Chemical Engineering Faculty

Symone Alexander

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering
222 Ross Hall
sla0044@auburn.edu
334.844.8626

Ph.D. Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Howard University

Robert Ashurst

Uthlaut Family Associate Professor

Undergraduate Program Chair

Associate Department Chair

Chemical Engineering
244 Ross Hall
ashurwr@auburn.edu
334.844.2559

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University

Maria Auad

Charles E. Gavin III Distinguished Professor

Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Faculty Development

Dean's Office
Chemical Engineering
1301E Shelby Center
auad@auburn.edu
334.844.5459

Ph.D. Material Sciences, University of Mar del Plata-Argentina
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Mar del Plata-Argentina

Bryan Beckingham

Director, Center for Polymers and Advanced Composites

Graduate Program Officer (GPO) (PFEN)

Mary and John H. Sanders Associate Professor

Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow

Chemical Engineering
228 Ross Hall
bsb0025@auburn.edu
334.844.2036

Ph.D. Chemical and Materials Engineering, Princeton University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University

Selen Cremaschi

Department Chair

B. Redd & Susan W. Redd Eminent Scholar Chair Professor

Chemical Engineering
210 Ross Hall
szc0113@auburn.edu
334.844.7605

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University

Allan David

John W. Brown Professor

Associate Dean for Research

Dean's Office
Chemical Engineering
1301H Shelby Center
aed0022@auburn.edu
334.844.2260

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland

Virginia Davis

Dr. Daniel F. and Josephine Breeden Professor

Chemical Engineering
328 Ross Hall
davisva@auburn.edu
334.844.2060

Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Tulane University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tulane University

Steve Duke

Mary and John H. Sanders Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering
240 Ross Hall
dukeste@auburn.edu
334.844.2866

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Champaign
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Mario Eden

Dean

Joe T. and Billie Carole McMillan Professor

Dean's Office
Chemical Engineering
1301C Shelby Center
edenmar@auburn.edu
334.844.2064

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark

Nicole Habbit

Lecturer

Chemical Engineering
346 Ross Hall
nzh0020@auburn.edu
334.844.2429

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
B.S. Chemical Engineering with Bioengineering Concentration, University of New Mexico

Thomas Hanley

Professor

Chemical Engineering
322 Ross Hall
hanletr@auburn.edu
334.844.7773

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
M.B.A. Management, Wright State University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech

Peter He

George E. & Dorothy Stafford Uthlaut Endowed Professor

Chemical Engineering
338 Ross Hall
qzh0004@auburn.edu
334.844.2053

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

William Jeffrey Horne

Senior Lecturer

Chemical Engineering
103 Ross Hall
wjh0025@auburn.edu
334.844.4665

Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University

Michael Howard

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering
348 Ross Hall
mph0043@auburn.edu
334.844.2008

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Penn State University

Zhihua Jiang

Auburn Pulp and Paper Foundation Associate Professor

Director, Alabama Center for Paper and Bioresource Engineering

Chemical Engineering
356 Ross Hall
zzj0012@auburn.edu
334.844.7829

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, McGill University
M.S. Wood and Pulping Chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University
B.S. Wood and Pulping Chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University

William Josephson

Senior Lecturer

Chemical Engineering
352 Ross Hall
josepbe@auburn.edu
334.844.2483

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Auburn University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University

Chris Kieslich

Assistant Professor

Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow

Chemical Engineering
218 Ross Hall
cak0071@auburn.edu
334.844.2011

Ph.D. Bioengineering, University of California-Riverside
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Saint Louis University

Elizabeth Lipke

George E. & Dorothy Stafford Uthlaut Endowed Professor

Chemical Engineering
242 Ross Hall
eal0003@auburn.edu
334.844.2003

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Rice University
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Jean-Francois Louf

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering
149 Ross Hall
jzl0297@auburn.edu
334.844.2211

Ph.D. Physics of Fluids, Aix-Marseille University
M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University Lyon
B.S. Physics, University of Côte d’Azur

Panagiotis Mistriotis

Assistant Professor

Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow

Chemical Engineering
147 Ross Hall
pmistriotis@auburn.edu
334.844.5457

Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo
M.Sc. Human Biology, University of Copenhagen
Diploma Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Tae-Sik Oh

Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering
320 Ross Hall
tzo0011@auburn.edu
334.844.2088

Ph.D. Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
M.S. Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University
B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Seoul National University

Robert Pantazes

Assistant Professor

Ginn Faculty Achievement Fellow

Chemical Engineering
105 Ross Hall
rjp0029@auburn.edu
334.844.4805

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Maria Soledad Peresin

Adjunct Professor

Chemical Engineering
Forest Products Laboratory
msp0031@auburn.edu
334.844.1007

PhD, Forest Biomaterials, 2011, North Carolina University
BS, Licenciate, Analytical Chemistry, 2007, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina

Cassandra Porter

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering
330 Ross Hall
cjp0084@auburn.edu
334.844.2041

Ph.D. Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kentucky

Jeffrey Rice

Senior Lecturer

Chemical Engineering
336 Ross Hall
jjr0033@auburn.edu
334.844.5833

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Joseph Shaeiwitz

Visiting Professor

Chemical Engineering
230 Ross Hall
jas0105@auburn.edu
334.844.4825

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware

Bruce Tatarchuk

Charles E. Gavin III Chair

Director, Microfibrous Materials Manufacturing Center

Chemical Engineering
314 Ross Hall
tatarbj@auburn.edu
334.844.2023

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign

Jin Wang

Walt and Virginia Woltosz Professor

Chemical Engineering
318 Ross Hall
wang@auburn.edu
334.844.2020

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University

Xinyu Zhang

Alumni Professor

Graduate Program Officer (GPO)

Chemical Engineering
324 Ross Hall
xzz0004@auburn.edu
334.844.5439

PhD in Materials Chemistry
Master in Materials Engineering
Bachelor in Materials Engineering