Edward Noble Kramer Professor
Department Chair - NAE
Pronounced: RAY-chel SEE-gahl-man
Contact
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080
Assistant Contact Information:
Cynthia Rojo
(805) 893-5438
crojo@engineering.ucsb.edu
Engineering II, Room 3353
ChemE Research Areas:
Honors:
2022 Elected Fellow of the AIChE
2022 Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering, AIChE
2022 Distinguished Alumni Lectureship, University of Massachusetts
2021 Ernest O. Lawrence Award, D.O.E.
2021 Gaden Lecture, Columbia University
2021 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
2020 Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas
2019 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019 NSF Special Creativity Award
2018 Lindsay Lecture, Texas A&M University
2018 Smith Lecture, UC Davis
2018-2021 Elected Board of Directors, Materials Research Society
2017 Covestro Lecture, University of Akron College of Polymer Science and Engineering
2016 Blue-Green Lecture, University of Michigan and Michigan State University
2016 Cornelius Ping Lecture, University of Southern California
2016 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
2016 Elected Senior Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2015 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award
2015 Centennial Lecture, University of Texas at Austin 2013 Invited Speaker on Energy Technologies, National Academies of Engineering: Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
2012 John H. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society
2012 Vaughn Lectureship at CalTech
2011 Thiele Lectureship at Notre Dame
2010 Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar
2009 Hendrick C. Van Ness Lectureship, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2009 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
2008 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE)
2008 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Materials Science Division's Young Scientist of the Year Award
2007 Mohr-Davidow Ventures Innovators Award
2007 MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators under 35 years old (TR35)
2006-2008 3M Untenured Faculty Award
2007 Hellman Family Young Faculty Award
2005 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2004 Intel Young Faculty Award
2003 Chateaubriand Fellowship
2001 Corning Foundation Fellowship
2001 MRS Graduate Student Award Finalist
1998 National Science Foundation Fellowship
Research Description:
Structure control over soft matter on a molecular through nanoscopic lengthscale is a vital tool to optimizing properties for applications ranging from energy (solar and thermal) to biomaterials. For example, while molecular structure affects the electronic properties of semiconducting polymers, the crystal and grain structure greatly affect bulk conductivity, and nanometer lengthscale pattern of internal interfaces is vital to charge separation and recombination in photovoltaic and light emission effects. Similarly, biological materials gain functionality from structures ranging from monomeric sequence through chain shape through self-assembly. We work to both understand the effects of structure on properties and gain pattern control in these inherently multidimensional problems. We are particularly interested in materials for energy applications such as photovoltaics, fuel cells, and thermoelectrics.
Education:
BS: University of Texas at Austin (1998)
PhD: University of California, Santa Barbara (2002)
