People
The International Institute for Nanotechnology unites an extraordinary group of people: from world-renowned researchers and their students in fields such as biology, chemistry, engineering, materials science, and medicine to the forward-thinking business leaders on the IIN’s Executive Council and the outstanding team of administrators who provide project management and program support.
Under the leadership of Chad Mirkin, the IIN fosters an environment that supports creativity, discovery, and interdisciplinary collaboration — and guides the translation of innovative research from the laboratory to the market and the lives of people across the world.
Executive Council

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry
Steering Commitee

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry

Vinayak Dravid
Director of Global Initiatives, International Institute for Nanotechnology & Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Milan Mrksich
Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Ted Sargent
Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Samuel Stupp
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Administration

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry

Vinayak Dravid
Director of Global Initiatives, International Institute for Nanotechnology & Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Sarah Petrosko
Associate Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology; Research Professor, Department of Chemistry
Affiliated Faculty
The IIN has a deep talent pool of more than 190 faculty members from 32 academic departments and four schools at Northwestern University and a network of more than 3,000 affiliated graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
IIN-affiliated faculty members include a Nobel laureate and 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, National Academy of Medicine, and American Academy of Arts & Sciences, among many other prestigious scientific organizations.
Chemistry

Veronica Berns
Associate Professor of Instruction, Co-Director of General Chemistry Laboratory

Bin Chen
Research Assistant Professor

Lin X. Chen
Professor

William Dichtel
Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry

Antonio Facchetti
Adjunct Professor

Omar Farha
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry, Director of Graduate Admissions

James Gaynor
Assistant Professor

Franz M. Geiger
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry Chair, Division of Physical Chemistry

Katie Gesmundo
Assistant Professor of Instruction, Co-Director of General Chemistry Laboratory

Nathan Gianneschi
Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry

Todd Gingrich
Assistant Professor

Songi Han
Mark and Nancy Ratner Professor of Chemistry

Joseph T. Hupp
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry

Julia Kalow
Assistant Professor

Mercouri Kanatzidis
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry

Neil Kelleher
Professor

Shana Kelley
Neena B. Shwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

Kent Kirlikovali
Research Assistant Professor, Farha Group

Yosi Kratish
Research Assistant Professor; Marks Group

Bryan Hunter
Assistant Professor

Kevin Kohlstedt
Research Assistant Professor

Matthew Krzyaniak
Research Associate Professor

Christian Malapit
Assistant Professor

Tobin J. Marks
Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering

Thomas Meade
Eileen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry

Milan Mrksich
Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

SonBinh Nguyen
Professor of Teaching Excellence

Teri Odom
Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry Chair, Department of Chemistry

Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Frederick Northrup
Professor of Instruction; Director of Undergraduate Studies

Liam Palmer
SQI Faculty Member and Director of Research

Kenneth R. Poeppelmeier
Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry

John Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery

Ted Sargent
Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Richard Schaller
Professor

George Schatz
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Tamar Seideman
Professor

Richard B. Silverman
Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor

Peter C. Stair
Professor Emeritus

Samuel Stupp
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

Dayne Swearer
Assistant Professor

Igal Szleifer
Christina Enroth-Cugell Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Roel Tempelaar
Assistant Professor

Michael R. Wasielewski
Clare Hamilton Hall Professor of Chemistry, Executive Director, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern

Eric Weitz
Professor

Ke Xie
Research Assistant Professor

Ryan Young
Research Professor of Chemistry, Director of Laboratory Research

Xiaoyu Zhang
Assistant Professor
Molecular Biosciences

Curt Horvath
Professor

Neil Kelleher
Professor

Thomas Meade
Eileen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology

Alfonso Mondragon
Professor

Richard B. Silverman
Patrick G. Ryan/Aon Professor

Eric Weiss
Associate Professor
Physics & Astronomy

Michael Bedzyk
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Physics and Astronomy, Co-Director, Northwestern Synchroton Research Center

Venkat Chandrasekhar
Professor

Pulak Dutta
Professor

Anupam Garg
Professor, Physics & Astronomy

William Halperin
Orrington Lunt Professor

John Ketterson
Fayerweather Professor / Joint with Electrical Engineering

Jens Koch
Associate Professor

Prem Kumar
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, irector of Center for Photonic Communication and Computing

