Pinar Akcora

• Assistant Professor
• Department: Chemical Engineering
• Phone: 573-882-3691
• Fax: 573-884-4940
• Address: W2018 Lafferre Hall
• Email: AkcoraP@missouri.edu

Research Focus

• Polymer composites
• Self-assembled nanostructures
• Magnetic nanoparticles

Education

• Ph.D. from the University of Maryland
• M.S. from Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey

Pinar Akcora is an assistant professor in the Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Missouri. Prior to coming to MU in 2008, she worked as a post-doctoral research scientist at Columbia University in New York for three years. Her research interests are in exploring the structure-property relationships of polymer nanocomposites from nano to mesoscale. She also focuses on the synthesis of novel diblock copolymer/metal oxide hybrids and on developing new strategies for the self-assembly of nanoparticles. Using various tools such as scattering, microscopy and rheology, Ackora additionally concentrates on understanding the dynamics of polymeric materials as they relate to structural information. 

Topics

• Materials

• Nanotechnology