Horst Hahn

VISITING PROFESSOR

Horst Hahn Bio

Roger G. Harrison
Roger G. Harrison
Liangliang Huang
Liangliang Huang

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Liangliang Huang Bio

Dean Klier
John Klier

GCOE DEAN

John Klier Bio

Lance L. Lobban
Lance L. Lobban
Matthias U. Nollert
Matthias Nollert

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Matthias Nollert Bio

Edgar A. O'Rear III
Edgar A. O'Rear III
Dimitrios Papavassiliou
Dimitrios Papavassiliou
Sepideh Razavi
Sepideh Razavi

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Sepideh Razavi Bio

Daniel E. Resasco
Daniel E. Resasco
Vassilios I. Sikavitsas
Vassilios I. Sikavitsas
Alberto Striolo
Alberto Striolo
Farid Talebnia Rowshan
Farid Talebnia Rowshan

RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

Farid Talebnia Rowshan Bio

Bin Wang
Bin Wang

PROFESSOR

Bin Wang Bio


Faculty Areas of Research and Expertise

NameResearch InterestsEmail

Ngoc T. Bui

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

  • Water-energy-environment nexus
  • Sustainable separations
  • Advanced functional materials
  • Membrane materials and processes
  • Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
  • Matters across dynamical interfaces
  • Transport phenomena
ngoctbui21@ou.edu

Vivek K. Bajpai

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

  • Genome Engineering
  • High-throughput CRISPR Screening
  • Functional Genomics
  • Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering
  • Pluripotent Stem Cells based Disease Modeling
  • Biomarkers and Drug Discovery
  • Systems Biology
  • Synthetic Biology
vkbajpai@ou.edu

Steven P. Crossley

PROFESSOR

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Biomass to Fuels and Chemicals
  • Hydrocarbon Conversion
  • Waste Plastics Conversion
  • Nanomaterials Synthesis
stevencrossley@ou.edu

Reza Foudazi

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

  • Rheology of complex fluids
  • Polymers in/for environmental challenges
  • Soft matter: liquid crystals, suspensions, emulsions, nanoemulsions, microemulsions
  • Colloid and interface science
rfoudazi@ou.edu

Jie Gao

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

  • Advanced materials
  • Membranes
  • Water treatment
  • Biodetection
jie.gao@ou.edu

Michele Galizia

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

  • Membranes
  • Diffusion in Polymers
  • Advanced Membrane Materials
  • Polymer Thermodynamics
mgalizia@ou.edu

Brian Grady

PROFESSOR

  • Polymers
  • Surfactants
  • Polymer recycling
  • Interfaces
bpgrady@ou.edu

Kasun Gunasooriya

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

  • Computational Catalysis and Kinetic Modeling
  • High-throughput (HT) Computations and Machine Learning
  • Material Design and Discovery
  • Sustainable Energy
kasun.gunasooriya
@ou.edu

Roger G. Harrison

PROFESSOR

  • Targeted therapies for cancer and infectious diseases
  • Bionanotechnology
  • Recombinant protein expression and purification
rharrison@ou.edu

Liangliang Huang

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

  • Biofunctionalization of Graphene Oxide Surface for Drug Delivery
  • Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide for Reaction and Mass Transport
hll@ou.edu

John Klier

GCOE DEAN AND AT&T CHAIR; PROFESSOR

  • Novel Materials for high performance coatings and adhesives
  • Structured polymer colloids and emulsion polymers
  • New approaches to polymer crosslinking
  • Control of functional oligomer / polymer colloid association
  • Applications of Functional Colloids to targeted drug delivery
  • Properties of Novel Functional Monomers
  • Novel Degradable and Recyclable Polymers
klier@ou.edu

Lance L. Lobban

PROFESSOR

  • Reaction Engineering
  • Biofuels
  • Catalysis
llobban@ou.edu 

Matthias U. Nollert

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

  • Cardiovascular and orthopedic tissue engineering
  • Computational fluid mechanics of cardiovascular systems
  • Regenerative medicine with stem cells
nollert@ou.edu 

Edgar A. O'Rear III

PROFESSOR

  • Mechanical trauma to blood
  • Encapsulated plasminogen activators
  • Biotransport
  • Admicellar polymerization
  • Surfactants
eorear@ou.edu

Dimitrios Papavassiliou

CBME DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR

  • Computational Transport Processes
  • Turbulence
  • Micro- and nano-fluidics
  • Biological flows
  • Energy
dvpapava@ou.edu

Sepideh Razavi

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

  • Colloid and Interface Science
  • Soft Matter
  • Self-assembly and Field-assisted Assembly
srazavi@ou.edu

Daniel E. Resasco

PROFESSOR

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Energy and Fuels
  • Biomass conversion
  • Nanotechnology
resasco@ou.edu

Vassilios I. Sikavitsas

PROFESSOR

  • Adult stem cells differentiation
  • Surface functionalization of biomaterials
  • Orthopedic tissue engineering (bone, cartilage, tendons, ligaments)
  • Tissue engineering bioreactors
  • Bone mechanotransduction
  • Whole organ decellularization
  • ELISA immunoassays
  • Non-destructive evaluation of cell-scaffold constructs
  • 3D in vitro cancer models
vis@ou.edu

Alberto Striolo

PROFESSOR

  • Rerum Cognoscere Causas
  •  In-silico design of chemical additives
  • Reducing the environmental impact of the energy sector
  • Environmental contamination due to microplastics and antibiotics
  • Pedagogical research
astriolo@ou.edu

Bin Wang

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

  • Catalysis
  • Materials
  • Computational Simulation
  • Energy
wang_cbme@ou.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Miguel-Bagajewicz
Miguel Bagajewicz

Dr. Bagajewicz Website

Years of Service: 1995-2016

Billy Crynes
Billy Crynes
Jeffrey-Harwell
Jeffrey Harwell
Lloyd Lee
Lloyd Lee
Richard-Mallinson
Richard Mallinson

Dr. Mallinson Website

Years of Service: 1983-2014

Daniel-Resasco
Daniel Resasco

George Lynn Cross Professor

Years of Service: 1993-2024

Robert-Shambaugh
Robert Shambaugh

Years of Service: 1983-2022

Robert BlockCedomir SliepcevichKen Starling
F. Mark TownsendDonald Green