Professor, Chemical and Materials Engineering Department

Email:

katy.kao@sjsu.edu

Telephone:

408-924-3827

Office

E385I
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0085

Education

B.S. – Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine
Ph.D. – Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles
Postdoctoral Fellow - Department of Genetics, Stanford University

Bio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:

Professor – Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University (8/2021 – present)

Associate Professor – Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, San Jose State University (8/2019 – 8/2021)

Adjunct Graduate Faculty – Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University (8/2019 – 5/2021)

Associate Director of Undergraduate Program – Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University (8/2018 – 8/2019)

Visiting Researcher – Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas, Austin (8/2016 – 1/2017; Faculty Development Leave)

Associate Professor – Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University (9/2014 – 8/2019)

Assistant Professor – Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University (8/2008 – 8/2014)

 

AWARDS:

National Institutes of Health - National Research Service Award (NRSA)  - 2007

National Science Foundation - Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award - 2011

TEES Select Young Faculty - 2012

Fluor Distinguished Teaching Award – 2013

George Armistead, Jr. ’23 Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award – 2017

Association of Former Students Distinguished Achievement - College-Level Teaching Award – 2017-2018

Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association (ChEGSA) Faculty of the year – 2018

Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering Distinguished teaching award – 2018

Newnan Brothers Award for Faculty Excellence – 2023

Society of Women Engineers Distinguished Engineering Educator Award – 2024 

Links

Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=4E3nx6UAAAAJ&hl=en