Professor
University of Illinois Chicago
University of Illinois - Chicago
Robert F. Klie is a Professor and Head of the UIC Physics Department. As a scientist, he specializes in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. He serves as the Director of the Nanoscale Physics Group, the Academic Director of the Electron Microscopy Core Facilities at the Research Resources Center at UIC, and the co-director of the UIC Institute for Functional and Regenerative Materials.
Dr. Klie’s group uses state-of-the-art transmission electron microscopy to focus on the atomic-resolution characterization of functional and regenerative materials. In recent years, he has utilized materials characterization approaches combining solid-state physics with biomaterials and polymer science.