Steve Granick

Steve Granick
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Princeton University University of Wisconsin
Known for	Physics Chemistry of Soft Materials
Awards	U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry Applied Physics Materials Science Chemical Engineering
Institutions	University of Massachusetts-Amherst IBS UNIST Univ. of Illinois
Academic advisors	John D. Ferry Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
Doctoral students	Cho Yoon-Kyoung

Steve Granick is an American scientist and educator. In 2023 he joined the University of Massachusetts-Amherst as the Robert Barrett Endowed Chair of Polymer Science and Engineering, with joint appointment in the Chemistry, Physics, and Chemical Engineering Departments^[1] after serving as director of the Institute for Basic Science Center for Soft and Living Matter, an interdisciplinary blue-sky research center in Ulsan, South Korea that pursues basic science research.^[2] Until 2015 he was professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.