Megan Creighton

Megan A. Creighton is an assistant professor in the chemical and biological engineering department. Prior to joining Drexel in the winter of 2021, Creighton was jointly appointed as a research scientist in the mechanical engineering department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and as an Air Force Science and Technology Fellow in the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Creighton also spent several years as a Senior Research Engineer in the 3M Corporate Research Materials Laboratory in St. Paul, Minnesota, where she served as the company's subject matter expert in carbon materials and worked on technology development in support of all five of the company's business groups.

The central theme of Creighton's research lies in developing fundamental understanding of nanomaterial colloid systems balanced with practical impact on the development of manufacturable materials and devices. This requires building an ecosystem of understanding material sets themselves and safe, efficient processing techniques that enable their desired performance in larger, more complex systems. Her current research interests are in materials, nanotechnology, surface and interfacial science, complex fluids, and green manufacturing.

My work contributes to these UN Sustainable Development Goals