Douglass Kalika, Ph.D.

Professor, Chemical Engineering; Director of First-Year Engineering

Research Interests

• Blends and Synthetic Membranes
• Polymer Nanocomposites
• Polymer Processing
• Rheology

Education

IBM Almaden Research Center (post-doc) Polymer Physics 1989-90

University of California at Berkeley Ph.D. Chemical Engineering 1988

Massachusetts Inst. of Technology B.S. Chemical Engineering 1984

Appointments

2019 - present Director of First-Year Engineering

2009-2019 Chair, Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

2007-present Professor, Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering, University of Kentucky

2001-2003 Acting Dean, The Graduate School, University of Kentucky

1998-2001 Senior Associate Dean, The Graduate School, University of Kentucky

1996-2007 Associate Professor, University of Kentucky

1990-1996 Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky