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Faculty

Shrayesh Patel

  • Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering in the UChicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
  • Research and Scholarly Interests: Functional Polymers, Block Copolymers, Batteries, Thermoelectrics, Organic Electronics
  • Websites: Patel Group
  • Contact: shrayesh@uchicago.edu
    773.702.7717
  • Assistant: Kerensa Jackson-Burton
  • Office Location:
    Eckhardt Research Center
    Room 209
    5640 South Ellis Avenue
    Chicago, IL 60637

Shrayesh Patel completed his undergraduate degree at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering in 2007, then received his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013.

Before joining PME as an assistant professor, he was a postdoctoral research associate in the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of California, Santa Barbara, one of the world’s most prestigious institutions for the study of advanced materials science research.

Patel's honors include his selection as a 2023 PMSE Early State Investigator and one of ACS Polymers Au's 2022 Rising Stars in Polymers.