Alon Gorodetsky

Alon Gorodetsky’s lab creates wrappable substance with amazing insulation properties – and potential commercial use

Grant supports novel cell-to-cell communication technology

UCI engineers develop material with heat regulation properties

Based on fictional dinosaurs and squid, technology could protect soldiers and structures

­The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has granted UCI materials engineer Alon Gorodetsky a Young Faculty Award in support of his work to create smart fabrics for soldiers. The assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science is one of 27 researchers nationwide to receive the prestigious award. Gorodetsky studies the adaptive properties of squid skin. He […]

President Barack Obama has named UCI’s Alon Gorodetsky as one of 105 new recipients of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award, the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their careers. Recognition of the assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science comes with a […]

With a $2.8 million grant, UCI assistant professor of chemical engineering & materials science Alon Gorodetsky and colleagues are working with Under Armour to create a fabric based on the adaptive principles of squid skin that will enable wearers to regulate their own temperature.