Anna Balazs

Anna C. Balazs is the John A. Swanson Chair of Engineering and Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of engineering, and serves as an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry. She has also held visiting professor appointments at the Scripps Research Institute, University of Texas at Austin, and Oxford University. Her research interests focus on the statistical, mechanical, and computer modeling of complex chemical systems and developing theories for the properties of polymer blends and the behavior of polymers at surfaces and interfaces. Dr. Balazs is a member of the Advisory Board of the Materials Council for Materials Sciences and Engineering Division of the Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences, and is a member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Langmuir, Soft Matter, and Polymer Reviews. She received her MS and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her postdoctoral research was completed at Brandeis University, MIT, and the University of Massachusetts.