Core Faculty

Faculty

Nathan Crane

Associate Professor, College of Engineering - Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Areas: Design, Materials, Manufacturing

Contact: ENC 2206 • ncrane at usf dot edu • 813.974.8586 •

Venkat Bhethanabotla

Professor and Director of Materials Science & Engineering, College of Engineering - Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Research Areas: Biosensors, Plasmonics, Computational Catalysis

Contact: IDRB 218 • bhethana at usf dot edu • 813.974.3041 •

Humberto Rodriguez Gutierrez

Assistant Professor, College of Arts & Sciences - Department of Physics

Research Areas: Fundamental and applied studies on low-dimensional materials and nano-structures (0D, 1D, and 2D); synthesis and characterization of heterostructures for functional devices

Contact: ISA 4218 • humberto3 at usf dot edu • 813.974.0330

Clifford L. Henderson

Chair and Professor, College of Engineering - Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Research Areas: Polymer ultra-thin films and advanced membranes, Advanced materials and processes for semiconductor patterning, novel routes to manufacturing graphene and graphene devices

Contact: ENC 3400 • clhenderson at usf dot edu • 813.974.6354

John N. Kuhn

Associate Professor, College of Engineering - Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

Research Areas: Heterogeneous Catalysis, Materials Chemistry, Electro-catalysis, Engineering Education, Renewable Energy

Office: IDRB 202D • jnkuhn at usf dot edu • 813.974.6498 •

Brian Space

Professor, College of Arts & Sciences - Department of Chemistry

Research Areas: Development of highly accurate potential energy functions of environmentally relevant gases, such as carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, methane, oxygen, and associated oxides

Contact: IDRB 210 • bspace at usf dot edu • 813.974.7312

Jing Wang

Associate Professor, College of Engineering - Department of Electrical Engineering

Research Areas: Nano/microfabrication, Nanomaterials, RF MEMS Devices, On-chip Power Generation, Microfluids, MEMS Transducers, RF Integrated Circuit, Wide Bandgap Materials, Polymer Nanocomposite and Responsive Polymers

Office: ENB 378 • jingw at usf dot edu • 813.974.6011 •

Thomas Weller

Professor and Chair, College of Engineering - Department of Electrical Engineering

Research Areas: Planar and Electrically-Small 3D Antennas, Development and Application of Novel Microwave Materials, Additive Manufacturing for RF/Microwave Design, Electromagnetic Sensors

Office: ENB 379 • weller at usf dot edu • 813.974.2740

Samuel Wickline

Associate Dean & Professor, College of Medicine Cardiology

Research Areas: Basic and Clinical Research Topics in Molecular Imaging and Nano-Biotechnology for Therapeutic Targeting of Diseases such as Atherosclerosis, Heart Failure, Kidney Injury, Arthritis, and Cancer; Design Novel Methods for Clinical and Molecular Imaging with Ultrasound and MRI

wickline at health dot usf dot edu •