Rodney
Priestley

Dean of the Graduate School, Pomeroy and Betty Perry Smith Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Research interests: Materials synthesis, processing, structure and properties. The physics of polymeric materials and the development of novel polymeric systems as responsive and self healing materials and membranes.

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Affiliations

Professor and student work together in lab setting.

Chemical and Biological Engineering

Advancing human health, energy, materials science, and industrial processes