Director
Brian A. Korgel is the Rashid Engineering Regents Chair Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin (UT) and director of UT’s Energy Institute. He directs the Center for a Solar Powered Future (SPF2050)—an Industry/University Research Center (IUCRC) funded by the National Science Foundation—and the Clean Energies area in the UT|Portugal program. He works on nano & mesoscopic materials chemistry and complex fluids, tackling problems in energy storage, chemical transformations, energy harvesting and conversion, and medicine. He is also an artist exploring collaborative frameworks, language and human-artificial intelligence/robot cohabitation, with a courtesy appointment as Professor in Art & Art History. He has published more than 300 papers, co-founded two companies, Innovalight and Piñon Technologies, and received various honors including the Professional Progress Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) and election into the National Academy of Engineering (NAE).
Contact Brian Korgel: korgel@che.utexas.edu • https://korgel.che.utexas.edu/korgel-group/