Group Members




Dr. Sven H. Behrens


Sven Behrens
Associate Professor
Email: sbehrens@gatech.edu

Dr. Sven H. Behrens is an Associate Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology with expertise in colloid science. His research aims at understanding colloidal interactions in aqueous and non-polar solutions at a fundamental level and at applying these insights to practical problems with industrial relevance. The Behrens group has successfully collaborated with industry on a diverse range of topics, including the interfacial assembly of colloidal particles in multi-phase systems, charging phenomena in nonpolar inks for electrophoretic displays, the encapsulation and controlled release of agrochemical actives, and the stabilization of therapeutic proteins. Sven Behrens received his diploma (M.S.) in Physics from Goettingen University (Germany) in 1995 and his Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, Switzerland in 1999. Prior to his current appointment, he spent two years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Chicago and five years as the head of an industrial R&D lab in the polymer research division of BASF, Germany. He can be reached by email at sbehrens@gatech.edu. Please refer to the group website for more information about the his lab.



Graduate Students

Songcheng Wang
Graduate Student
Email: swang428@gatech.edu
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Xiaotang (Tony) Du
Graduate Student
Email: dxttony@gatech.edu
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Maritza Mujica
Graduate Student
Email: mmujica7@gatech.edu

 

Scott Essenmacher
Graduate Student
Email: sessenmacher3@gatech.edu
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Undergraduate Students

Alexander Lobo
Undergraduate Student
Email: alex.lobo@gatech.edu
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Group Alumni


Graduate students and postdocs
Joanna Tsao Currently with Intel
Yi Zhang Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher with
John A. Rogers at Northwestern University
Virendra Singh Research scientist with Imerys
Adriana San Miguel Assistant Professor at NC State
Qiong Guo Research scientist with Praxair
Carlos Espinosa Currently with Proventus Consulting
Jonathan Rubin Research scientist with Johnson & Johnson
Hongzhi Wang Research scientist with Dow Chemical
Joohyung Lee Postdoctoral researcher at UT Austin
Abiola Shitta  

Undergraduate research alumni:
Gregory Benz, Ryan Baptiste, Jonathan Pang, Stephane Tcheimou, Ruiyang Zhao, Adam Azaibi, William Garrity, Stephanie England, Eric Coleman, Krupa Patel, Joni Baker, Crystal Clemmons, Kyle Jones, Michael Jones, Katherine Ohnemus, Heather Keefe, Zhe Liu, Jiarun Zhou, Lingrui Zheng.