Chemical engineering faculty engage in interdisciplinary partnerships with departments and faculty members across the UW campus. Our joint and adjunct faculty members have continuous and committed collaborations with ChemE, strengthening our efforts in teaching and research.
David Baker
Professor of Biochemistry; Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering and Genome Sciences
Design of protein structures; protein folding mechanisms; protein-protein interactions; protein-nucleotide interactions and protein-ligand interaction
James D. Bryers
Professor of Bioengineering
Biomaterials and tissue bioengineering; molecular bioengineering
Valerie Daggett
Professor of Bioengineering
Protein folding & dynamics; dynameomics/bioinformatics; extremophile proteins; protein modulators; protein design; unfolding diseases; protein complexes; single nucleotide polymorphisms
Richard R. Gustafson
Denman Professor of Forest Resources
Biofuels and bio-based products; process simulation; process control; instrument development
Neil King
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Designing protein-based nanomaterials for medical applications
Shuyi Ma
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Integrating computational and experimental systems biology approaches for biomedical applications
Peter Pauzauskie
Associate Professor of Materials Science & Engineering
Molecular engineering; nanoscale optoelectonic materials; cavity optomechanics; subwavelength molecular biosensors; nanomedicine
Suzie Pun
Robert F. Rushmer Professor of Bioengineering
Non-viral gene delivery; delivery of drugs and molecular contrast agents; intracellular trafficking
Jessica Ray
Robert O. and Irene V. Sylvester Family Endowed Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Water treatment; interfacial reactions; surface chemistry; polymer chemistry; materials design; nanochemistry and nanotechnology
Aquatic Innovations in Materials Science Lab | jessray@uw.edu
Shelly Sakiyama-Elbert
Professor of Bioengineering, Professor and Vice Dean of Research and Graduate Education, UW School of Medicine
Tissue and cellular engineering, regenerative medicine, drug delivery, and stem cell biology with applications to therapies for spinal cord and peripheral nerve injury
Jesse Zalatan
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Molecular mechanisms of crosstalk and coordination; programmable RNA scaffolds for metabolic engineering; spatially-organized cell signaling