Lauren S. Anderson
Assistant Professor
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College
Ph. D. Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia
Teaching areas: transport phenomena, experimental design, molecular bioengineering, nature of materials
Research interests: molecular bioengineering, polymer fabrication and drug delivery, tissue engineering
Contact andersol@lafayette.edu |
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Patricia A. Darcy
Assistant Professor
B.S. Chemical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Iowa
Teaching areas: thermodynamics, fluid phase equilibrium, biotechnology, experimental design
Research interests: protein crystallization, bioseparations, complex fluids
Contact darcyp@lafayette.edu
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James K. Ferri
Associate Professor and Head
Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Seminar Series in the Life Sciences
B.S., Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University
Teaching areas: mass transfer and separations, applied math and numerical methods, interfacial phenomena
Research interests: mechanics and transport in soft nanomaterials, stability of foams and emulsions, polymer physical chemistry, bottom-up manufacturing
Recipient of Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship, Jones Faculty Lecture Award, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdientst Fellowship. Visiting scientist Max Planck Institute for Colloids and Interfaces, Germany
Contact ferrij@lafayette.edu
Research laboratory Physicochemical Mechanics in Soft Surface Materials |
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Joshua A. Levinson
Assistant Professor
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
M.S., Chemical Engineering Practice, MIT
M.S., Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Teaching areas: analysis of chemical processes, process design, integrated chemical engineering
Research interests: semiconductor processing technology, microfluidics, chemical kinetics, transport phenomena
Contact levinsoj@lafayette.edu |

J. Ronald Martin
Professor
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Lafayette College
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
P.E., Pennsylvania
Teaching areas: first year engineering, material and energy balances, thermodynamics, materials science, polymers
Research interests: structure-property relationships in polymeric materials, polymer processing, flammability of macromolecules
Recipient of the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award, Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award
Contact martinj@lafayette.edu |
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Polly R. Piergiovanni
Associate Professor
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Teaching areas: first year engineering, material and energy balances, process control, biochemical engineering
Research interests: biochemical processes, system dynamics and control
Contact piergiop@lafayette.edu |

James P. Schaffer
Professor and Director of Institutional Research
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Duke University
Teaching areas: first year engineering, engineering ethics, materials science
Research interests: physical and electronic structure of materials, spectroscopy
Recipient of Jones Faculty Lecture Award, Student Government Superior Teaching Award, Marquis Distinguished Teaching Award, and Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award
Contact schaffej@lafayette.edu |
Javad Tavakoli
Professor
Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology
P.E., Pennsylvania
Teaching areas: kinetics and reactor design, chemical engineering laboratories, environmental engineering, alternative energy sources
Research interests: renewable energy sources, catalysis, industrial wastewater treatment, hazardous waste treatment
Contact tavakoli@lafayette.edu |