Akcora Joins Missouri Faculty

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering alumna Pinar Akcora (Ph.D. '05), formerly advised by Fischell Department of Engineering Professor Peter Kofinas, has been appointed to a tenure-track faculty position with the University of Missouri. She will be an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering.

Prior to joining the University of Missouri, Akcora held a postdoctoral position at Columbia University's Department of Chemical Engineering.

"She is the first of my advisees to obtain a faculty position," says Kofinas. "so I'm very excited about it!"

Published October 10, 2008