Biography
From 1977 to 1999 Tirrell was on the faculty of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Minnesota, where he served as head of the department from 1995 to 1999. His research has been in polymer surface properties including adsorption, adhesion, surface treatment, friction, lubrication and biocompatibility. He has co-authored about 250 papers and one book and has supervised about 60 Ph.D. students. Tirrell's research is focused on the manipulation and measurement of interfacial properties of materials used in applications from coatings and adhesion to lubrication and bioengineering.
Affiliations
- California Nanosystems Institute, UCSB
- Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies
Awards/Honors
- Engineering Distinguished Lecturer, NSF, 2005
- Le Prix Dédale de la Sociéte Française d’Adhesion, 2005
- W.N. Lacey Lectureship in Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2004
- Charles M. A. Stine Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996
- Professional Progress Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1994
- Chancellor's Medal, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1987
- John H. Dillon Medal, American Physical Society, 1987
- Allan P. Colburn Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1985
- Allan P. Colburn Award, AIChE
- Charles Stine Award, AIChE
- Professional Progress Award, AIChE
Selected Publications
- A Monte Carlo Simulation Study of Lipid Bilayer Formation on Hydrophilic Substrates from Vesicle Solutions, J. Chem. Phys, 124, 2006, 064904-1-064904-8, Z. Zheng, D. Stroumpoulis, A. Parra, L. Petzold and M. Tirrell, web link
- Adhesion and Friction of Polystyrene Surfaces Around Tg, Macromolecules, 39, 2006, 2350-2363, H. Zeng, N. Maeda, N. Chen, M. Tirrell and J. Israelachvili, web link
- Cell Adhesion on a Polymerized Peptide-Amphiphile Monolayer, Biomaterials, 27, 2006, 1259-1269, M. Biesalski, A. Knabel, R. Tu, and M. Tirrell, web link
- Effect of RGD secondary structure and the synergy site PHSRN on cell adhesion, spreading and specific integrin engagement, Biomaterials, 27, 2006, 3863-3874, S. Ochsenhirt, E. Kokkoli, J. McCarthy and M. Tirrell, web link
- Post-Adsorption Rearrangements of Block Copolymer Micelles at the Solid/Liquid Interface, Macromolecules,, 39, 2006, 2262-2267, R. Toomey, M. Tirrell, web link
- The Role of Salt in Governing the Adsorption Mechanisms of Micelle-Forming, Macromolecules,, 39, 2006, 697-702, R. Toomey, J. Mays, M. Tirrell, web link
- Modular Materials by Self-Assembly, AIChE Journal, 51, 2005, 2386-2390, M. Tirrell, web link
- Self-Assembly of Model DNA Binding Peptide-Amphiphiles, Langmuir,, 21, 2005, 11888-11895, R. Bitton, J. Schmidt, M. Biesalski, R. Tu, M. Tirrell and H. Bianco-Peled, web link
- Experimental Self-Assembly: The Many Facets of Self-Assembly, Curr. Opin. Coll. & Interface Sci., 4, 1999, 3-5, D. Tomalia, Z. Wang and M. Tirrell, web link
- Annual Review of Materials Science, 26, 1996, M. Tirrell, E.N. Kaufmann, J.A. Giordmaine and J.B. Wachtman, Jr.
- Polymerization Process Modeling, 1995, A. Dotson, R. Galván, R.L. Laurence and M. Tirrell
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