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Seth Fraden is a Fellow of the American Physics Society, and was the director of the Brandeis Materials Science Research and Engineering Center from 2011 to 2023. His research group focuses on four core areas: non-linear chemical dynamics, active matter, microfluidics technology, and colloidal self-assembly. He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Brandeis University and holds a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Berkeley.
Duane Juang is a biomedical engineer whose research focuses on developing novel, enabling tools at the intersection of engineering, chemistry, and biology to address pressing challenges in human health. His lab harnesses various physical phenomena (fluidics, magnetics) and chemistries (surface chemistry, biomolecular chemistry) to create simple and accessible tools to further biological discovery or advance medical diagnostics. He aims to develop high-throughput functional screening tools employing microbes as "sensors" for the discovery of novel antibiotics, as well as better and more accessible technologies for disease diagnostics at the point-of-care. Duane holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from University of Wisconsin-Madison and a second Ph.D. in Chemistry and B.S. in Life Science from the National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan). Before joining Brandeis in 2025, Duane worked as an engineering scientist in the biomedical research industry.
Jonathan Krones is Brandeis's first professor of engineering. He came to Brandeis in the summer of 2024 from Boston College, where he helped to launch their new Human-Centered Engineering program in 2021. His research in the field of industrial ecology focuses on environmentally sustainable materials systems with a focus on solid waste management and the circular economy. Jonathan holds a Ph.D. in Engineering Systems and an S.B. in Materials Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.S. in Earth Resources Engineering from Columbia University.
Ben Rogers is leader of the Brandeis Materials Science Research and Engineering Center's “Self-limited assembly” interdisciplinary research group. His research is aimed at uncovering the fundamental physical principles governing dynamic pathways for the self-assembly and self-organization of materials and living systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Delaware.
lan Roy is the Executive Director of Design and Innovation at Brandeis University and has an endowed faculty appointment as the inaugural Robert I. Mallet Senior Lecturer in Engineering and Business. In his staff role he collaborates closely with the Senior Leadership team in the Brandeis Library, and as Faculty he has built and taught classes in Business, Engineering, and Anthropology.
Ian's team, Brandeis Design and Innovation department (BDI), builds and manages maker spaces, emerging technology, and digital scholarship tools across campus. To address the University's growing need to embed technology and digital literacies in teaching, learning and research, BDI provides services that faculty can adopt for class and research usage and students can engage in experiential learning inside and outside of the classroom. The BDI team manages several maker spaces at Brandeis University: The Brandeis MakerLab, The Automation Lab, the Digital Scholarship Lab, the 3D Printer Farm, and the Engineering Classroom.