At the UGA New Materials Institute, we believe that a material’s useful end-of-life should be considered at the design stage and that Green Engineering principles should be part of this process.
Associate Professor
School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural, and Mechanical Engineering (ECAM)
College of Engineering
Faculty page | Google Scholar | The Song Lab
Kenan.Song@uga.edu
Polymer science, composite engineering, 3d printing
Associate Professor
Department of Food Science and Technology
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
Faculty page | Google Scholar | The SMART Food Processing Lab
kmissolval@uga.edu
Marine collagen, jellyfish gelatin, collagen peptides, sustainable collagen sources, novel food ingredients, collagen-based materials
Assistant Professor
School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural and Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering
Faculty page | Google Scholar
linglliu@uga.edu
Biobased emulsion, coating, film; Waste utilization; Control release; Food engineering
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
Website | Google Scholar
ejbrisbois@uga.edu
Novel therapeutics and medical device materials derived from human body molecules; antimicrobial and hemocompatible interfaces; anti-inflammatory biomaterials; insulin delivery; polymer and small molecule chemistry; pulmonary and dental therapeutics
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
College of Engineering
Website | Publications
ctgomillion@uga.edu
Natural tissue replacements, composite tissue systems, tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cell-biomaterial interactions, multi-functional biomaterials, tissue modeling systems, cell-based therapeutics
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
Website | Google Scholar
vpopik@uga.edu
Light-responsive materials, photo-degradable polymers, new methods of chemical recycling of plastics
Assistant Research Scientist
Locklin Group, UGA New Materials Institute
Website | The Bioseniatic℠ Laboratory
gcrane@uga.edu
Material science, Bioseniatic™ materials, degradable polymers, composites and coatings
Assistant Research Scientist
Locklin Group, UGA New Materials Institute
Website
jbram92@uga.edu
Formulation science and development, performance and barrier coatings, material science, polyhydroxyalkanoates, biologically degradable materials
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Franklin College of Arts & Sciences
Complex Carbohydrate Research Center
Website | Google Scholar
breeanna@uga.edu
hemicellulose, xylan, plant cell wall, cellulose, glycosyltransferase, plant glycobiology, plant biochemistry
Associate Professor
College of Engineering
Website
jrk@uga.edu
Catalytic reaction engineering, renewable fuels and chemicals.