Jörg Werner, PhD

Assistant Professor (ME, MSE, Chemistry)

Office 730 Commonwealth Ave., Rm 220
Email jgwerner@bu.edu
Phone (617) 353-9596
Website Mesostructured Materials and Devices (MeMaD) Lab

In the News

Evidence-Based Hope
May 18, 2026
In a pair of ceremonies leading up to BU Commencement, the College of Engineering celebrated the Class of 2026. [ More ]
Accelerating Progress with Self-Driving Labs
October 30, 2025
Materials researchers shared successes and challenges with automation. [ More ]

Publications

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Research Areas

Prof. Werner’s research is focused on the fabrication of functional materials and structures with features sizes from the nano- to the micrometer scale, and its impact on material properties and performance. We discover and develop bottom-up fabrication paradigms with a high degree of spatial control utilizing both physical and chemical phenomena. Areas of current research include phase separation of complex suspensions for architected electrodes, self-assembly of block copolymers, and electrodeposition of polymer networks as functional coatings and interphases for novel architected energy storage and sustainability technologies.

Honors and Awards

DARPA Director’s Fellowship – 2025
Emerging Investigator – Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Royal Society of Chemistry – 2025
Early Investigator Symposium Honoree – ACS Division of Polymeric Materials: Science and Engineering – 2025
DARPA Young Faculty Award 2023
emc2 Young Investigator Award 2013; Howard Neal Wachter Memorial Prize 2014

Additional Affiliations

Division of Materials Science & Engineering, Chemistry

Departments or Divisions: Materials Science & Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

Affiliations: Energy, Sustainability & Climate, Materials by Design, Primary & Affiliated Faculty

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