Harry Atwater
Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science
246 Watson, MC 128-95
(626) 395-2197




Siddharth Dasgupta
144 Watson, MC 128-95
(626) 395 2809

April Neidholdt, MBA
256 Watson, MC 128-95
(626) 395-3330

Robert Michael de Groot
CSEM Educational Outreach Coordinator
MC 210-41

IRG1: Active Nanophotonic Materials

Kaushik Bhattacharya
(Team Leader)
Professor of Mechanics and Materials Science
315 Thomas, MC 104-44
(626) 395-8306

Harry Atwater
Howard Hughes Professor and Professor of Applied Physics and Materials Science
246 Watson, MC 128-95
(626) 395-2197

Chiara Daraio
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Applied Physics
113 Firestone, MC 105-50, (626) 395-4479

Oskar Painter
Associate Professor of Applied Physics
225 Steele, MC 128-95 (626) 395-8008


G. Ravichandran
Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
113 Firestone, MC 105-50
(626) 395-4525

Axel Scherer
Bernard A. Neches Professor of Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, and Physics
203 Sloan Annex, MC 200-36
(626) 395-4691

Seed Grants

Axel van de Walle
Assistant Professor of Materials Science
311 Steele Laboratory, MC 309-81, (626) 395-3721

IRG2: Patterns, Gradients and Signals in Soft Biomaterials

David Tirrell
(Team Leader)
Ross McCollum - William H. Corcoran Professor and Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering;
Chair, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
164 Crellin, MC 164-30


Anand R. Asthagiri
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
233 Spalding Laboratory , MC 210-41, (626) 395 8130

Zhen-Gang Wang
Professor of Chemical Engineering
235 Spalding Laboratory, MC 210-41, (626) 395-4647

IRG3: Mechanics of Amorphous and Nanoscale Metal Composites and Foam Structures

William Johnson
(Team Leader)
Ruben & Donna Mettler Professor of Engineering and Applied Science
339 Keck Lab, MC 138-78
(626) 395-4433


Julia R. Greer
Assistant Professor of Materials Science
218 Steele Laboratory, MC 309-81, (626) 395-4127