About the Program

Department Chair

The Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department, Delia Milliron, is appointed by the Dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering and sets policies on a variety of academic and research issues and administers the department’s budget.

Graduate Advisor

The Graduate Advisor, Tom Truskett, is appointed by the faculty and is responsible for the graduate program in the department, and advising graduate students who intend to obtain a degree in chemical engineering. The Graduate Advisor is also the Chair of the departmental Graduate Studies Committee.

Recruitment Chair

The Graduate Recruitment Chair, Nathaniel Lynd, is appointed by the faculty, and is responsible for admitting and recruiting talented graduate students.

Graduate Program Administrator

The Graduate Program Administrator, Cristina Rodriguez, is the member of staff responsible for all administrative duties surrounding the graduate program. Email all inquires to chemegrad@utexas.edu 



Graduate Studies Committee

The GSC consists of all members of faculty in the department who are eligible to solely supervise students. All dissertation committees must include at least three of these members. For 2024-2025 & 2025-2026 the list is as follows:

Allen, David

Alper, Hal

Baldea, Michael

Belardi, Brian

Bonnecaze, Roger

Brennecke, Joan

Chelikowsky, James

Contreras, Lydia

Edgar, Thomas (until December 2024)

Ekerdt, John (until August 2024)

Eldridge, Robert (Bruce) (until August 2027)

Freeman, Benny

Ganesan, Venkat

Georgiou, George



Hildebrandt Ruiz, Lea

Hwang, Gyeong

Johnston, Keith

Keitz, B. Keith

Korgel, Brian

Kumar, Manish

Lavinder, Jason 

Lu, Yi

Lynd, Nathaniel

Manthiram, Arumugam

Maynard, Jennifer

Milliron, Delia

Mitrai, Ilias

Mullins, Charles

Nguyen, Annalee

Page, Zak

Peppas, Nicholas

Resasco, Joaquin

Rochelle, Gary

Rosales, Adrianne

Sahu, Amaresh

Sanoja, Gabriel

Sharma, Mukul

Stachowiak, Jeanne

Stadtherr, Mark (until August 2026)

Truskett, Thomas

Wang, Wennie

Zheng, Kent

ChE GSC Executive Committee: 

Current grad advisor – ex officio - Tom Truskett

Current grad recruiting advisor - Nate Lynd

Recent graduate advisor - Hal Alper

Recent associate chair - Venkat Ganesan

Assistant Professor -  Adrianne Rosales

Member-at-large - Gabriel Sanoja