Biography

Michael P. Howard is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Auburn University. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University. His research aims to use modeling and computer simulations to shorten the time and reduce the cost of designing soft materials. A key focus is on modeling self-assembling materials under realistic processing and use conditions, which are difficult to describe because they are often far from equilibrium. He received an ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator grant in 2023 and NSF CAREER award in 2025.

Education

• Penn State University, B.S. in Chemical Engineering (2013)

• Princeton University, Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2018)

• University of Texas at Austin, Postdoctoral Fellow (2018-2020)

See Michael P. Howard’s papers