Faculty

Christine Keating

Email: cmd8@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-7832
Office Address: 512 Chemistry Building
Title: Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
Unit: Department of Chemistry
Webpage: https://science.psu.edu/chem/people/cmd8

Research Interests:

• Colloid and Interface Science
• Biological
• Physical
• Materials and Nanoscience
• Inorganic
• Biomaterials
• Biophysical
• Analytical
• Bioanalytical
• Bio Structure/Function

Research:

The Keating lab is interested in construction of functional materials from the bottom up, by control of their nanoscale and mesoscale features. Controlling the composition of matter at these length scales can lead to materials with entirely new and tailorable optical, electronic, and structural properties. Such materials will find applications in medicine, biotechnology, sensors, nanoscale electronics, and in a variety of other fields. Finding inspiration in cell biology and materials science, our research aims to bring new building blocks and new assembly tools to this task.