Christopher Williams
Professor and IGERT Director
Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis; In-Situ Surface Spectroscopy
willia84@cec.sc.edu
Leadership
Jochen Lauterbach
Professor, SmartState Chair, IGERT Co-Director
Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: High-Throughput Catalysis; Nanoparticle Synthesis; Spectroscopy
lauteraj@cec.sc.edu
Donna Chen
Professor and IGERT Co-Director
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Interests: Surface Chemistry; Surface Science; Metal Nanoparticle Chemistry
chend@mailbox.sc.edu
William Sandberg
Professor and IGERT Co-Director
Darla Moore School of Business
Research Interests: Entrepreneurship Strategies; "Disruptive Technology" Impacts
sandberg@moore.sc.edu
Affiliated Faculty and Personnel
Richard Adams
Carolina Distinguished Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Interest: Inorganic Chemistry for Catalysis and Energy Conversion
adamsrd@cec.sc.edu
Mark Berg
Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Interests: Ultrafast Spectroscopy; Nanostructure Energy Pathways
berg@sc.edu
Dirk D. Brown
Professor
Moore School of Business
Research Interests: Entrepreneurship; Intellectual Property; Commercialization
dirk@sc.edu
MVS Chandrashekhar
Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Advanced Semiconductor Materials; Physics/Electrochemistry of
Graphene and SiC
chandra@engr.sc.edu
Fanglin Chen
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Energy Conversion/Storage Materials; High Temperature Fuel Cells
and Electrolyzers
chenfa@cec.sc.edu
Mike Couick
CEO
The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina
Interests: Public Policy and Politics of Energy
Tammie Dickenson
Director and Research Associate Professor
Office of Program Evaluation
Interests: Educational Assessment/ Evaluation of GK-12 Outreach Programs
Andrew B. Greytak
Assistant Professor
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Research Interests: Chemistry/Physics at Liquid-Semiconductor Interfaces
greytak@sc.edu
Andreas Heyden
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Computational Catalysis: Multiscale Modeling
heyden@cec.sc.edu
Gregory G. Hilton
Center for Entrepreneurial and Technological Innovation
Interests: Entrepreneurship; Technology Transfer; "Start-Up" Process
Krishna C. Mandal
Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Solar Photovoltaics; Thin Film Devices; Semiconductors
mandalk@engr.sc.edu
Yuriy V. Pershin
Assistant Professor
Physics and Astronomy
Research Interests: Computational/Theoretical Nanophysics; Charge/Spin Transport in
Nanostructures
pershin@physics.sc.edu
John R. Regalbuto
Professor and SmartState Chair
Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis; Rational Catalyst Synthesis
regalbuj@cec.sc.edu
Xiao-Dong Zhou
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Research Interests: Physics/Electochemistry of Materials and Interfaces in Energy
Systems
zhox@cec.sc.edu