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VITAE:
Eileen Seo joined the faculty at ASU in 2021 as an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy and the Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing. Her research is focused on the design, synthesis and characterization of stimuli-responsive, dynamic soft and composite materials using the tools of polymer chemistry, additive manufacturing and nanotechnology. She obtained a B.S. in Chemical Biology at UC Berkeley (2011) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry at Northwestern University working with Prof. Chad Mirkin (2018). Then, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UC Santa Barbara in the Materials Department with Prof. Craig Hawker.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS:
Arizona State University
- Affiliated Faculty Member, School of Molecular Sciences (2022-Present)
- Affiliated Faculty Member, Materials Science & Engineering Program (2022-Present)
- Faculty Member, Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing (2021-Present)
- Faculty Member, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy (Chemical Engineering Program) (2021-Present)
EDUCATION:
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (2018)
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Biology (2011)
College of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
TRAINING:
UC Santa Barbara
Postdoctoral Fellow
Advisor: Prof. Craig Hawker, Materials Research Laboratory (2018-2021)
Northwestern University
Graduate Research Assistant
Advisor: Prof. Chad Mirkin, Chemistry, International Institute for Nanotechnology (2012-2018)
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Polymers, nanomaterials, nanocomposites, dynamic polymer networks, 3D printing, sustainability