Erik Luijten
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and (by courtesy) Engineering Scieince and Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy and Chemistry

Brian Odom
Professor

Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Nathaniel Stern
Associate Professor

Melville Ulmer
Professor

Michelle Driscoll
Associate Professor
Biomedical Engineering

Guillermo A. Ameer
Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Surgery, Director, Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering & Regenerative Engineering Training Program

Vadim Backman
Walter Dill Scott Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Eric Berns
Research Associate Professor

Horacio Espinosa
James N. and Nancy J. Farley Professor in Manufacturing & Entrepreneurship

Nathan Gianneschi
Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry

Matthew R. Glucksberg
Professor

Colin Hisey
Assistant Professor

Shana Kelley
Neena B. Shwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

David M. Kelso
Clinical Professor

Malcolm A. MacIver
Professor

Thomas Meade
Eileen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry

Milan Mrksich
Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Todd Parrish
Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering

Jonathan Rivnay
Assistant Professor

John Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery

Samuel Stupp
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

Igal Szleifer
Christina Enroth-Cugell Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Lisa Rae Volpatti
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical & Biological Engineering
Chemical & Biological Engineering

Selim Alayoglu
Research Professor

Linda Broadbelt
Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Wesley R. Burghardt
Professor

Jennifer Cole
Assistant Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Jennifer Dunn
Research Associate Professor

Nathan Gianneschi
Jacob & Rosaline Cohn Professor of Chemistry

Harold H. Kung
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Josh Leonard
Associate Professor

Jeffrey Lopez
Assistant Professor

Julius Lucks
Associate Professor

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry

Milan Mrksich
Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology

Justin M. Notestein
Professor

Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Julio M. Ottino
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Jeffrey Richards
Assistant Professor

George Schatz
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry and of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Neil Schweitzer
Research Assistant Professor

Linsey Seitz
Assistant Professor

Randall Q. Snurr
Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Dayne Swearer
Assistant Professor

Igal Szleifer
Christina Enroth-Cugell Professor of Biomedical Engineering

John M. Torkelson
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

Danielle Tullman-Ercek
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Keith E.J. Tyo
Associate Professor

Muzhou Wang
Assistant Professor

Lisa Rae Volpatti
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering and Chemical & Biological Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering

Ange-Therese Akono
Assistant Professor

Ludmilla Aristilde
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Oluwaseyi Balogun
Associate Professor

Jian Cao
Associate Vice President for Research and Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Jean-François Gaillard
Professor

Kimberly A. Gray
Roxelyn and Richard Pepper Family Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Erica Hartmann
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Yonggang Huang
Jan and Marcia Achenbach Professorship in Mechanical Engineering

Aaron Packman
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Ankit Agrawal
Research Associate Professor

Koray Aydin
Associate Professor

Alok Choudhary
Henry and Isabelle Dever Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Matthew Grayson
Professor

Mark C. Hersam
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Seng-Tiong Ho
Professor

John Ketterson
Fayerweather Professor / Joint with Electrical Engineering

Sam Kriegman
Assistant Professor

Prem Kumar
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, irector of Center for Photonic Communication and Computing

Hooman Mohseni
Professor

Manijeh Razeghi
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Alan Sahakian
Professor

Ted Sargent
Lynn Hopton Davis and Greg Davis Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Selim Shahriar
Professor
Materials Science & Engineering

Scott Barnett
Professor

David Barton
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Michael Bedzyk
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and (by courtesy) Physics and Astronomy, Co-Director, Northwestern Synchroton Research Center

Wesley R. Burghardt
Professor

Robert Chang
Professor

Cécile Chazot
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Yip-Wah Chung
Professor

Vinayak Dravid
Director of Global Initiatives, International Institute for Nanotechnology & Abraham Harris Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

David Dunand
Professor

Jennifer Fowlie
Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Sossina M. Haile
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Mark C. Hersam
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Derk Joester
Associate Professor

Mercouri Kanatzidis
Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry

Lincoln J. Lauhon
Professor and Associate Chair of Materials Science and Engineering

Erik Luijten
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, and (by courtesy) Engineering Scieince and Applied Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy and Chemistry

Tobin J. Marks
Vladimir N. Ipatieff Professor of Catalytic Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry

Ian McCue
Assistant Professor

Teri Odom
Joan Husting Madden and William H. Madden, Jr. Professor of Chemistry Chair, Department of Chemistry

