Edward Noble Kramer Professor
NAE
Pronounced: RAY-chel SEE-gahl-man
Contact
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080
ChemE Research Areas:
Honors:
2025 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2022 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
2022 Elected Fellow of the AIChE
2022 Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering, AIChE
2021 Ernest O. Lawrence Award, D.O.E.
2021 Elected to the National Academy of Engineering
2020 Academy of Distinguished Chemical Engineers, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas
2019 Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2019 NSF Special Creativity Award
2018-2021 Elected Board of Directors, Materials Research Society
2016 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society
2016 Elected Senior Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
2015 Journal of Polymer Science Innovation Award
2012 John H. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society
2010 Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar
2009 Alfred P. Sloan Fellow
2008 Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE)
2008 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Materials Science Division's Young Scientist of the Year Award
2007 Mohr-Davidow Ventures Innovators Award
2007 MIT Technology Review's Top 35 Innovators under 35 years old (TR35)
2006-2008 3M Untenured Faculty Award
2007 Hellman Family Young Faculty Award
2005 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
2004 Intel Young Faculty Award
2003 Chateaubriand Fellowship
2001 Corning Foundation Fellowship
2001 MRS Graduate Student Award Finalist
1998 National Science Foundation Fellowship
Research Description:
Structure control over soft matter on a molecular through nanoscopic lengthscale is a vital tool to optimizing properties for applications ranging from energy (solar and thermal) to biomaterials. For example, while molecular structure affects the electronic properties of semiconducting polymers, the crystal and grain structure greatly affect bulk conductivity, and nanometer lengthscale pattern of internal interfaces is vital to charge separation and recombination in photovoltaic and light emission effects. Similarly, biological materials gain functionality from structures ranging from monomeric sequence through chain shape through self-assembly. We work to both understand the effects of structure on properties and gain pattern control in these inherently multidimensional problems. We are particularly interested in materials for energy applications such as photovoltaics, fuel cells, and thermoelectrics.
Education:
BS: University of Texas at Austin (1998)
PhD: University of California, Santa Barbara (2002)
