Brian A. Korgel

Cockrell School of Engineering Temple Professor #1
Matthew Van Winkle Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering


EDUCATION

B.S., University of California at Los Angeles, 1991
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1997
Post-doctoral Fellow, University College Dublin, Ireland, 1997-1998

APPOINTMENTS

Assistant Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1998-2003
Associate Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 2003-2007
Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 2007-present
Visiting Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Universidad de Alicante, Spain, 2007-2008
Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, Université Josef Fourier, France, 2008

Founder and Board of Directors, Piñon Technologies, 2007-present
Founder and Board of Directors, InnovaLight, Inc., 2001-2006

Associate Editor, Journal of Crystal Growth, 2005-present
Editorial Advisory Board, Chemistry of Materials, 2006-present
Editorial Board, Materials Science and Engineering: R, 2007-present
Texas Nanotechnology Foundation Scientific Review Board, 2003-present

Director of the Doctoral Portfolio Program in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Co-Director of NANOLAB, An Undergraduate Laboratory in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at UT Austin
Advisor: UT Austin AIChE Student Chapter, 1999-2003

Texas Materials Institute, Member
Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, Member

HONORS AND AWARDS

Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award (TAMEST), 2009
Roy-Somiya Medal of the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association, 2008
[read Dr. Korgel's award address in the ISHA Newsletter]
Fulbright Senior Scholar Award to Spain, 2007
Frank A. Liddell, Jr. Fellow in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2002-2007
Chevron Centennial Teaching Fellow in Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2001-2002
Engineering Foundation Young Faculty Award, 2001
3M Non-tenured Faculty Grant Award, 2001
Discover Magazine Awards for Technological Innovation Finalist, 2001
Halliburton/Brown & Root Young Faculty Excellence Award, 2000
National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2000
DuPont Young Professor Award, 2000
UCLA Alumni Distinguished Scholar, 1997