January 4, 2008

Genzer Appointed Associate Department Head in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Dr. Genzer (Photo: Roger Winstead)

Dr. Jan Genzer, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named associate department head in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, effective January 2, 2008.

The recipient of numerous awards, Genzer is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and received the John H. Dillon Medal from the APS in 2005. He is known for his work in the manipulation of surface properties with monolayer and macromolecular films and the self-assembly and chemical surface pattern recognition and for synthesis and application of random-blocky copolymers (RBCs). His current research includes materials self-assembly and directed assembly and the behavior of polymers at surfaces, interfaces and in confined geometries. Specifically, he is working with pattern recognition by copolymers, directed assembly of oligomers and polymers on elastomeric substrates, and molecular gradients on substrates.

Genzer received his doctoral degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1996 and joined the NC State faculty in 1998.

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