Gregory B. Olson
Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Materials Science and Engineering

Monica Olvera de la Cruz
Lawyer Taylor Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Roberto dos Reis
Scientific Officer

John Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery

James Rondinelli
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and Morris E. Fine Junior Professor in Materials and Manufacturing

David Seidman
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Kenneth Shull
Professor

Samuel Stupp
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering

John M. Torkelson
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering

Ryan Truby
Assistant Professor

Peter W. Voorhees
Frank C. Engelhart Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Chris Wolverton
Jerome B. Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

Ange-Therese Akono
Assistant Professor

Oluwaseyi Balogun
Associate Professor

Jian Cao
Associate Vice President for Research and Cardiss Collins Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Wei Chen
Chair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Wilson-Cook Professor in Engineering Design

Isaac M. Daniel
Professor Emeritus

Kornel Ehmann
Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering

Horacio Espinosa
James N. and Nancy J. Farley Professor in Manufacturing & Entrepreneurship

Sandip Ghosal
Associate Professor

Ping Guo
Associate Professor

Yonggang Huang
Jan and Marcia Achenbach Professorship in Mechanical Engineering

Sinan Keten
Professor

Sridhar Krishnaswamy
Professor

Wing K. Liu
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering

Eric Masanet
Associate Professor

Julio M. Ottino
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Kyoo-Chul Kenneth Park
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Cheng Sun
Associate Professor

Ryan Truby
Assistant Professor

Q. Jane Wang
Professor
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Vadim Backman
Walter Dill Scott Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Elizabeth Bartom
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Preventive Medicine

Bruce Bochner
Professor Emeritus of Medicine (Allergy and Immunology)

Navdeep S. Chandel
David W. Cugell, MD, Professor

Neil Kelleher
Professor

Shana Kelley
Neena B. Shwartz Professor of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering

Elizabeth M. McNally
Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine

Marcus Ernst Peter
Tom D. Spies Professor of Cancer Metabolism

Leonidas Platanias
Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jesse, Sara, Andrew, Abigail, Benjamin and Elizabeth Lurie Professor of Oncology

Jindan Yu
Professor
Cardiology

Tsutomu Kume
Professor

Elizabeth M. McNally
Elizabeth J. Ward Professor of Genetic Medicine

R. Kannan Mutharasan
Associate Professor

J. Andrew Wasserstrom
Professor

Ming Zhao
Associate Professor
Cell & Molecular Biology

Rex L. Chisholm
Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs and Graduate Education and Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics

Milan Mrksich
Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Chemistry, Professor of Cell & Developmental Biology
Dermatology

Kurt Lu
Eugene and Gloria Bauer Professor of Dermatology

Amy Paller
Chair, Department of Dermatology and Walter J. Hamlin Professor of Dermatology

Shuai (Steve) Xu
Ruth K. Frenkel, MD, Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Feinberg School of Medicine Director of Medical Research, Querrey Simpson Institute for Bioelectronics
Endocrinology

William L. Lowe, Jr.
Vice Dean for Academic Affairs and Thomas D. Spies Professor of Genetic Metabolism

Samuel Stupp
Board of Trustees Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Chemistry, Medicine and Biomedical Engineering
Hematology / Oncology

Al B. Benson
Professor

Young Kwang Chae
Associate Professor

Elizabeth A. Eklund
Johanna Dobe Professor of Hematology and Oncology

Leo I. Gordon
Abby and John Friend Professor of Oncology Research

William J. Gradishar
Chief of Hematology and Oncology & Betsy Bramsen Professorship of Breast Oncology

Curt Horvath
Professor

Neil Kelleher
Professor

Priya U. Kumthekar
Associate Professor

Huiping Liu
Associate Professor

Jochen Lorch
Professor

Chad A. Mirkin
Director, International Institute for Nanotechnology & George B. Rathmann Professor of Chemistry

Mary F. Mulcahy
Professor

Marcus Ernst Peter
Tom D. Spies Professor of Cancer Metabolism

Leonidas Platanias
Director, Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Jesse, Sara, Andrew, Abigail, Benjamin and Elizabeth Lurie Professor of Oncology

