Symone Alexander

Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor
222 Ross Hall
334.844.8626
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Education

Ph.D. Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Howard University

Research Interests

Decoding dietary fiber assemblies
Multi-functional materials for the absorption of metabolic toxins
Creative manufacturing for environmental remediation
Uniting mechanics & functionality in soft biomaterials

In The News

Graduate School honors 28 students from Auburn Engineering

More than 20 engineering graduate students were recognized at the annual Auburn University Graduate School awards ceremony, Friday, April 26, in the Melton Student Center Ballroom.

Senior in bioprocess engineering is college's only Matthews Scholar Program fellow for 2023-24

Jada Neal, an Auburn University Undergraduate Research fellow, is using biopolymers to find skin care solutions.
Assistant professor in chemical engineering believes biomechanical systems can be replicated from tiny spider

Symone Alexander earns NSF grant to further examine "ultrafast gripping and release mechanisms in slingshot spider legs."
Researchers in chemical engineering part of NSF-EPSCoR grant to reimagine sustainable development of plastic materials

Symone Alexander, Selen Cremaschi and Zhihua Jiang are part of a four-year, $4 million multi-disciplinary collaborative study with researchers from the University of Southern Mississippi.