{"id":2041,"date":"2017-02-14T09:12:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T15:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/?page_id=2041"},"modified":"2026-04-14T13:58:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:58:43","slug":"kirk-ziegler","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/people-2\/coe\/kirk-ziegler\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Ziegler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"201\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2017\/04\/Kirk-Resized.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2607\" style=\"width:161px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2017\/04\/Kirk-Resized.png 201w, https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/227\/2017\/04\/Kirk-Resized-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><b>Associate Professor,&nbsp;Chemical Engineering<\/b><b><br><\/b>PhD,&nbsp;University of Texas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.che.ufl.edu\/\">Department of Chemical Engineering<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/leadership\/\">Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Physical chemistry and applications of complex fluids, colloids, and interfaces including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>synthesis of quantum-confined metal and semiconductor nanowires<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>applications of nanowires and carbon nanotubes, such as electronic devices, energy generation and storage, and nanoelectromechanical devices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>reaction equilibria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>catalysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>synthesis of porous materials such as mesoporous silicas and anodized aluminum oxides<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>thin film formation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list ul1\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=fxly10wAAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Kirk Ziegler&#8217;s Publications<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Homepage:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.che.ufl.edu\/ziegler\/index.htm\">Kirk Ziegler&#8217;s Homepage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Associate Professor,&nbsp;Chemical EngineeringPhD,&nbsp;University of Texas Department of Chemical Engineering&nbsp;|&nbsp;Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Research interests Physical chemistry and applications of complex fluids, colloids, and interfaces including: Publications: Homepage:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"parent":1003,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-section-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-2041","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13217,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2041\/revisions\/13217"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/nimet\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}