Dr. L. Andrew Lyon

Professor

Fowler School of Engineering; Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Expertise: Microgels; Hydrogels; Extracellular Matrix; Colloid Chemistry; Nanomaterials; Regenerative Medicine

Office Location: Keck Center for Science and Engineering Swenson Hall N121

Phone: (714) 997-6930

Email: lyon@chapman.edu

Education:: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Bachelor of Arts
Northwestern University, Master of Science
Northwestern University, Ph.D.

Biography

Experience

Postdoctoral, Penn State (w/ Prof. Michael Natan, 1997-1998)

Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech (1999-2002)

Associate Professor, Georgia Tech (2003-2007)

Professor, Georgia Tech (2007-2014)

Associate Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech (2010-2013)

Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Tech (2013-2014)

Dean, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University (July 2014-December 2018)

Founding Dean, Dale E. and Sarah Ann Fowler School of Engineering, Chapman University (January 2019-)

Honors and Awards

Research Corporation Research Innovation Award (2000)

NSF CAREER Award (2000)

Beckman Young Investigator (2000)

Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow (2002)

Blanchard Fellow (2003)

Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (2003)

National Fresenius Award of Phi Lambda Upsilon (2006)

Research Overview

For more information on Dr. Lyon’s research, please visit lyongroup.net

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications: Nellenbach, K., Mihalko, E., Nandi, S., Koch, D. W., Shetty, J., Moretti, L., Sollinger, J., Moiseiwitsch, N., Sheridan, A., Pandit, S., Hoffman, M., Schnabel, L. V., Lyon, L. A., Barker, T. H. & Brown, A. C. Ultrasoft platelet-like particles stop bleeding in rodent and porcine models of trauma. Sci. Transl. Med. 16 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1126/scitranslmed.adi4490; Islam, M.R., Nguyen, R. and Lyon, L.A. (2021), Emergence of Non-Hexagonal Crystal Packing of Deswollen and Deformed Ultra-Soft Microgels under Osmotic Pressure Control. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 42: 2100372.; M. R. Islam, C. Nguy, S. Pandit, L. A. Lyon, Design and Synthesis of Core–Shell Microgels with One-Step Clickable Crosslinked Cores and Ultralow Crosslinked Shells. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2020, 221, 2000156.; Karg, Matthias, Andrij Pich, Thomas Hellweg, Todd Hoare, L. Andrew Lyon, J. J. Crassous, Daisuke Suzuki, et al. “Nanogels and Microgels: From Model Colloids to Applications, Recent Developments, and Future Trends.” Langmuir 35, no. 19 (May 14, 2019): 6231–55.