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Caltech
Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering Faculty

The chemical engineering faculty at Caltech is one of the most distinguished and innovative in the world, actively leading chemical engineering research into new areas of application and involvement.
chart of Chemical Engineering faculty by research area

Human Health and Medicine

Frances H. Arnold
Sujit Datta
Richard C. Flagan
Rustem F. Ismagilov
Julia A. Kornfield
Karthish Manthiram
Mikhail G. Shapiro
Zhen-Gang Wang

Planet and Environment

Frances H. Arnold
Sujit Datta
Gözde Demirer
Richard C. Flagan
Julia A. Kornfield
Karthish Manthiram

Energy

Sujit Datta
Kara Fong
Karthish Manthiram
Zhen-Gang Wang

Sustainability and Climate Change

Sujit Datta
Gözde Demirer
Richard C. Flagan
Kara Fong
Julia A. Kornfield
Karthish Manthiram
John H. Seinfeld

Fundamentals

Frances H. Arnold
John F. Brady
Sujit Datta
Gözde Demirer
Richard C. Flagan
Kara Fong
Rustem F. Ismagilov
Julia A. Kornfield
Karthish Manthiram
John H. Seinfeld
Mikhail G. Shapiro
Zhen-Gang Wang
Frances H. Arnold
Linus Pauling Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biochemistry; Director, Donna and Benjamin M. Rosen Bioengineering Center
Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Biochemistry;  Chemical Biology;  Organic Chemistry; 
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John F. Brady
Chevron Professor of Chemical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Theory/Computational Chemistry; 
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Sujit Datta
Professor of Chemical Engineering, Bioengineering, and Biophysics
Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Materials Chemistry;  Physical Chemistry;  Theory/Computational Chemistry; 
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Gözde Demirer
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry;  Chemical Biology;  Environmental/Atmospheric Chemistry;  Materials Chemistry; 
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Richard C. Flagan
Irma and Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Science and Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Environmental/Atmospheric Chemistry;  Materials Chemistry; 
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Kara Fong
Incoming Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Electrochemistry;  Materials Chemistry;  Physical Chemistry;  Theory/Computational Chemistry; 
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Konstantinos P. Giapis
Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Materials Chemistry;  Physical Chemistry; 
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Rustem F. Ismagilov
Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Merkin Institute Professor; Director of the Jacobs Institute for Molecular Engineering for Medicine
Chemistry;  Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Analytical Chemistry;  Biochemistry;  Chemical Biology;  Health Chemistry/Chemistry of Health;  Physical Chemistry; 
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Julia A. Kornfield
Elizabeth W. Gilloon Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Materials Chemistry; 
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Karthish Manthiram
Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry; William H. Hurt Scholar
Chemistry;  Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Biochemistry;  Inorganic Chemistry;  Electrochemistry;  Organic Chemistry;  Materials Chemistry; 
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Hosea M. Nelson
Professor of Chemistry
Chemistry;  Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Analytical Chemistry;  Organic Chemistry;  Theory/Computational Chemistry; 
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John H. Seinfeld
Louis E. Nohl Professor of Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Environmental/Atmospheric Chemistry; 
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Mikhail G. Shapiro
Max Delbrück Professor of Chemical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Director, Center for Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Biochemistry;  Chemical Biology;  Health Chemistry/Chemistry of Health; 
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David A. Tirrell
Provost; Ross McCollum-William H. Corcoran Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering; Carl and Shirley Larson Provostial Chair
Chemistry;  Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Biochemistry;  Chemical Biology;  Organic Chemistry;  Materials Chemistry; 
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Zhen-Gang Wang
Dick and Barbara Dickinson Professor of Chemical Engineering; Executive Officer for Chemical Engineering
Chemical Engineering;  Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics;  Materials Chemistry;  Physical Chemistry;  Theory/Computational Chemistry; 
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