Jeffrey J. Raizer
Adjunct Professor

Seema Singhal
Chez Family Professor of Myeloma Research

David VanderWeele
Associate Professor

Jane N. Winter
Professor

Jindan Yu
Professor

Bin Zhang
Professor
Infectious Diseases

Chad J. Achenbach
Associate Professor

Alan R. Hauser
Vice Chair, Department of Microbiology-Immunology

Eun-Young Kim
Research Associate Professor

Robert L. Murphy
John Philip Phair Professor of Infectious Diseases
Neurology

James P. Chandler
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Lavin/Fates Professor of Neurological Surgery

Alicia Guemez-Gamboa
Assistant Professor

John A. Kessler
Ken and Ruth Davee Professor of Stem Cell Biology

Evangelos Kiskinis
Assistant Professor

Jeffrey J. Raizer
Adjunct Professor
Neurological Surgery

James P. Chandler
Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs and Lavin/Fates Professor of Neurological Surgery

C. David James
Vice Chair for Research, Department of Neurological Surgery and Jean Malnati Miller Professor of Brain Tumor Research

John A. Kalapurakal
Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology

Dimitri Krainc
Chair, Department of Neurology and Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor

Maciej S. Lesniak
Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery and Michael J. Marchese Professor of Neurosurgery

John Rogers
Louis Simpson and Kimberly Querrey Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Neurological Surgery

Tadanori Tomita
Professor

Peng Zhang
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Pathology

Robert T. Chatterton
Professor Emeritus

Deyu Fang
Hosmer Allen Johnson Professor of Pathology

Guang-Yu Yang
Joseph C. Calandra Research Professor of Pathology and Toxicology
Pharmacology

Deyu Fang
Hosmer Allen Johnson Professor of Pathology

Huiping Liu
Associate Professor

Thomas J. Lukas
Research Professor

Daniel Martin Watterson
John G. Searle Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
Physiology

Dimitri Krainc
Chair, Department of Neurology and Aaron Montgomery Ward Professor

D. James Surmeier
Chair, Department of Physiology
Preventive Medicine

Ramana V. Davuluri
Adjunct Professor

Masha Kocherginsky
Professor

William R. Leonard
Professor

Alfred W. Rademaker
Professor Emeritus
Pulmonary & Critical Care

Navdeep S. Chandel
David W. Cugell, MD, Professor

Mark C. Hersam
Walter P. Murphy Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Lewis J. Smith
Professor Emeritus

Igal Szleifer
Christina Enroth-Cugell Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Jacob I. Sznajder
Ernest S. Bazley Professor of Asthma and Related Disorders
Radiation Oncology

John A. Kalapurakal
Vice Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology

Tatjana Paunesku
Research Associate Professor

Gayle E. Woloschak
Professor
Radiology

Robert Edelman
Clinical Professor

Mary F. Mulcahy
Professor

Thomas Meade
Eileen M. Foell Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering, and Radiology

Todd Parrish
Professor of Radiology, Biomedical Engineering

Gayle E. Woloschak
Professor
Surgery

Guillermo A. Ameer
Daniel Hale Williams Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Surgery, Director, Center for Advanced Regenerative Engineering & Regenerative Engineering Training Program

David J. Bentrem
Professor

Rex L. Chisholm
Vice Dean for Scientific Affairs and Graduate Education and Adam and Richard T. Lind Professor of Medical Genetics

Seema A. Khan
Bluhm Family Professor of Cancer Research
Urology

William J. Catalona
Professor

Chung Lee
Professor Emeritus

Hiten Patel
Assistant Professor

Colby S. Thaxton
Associate Professor
Levy Entrepreneurial Institute

Nicola Bianchi
Assistant Professor of Strategy

Timothy Calkins
Clinical Professor of Marketing

Gregory Carpenter
Harold T. Martin Professor of Marketing

Carter Cast
Michael S. and Mary Sue Shannon Clinical Professor of Entrepreneurship

James Gerard Conley
Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Joe Dwyer
Adjunct Lecturer of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Troy Henikoff
Adjunct Lecturer of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Benjamin F. Jones
Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship Professor of Strategy

Paola Sapienza
Donald C. Clark/HSBC Chair in Consumer Finance

Mohanbir Sawhney
Associate Dean, Digital Innovation and McCormick Foundation Chair of Technology

David Schonthal
Clinical Professor of Innovation & Entrepreneurship

Robert Wolcott
Adjunct Professor of Executive Education