Michael Kessler Email & Phone Number

Professor Kessler is the Louis M. Sardella Department Head of Materials Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. America's first research university, Johns Hopkins attracts the finest undergraduate, graduate, and professional students and more federal research funding than any other university in the United States. The department's faculty are national and international leaders in areas of research spanning biomaterials, energy materials, nanomaterials, and structural materials.An expert in the mechanics, processing, and characterization of polymer matrix composites and nanocomposites, Dr. Kessler's research interests include the development of multifunctional self-healing materials, polymer matrix composites for extreme environments, bio-renewable polymers and composites, and the evaluation of these materials using experimental mechanics and thermal analysis. Over his academic career, he developed an active research group with external funding of over 25 million dollars—including funding from the National Science Foundation, ACS Petroleum Research Fund, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Department of Defense, Department of Agriculture, and NASA. He has authored over 260 peer-reviewed journal papers and conference proceedings, holds over 20 issued US patents, edited 14 books, presented over 200 talks at national and international meetings, and is a frequent reviewer and referee in his field. His publications have been cited more than 24,000 times by other researchers. He is the past president of the North American Thermal Analysis Society (NATAS) and a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Society for Engineering Education, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Royal Society of Chemistry, ASM International, and NATAS, and a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences.

Listed skills include Materials Science, Composites, Research, Teaching, and 22 others.