Gu, Frank

Frank Gu Professor, Ph.D. (Queen’s), Postdoc (MIT-Harvard)
Director, Institute for Water Innovation (IWI)
Principal Investigator, Laboratory of Nanomedicine and Water Sustainability
NSERC Senior Industrial Research Chair in Nanotechnology Engineering

Nanotechnology is the understanding and control of matter generally in the 1–100 nm dimension range. Detailed understanding of chemical interactions and recent technological advances have created the possibility of designing nano-structured materials tailored for specific applications. Professor Gu heads an interdisciplinary research group that combines functional polymers and metal oxide materials to solve problems in health, environmental protection, and industrial applications.

Room: MY871 | Tel.: 416-978-8518 | Email: f.gu@utoronto.ca

New Projects Available

  • Design of self-driving lab for agriculture
  • ML and automation for evaluation of material surface properties
  • Design of novel ionically gelled hyaluronic acid polymers

Currently accepting graduate students? Yes

  • PhD & MASc