Woehl, Taylor J.

Associate Professor

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Maryland Energy Innovation Institute
Materials Science and Engineering
Chemistry and Biochemistry

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Research website

2021 NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
2019 Doctoral New Investigator, Petroleum Research Fund
2017 Ralph E. Powe Jr. Faculty Award, ORAU
2016 Research and Scholarship Award (RASA), University of Maryland
2014 NRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
2014 NIST MML Accolade award for service
2013 Zuhair Munir award for best dissertation in the College of Engineering, University of California, Davis

Nanomaterial assembly, nucleation, protein aggregation, in situ electron microscopy, electrokinetics, nanochemistry

Formation mechanisms, chemical kinetics, and thermodynamics of nanocrystal formation.
Directed assembly of colloids, nanoparticles, and proteins with electric fields and chemical reactions.
Stability of biopharmaceuticals, new microscopy methods for detecting and quantifying sub-visible and sub-micron particles.
Protein aggregation and gelation.
New optical and electron microscopy tools for nanomaterials and high order protein strcuture characterization.

Thermodynamics II (CHBE 302): Fall 2016, 2017
Mass and Energy Balances (CHBE 101): Spring 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Colloid and Interface Science (CHBE470/ENCH648f): Fall 2019, 2020
Chemical Engineering Seminar (ENCH609): Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2021
Chemical Processes in Beer Brewing (ENCH469): Fall 2023

M. Wang, C. Park, T.J. Woehl, "Quantifying the Nucleation and Growth Kinetics of Electron Beam Nanochemistry with Liquid Cell Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy." Chemistry of Materials 30, 2018, 7727-7736.
J. Zhang, Z. Lu, W. Wu, D. T. Tran, W. Shang, H. Chen, Y. Lei, Z. Lie, M. Wang, T.J. Woehl, D. Liu, "Mesopore differences between pillared lamellar MFI and MWW zeolites probed by atomic layer deposition of titania and consequences on photocatalysis" Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 276, 2018, 260-269.
A. Ferrick, M. Wang, T.J. Woehl, "Direct Visualization of Planar Assembly of Plasmonic Nanoparticles Adjacent to Electrodes in Oscillatory Electric Fields," Langmuir 34, 2018, 6237-6248.
T.J. Woehl and P. Abellan, "Defining the Radiation Chemistry during Liquid Cell Electron Microscopy to Enable Visualization of Nanoparticle Growth and Degradation Dynamics," Journal of Microscopy 265, 2017, 135-147.

Chemical engineers will tackle new areas of research that could unfold enhanced technologies for aerospace materials.

A discovery in multiferroics materials design could lead to a new generation of low-power, affordable technologies.

Awards support expanding active and experiential learning for students.

From fabricated human tissue to Wifi beamed from space, awards recognize cutting-edge research

Woehl and Zhang join four other Clark School faculty members who received CAREERs earlier this year.

Woehl research group visualizes how organic ligands contribute to bimetallic nanoparticle synthesis.

Woehl research group will investigate fundamental aspects of chemical reaction driven nanoparticle assembly processes.

ChBE Professor Taylor Woehl offers insight into more efficient microscopy technique.

Towards a more realistic picture of how crystal nucleation occurs at a solid-liquid interface.

Study published in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Method utilized to develop physics model for how NPs behave in electric fields under various conditions.

Ferrick will be recognized at the Clark School Honors and Awards Ceremony on April 11.

Study will be in Collaboration with Baltimore-Based Pixelligent Technologies.

This award provides seed money for research and professional growth of young faculty, resulting in new funding opportunities.