Faculty Spotlights

Adilet Imambekov, originally from Kazakhstan, joins the Department of Physics and Astronomy as Assistant Professor.

Angel A. Martí, assistant professor in the Chemistry Department , is interested in developing multifunctional molecular composites for the treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

Mathematics professor Brendan Hassett is one of those rare people around whom great things happen in abundance—from his research in algebraic geometry, to his patient, thoughtful and considerate mentoring of students and young scholars both at Rice and elsewhere.

Who knew that Dr. R. Bruce Weisman, Rice professor of chemistry, would become an entrepreneur and found a technology company?

Christy Landes, a new assistant professor in the Chemistry Department, is currently conducting research to try to understand what role complexity, in the form of redundant and competing pathways, serves in higher order protein function.

Physics Professor, David Alexander, came to Rice because “it presented the challenge of bringing a new field (solar physics) to an already world-class research department.” 

Fenglin Niu, Associate Professor in Earth Science, has made contributions ranging from measurements of the thickness and properties of the Earth's crust and lithosphere, to the structure of the outer and inner cores.

Frank Geurts, assistant professor of Physics and Astronomy, explains why he chose to come to Rice, “The Bonner Lab is at the very forefront of developing detectors that are used in the experiments both at RHIC and LHC."

Helge Gonnermann, assistant professor of Earth Science, has a research focus on volcanology, mantle dynamics, and geological fluid mechanics.

Dr. James M. Tour has been at the epicenter of nanotechnology since joining the Department of Chemistry and the renowned nanoscale science program at Rice in 1999 at the invitation of the late Rick Smalley, Nobel laureate from Rice