E. Daniel Cárdenas-Vásquez, PhD

Materials scientist interested in novel and accesible computational approaches to colloidal and biomolecular simulations in the meso and nano scales. Additionally, using experimental rheological tools to better understand complex fluids in flowing confined spaces (3D printing, extrusion, etc).Dr. Cárdenas will be joining the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington for the Fall quarter 2026 as the John C. Berg Endowed Assistant Teaching Professor in Interfacial and Colloid Science.He is currently a Grand Challenges Initiative (GCI) Postdoctoral Fellow at Chapman University's Fowler School of Engineering, where he works experimentally and in silico on understanding the biophysical principles of hierarchical ultra-soft microgel-based materials for tissue engineering in Prof. Andrew Lyon's lab.Prior to his postdoctoral work, he obtained his BS in Chemical Engineering from Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo (Lambayeque, Perú) working on biomass pyrolysis under the mentorship of Prof. Miguel A. Solano and Prof. César A. Monteza. He then obtained his PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, working on nanoemulsion-based drug delivery systems and new methods to predict the nucleation pathway of small organic molecules under the advising of Prof. Erik Santiso.