Materials

For each age of human history - bronze, concrete, silicon, polymers - new materials have paved the way in advancing our civilization. Where will we go in the future and what materials take us there? At UCI, we are building the next generation of materials to take us to mars, to improve electric cars, and to extend human life beyond 100 yrs. In each case, these big questions demand understanding the small details. What bonds can we break in a material so that it heals itself - making materials that last for generations? What are the right elements and in what structure will an anode store electric energy most efficiently? How do we exploit the molecular signatures on cancer cells to drop off payloads of cytotoxic drugs from the bloodstream? We seek to answer these questions by building new materials from the molecule up. We are looking for excited and passionate researchers to join us.