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• Christopher M. Bates

  Associate Professor, Materials

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• Matthew R. Begley

  Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials

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• Erez Berg

  Joining Spring 2026

  Professor, Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering

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• Irene J. Beyerlein

  NAE Mehrabian Interdisciplinary Endowed Professor Professor, Mechanical Engineering and Materials

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• Simon Billinge

  Distinguished Professor, Materials

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• Michael Chabinyc

  NAI Professor, Materials

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• Raphaële Clément (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor, Materials

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• Steven P. DenBaars

  NAE, NAI Mitsubishi Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays, Materials Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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• Daniel S. Gianola

  Professor, Materials

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• John Harter

  Associate Professor, Materials

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• Craig Hawker

  NAE, FRS, AAAS, NAI, NAS Heeger Professor of Interdisciplinary Science, Chemistry Distinguished Professor, Materials Clarke Professor, CNSI

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• Sriram Krishnamoorthy

  Associate Professor, Materials

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• Greg Mazur

  Assistant Professor, Materials 

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• Robert M. McMeeking

  NAE, FREng, FRSE Evans Professor of Structural Materials, Materials Distinguished Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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• Shuji Nakamura

  Nobel Prize in Physics, NAE, NAI, NIHF Royal Academy of Engineering CREE Professor of Solid State Lighting and Displays, Materials

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• Daniel Oropeza (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor, Materials

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• Chris Palmstrøm

  Distinguished Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering and Materials

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• Angela Pitenis (she/her/hers)

  Associate Professor, Materials

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• Tresa Pollock

  NAE, GASL ALCOA Professor of High Tech Materials, Materials

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• Ananya Renuka Balakrishna

  Assistant Professor, Materials

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• Cyrus R. Safinya

  Distinguished Professor, Materials, Physics, and Molecular, Cellular, & Developmental Biology

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• Jeff Sakamoto

  Mehrabian Professor, Materials Professor, Mechanical Engineering

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• Omar A. Saleh

  Department Chair Professor, Materials, Physics and  Biomolecular Science & Engineering

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• Rachel A. Segalman

  NAE, AAAS Kramer Professor of Materials Professor, Chemical Engineering

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• Ram Seshadri

  Fred and Linda R. Wudl Professor in Materials Science Distinguished Professor, Chemistry

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• James S. Speck

  NAI Seoul Viosys Professor of Solid State Lighting, Materials

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• Susanne Stemmer

  Distinguished Professor, Materials

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• Chris G. Van de Walle (he/him/his)

  NAE Kroemer Professor of Materials Science

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• Anton Van der Ven

  Associate Chair Professor, Materials

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• Vojtech Vlcek

  Associate Professor, Chemistry and Materials

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• Claude Weisbuch

  Distinguished Professor, Materials

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• Stephen Wilson

  Professor, Materials

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• Frank W. Zok

  Distinguished Professor, Materials

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