Research

Human Disease Treatment and Detection

Developing new ways to detect and treat human disease.

Advanced drug delivery and formulation

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.6885
iandreu@uri.edu

Professor and Department Chair

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9518
gbothun@uri.edu

Victor Baxt Associate Professor

Chemical Engineering / Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

401.874.4303
smeenach@uri.edu

Associate Professor

Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences / Chemical Engineering

401.874.4914
jmenon@uri.edu

In vivo and wearable nanosensors

Associate Professor and Graduate Director

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2678
roxbury@uri.edu

Medical devices and treatment

Professor and Department Chair

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9518
gbothun@uri.edu

Chester H. Kirk Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2814
alucia@uri.edu


Engineering Better Materials

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2804
bosea@uri.edu

Professor and Department Chair

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9518
gbothun@uri.edu

Associate Professor and ABET Coordinator

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9289
greenfield@uri.edu

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2085
ogregory@uri.edu

Chester H. Kirk Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2814
alucia@uri.edu

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering

ryanps@uri.edu


Energy Storage

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2804
bosea@uri.edu


Detecting Environmental Pollutants

Creating more responsive tech to detect pollutants in marine and terrestrial environments, through

Nanoenabled biological and environmental sensors

Professor and Department Chair

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9518
gbothun@uri.edu

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2085
ogregory@uri.edu

Associate Professor and Graduate Director

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2678
roxbury@uri.edu

Explosives Detection

Detecting trace components, like explosives, in the vapor phase, through

Materials, sensors, and coatings in extreme environments

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2085
ogregory@uri.edu


Computational Modeling and Molecule Interaction

Understanding how interactions can explain mechanisms within materials and biological systems, through

Simulation of polymers, fluids, and bioprocesses

Associate Professor and ABET Coordinator

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9289
greenfield@uri.edu

Chester H. Kirk Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2814
alucia@uri.edu


Microplastics and nanomaterials in the environment

Assistant Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.6885
iandreu@uri.edu

Distinguished Engineering Professor

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2804
bosea@uri.edu

Professor and Department Chair

Chemical Engineering

401.874.9518
gbothun@uri.edu

Associate Professor and Graduate Director

Chemical Engineering

401.874.2678
roxbury@uri.edu