Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty

	Mufit Akinc Professor 2220L Hoover Hall /333 Spedding Hall Phone: 515 294-0738 E-mail: makinciastate.edu PhD, Iowa State University Biomaterials and bio-inspired materials; High temperature structural materials; Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
	Scott Beckman Assistant Professor Materials Science and Engineering 2220W Hoover Hall Ames, IA 50011 Phone: (515) 294-1107 Fax: (515) 294-5444 sbeckmaniastate.edu Computational materials science
	Nicola Bowler Associate Professor 279 ASC II / 2220S Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-5370 / 515 294-3202 E-mail: nbowleriastate.edu PhD, University of Surrey, U.K. Electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials
	L. Scott Chumbley Professor 214 Wilhelm Hall / 2220Q Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-7903 / 515 294-1435 E-mail: chumbleyiastate.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Advanced characterization methods
	Kristen P. Constant Associate Professor 2220J Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-3337 E-mail: constantiastate.edu PhD, Northwestern University Electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials; Materials education and gender research in engineering
	Larry Genalo University Professor and Associate Chair 2220A Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-4722 E-mail: genaloiastate.edu PhD, Iowa State University Engineering education and K–12 teaching education
	Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr. Distinguished Professor National Academy of Engineering Member 255 Spedding Hall Phone: 515 294-7931 E-mail: cageyameslab.gov PhD, Iowa State University Materials for renewable energy; Advanced characterization methods; Microstructural design and processing; Electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials
	Michael Kessler Assistant Professor 3275 Gilman Hall / 2220V Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-3101 / 515 294-9835 E-mail: mkessleriastate.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Polymers and polymer composites
	Alexander King Professor Ames Laboratory Director 311 TASF Phone: 515 294-2770 E-mail: alexkingameslab.gov PhD, University of Oxford, U.K. Advanced characterization methods; Theory of defects in solids; interfaces; Diffusion-induced grain boundary migration
	Richard LeSar Professor Chair 2220C Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-1841 E-mail: lesariastate.edu PhD, Harvard University Computational materials science
	Zhiqun Lin Assistant Professor 3161 Gilman Hall / 2220Q Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-9967 / 515 294-1435 E-mail: zqliniastate.edu PhD, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Polymers and polymer composites; Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
	Steve W. Martin Distinguished Professor 2220E Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-0745 E-mail: swmartiniastate.edu PhD, Purdue University Oxide, non-oxide, and metallic glasses Materials for renewable energy; Photonic materials
	Ralph E. Napolitano Associate Professor 116 Wilhelm Hall / 2220X Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-9101 / 515 294-1140 E-mail: ralphniastate.edu PhD, Georgia Institute of Technology Microstructural design and processing; Advanced characterization methods; Solidification and crystal-melt interfaces; Computational materials science
	Vitalij Pecharsky Distinguished Professor 253 Spedding Hall Phone: 515 294-8220 E-mail: vitkpameslab.gov PhD, L’viv State University, Ukraine Advanced characterization methods; Materials for renewable energy; Electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials
	Krishna Rajan Professor, Stanley Chair in Interdisciplinary Engineering 2220H Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-2670 E-mail: krajaniastate.edu ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Materials informatics; Advanced characterization methods; Nanomaterials and nanotechnology
	Alan M. Russell Professor 2220K Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-3204 E-mail: russelliastate.edu PhD, Iowa State University Microstructural design and processing; Nanomaterials and nanotechnology; Materials for renewable energy
	Dan Shechtman Professor National Academy of Engineering Member 342 Spedding Hall Phone: 515 294-3685 E-mail: dansameslab.gov PhD, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology Advanced characterization methods; Microstructural design and processing
	Xiaoli Tan Associate Professor 2220G Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-3355 E-mail: xtaniastate.edu PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Advanced characterization methods; Electronic, magnetic, and photonic materials
	R. Bruce Thompson Distinguished Professor National Academy of Engineering Member 115A ASC II Phone: 515 294-8152 E-mail: thompsonrbcnde.iastate.edu PhD, Stanford University Advanced characterization methods
	Rohit K. Trivedi Distinguished Professor 100 Wilhelm Hall Phone: 515 294-5869 E-mail: trivediameslab.gov PhD, Carnegie Mellon University Advanced characterization methods; Computational materials science

	Ersan Üstündag Associate Professor, Glenn Murphy Professor of Engineering 3273 Gilman Hall / 2220V Hoover Hall Phone: 515 294-9678 / 515 294-9835 E-mail: ustundagiastate.edu PhD, Cornell University Advanced characterization methods; Computational materials science

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Tenure/Tenure-Track Faculty