Marino Xanthos
Marino Xanthos, PhD, is a professor in the Otto H. York Department of Chemical, Biological and Pharmaceutical Engineering with more than 35 years of academic and industrial experience in directing and conducting research on polymer composites, polymer blends and foams, and reactive polymer processing. Xanthos was named Associate Provost for Graduate Studies effective February 1, 2011.
Since joining NJIT in 1995, Xanthos has held the positions of director of the Polymer Engineering Center, director of the Center for Processing of Plastics Packaging, chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Materials Research Council, and director and coordinator of the Polymer Engineering graduate certificate program.
Xanthos has designed and delivered many graduate courses and has served on numerous university and departmental committees including chairing the University P&T Committee. His research funding as PI or co-PI during the last seven years from NSF/DOD exceeds $1.3 million. He has advised or co-advised the research of 16 PhD graduates, 11 master's graduates and several undergraduate students.
He is editor/co-editor of 4 books, author/coauthor of 40 book chapters, author/co-author of 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, and author/co-author of 100 non-reviewed publications. Xanthos holds nine US and Canadian patents and has given numerous invited presentations to industry and universities in the US and abroad. From 1990-2010 he was editor and then executive editor of the peer-reviewed journal Advances in Polymer Technology.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and received the 2003 Harlan J. Perlis Research Award and the Heinz List Award given by SPE (2010).
Xanthos received his PhD and MASc degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada, and his BSc degree from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Since joining NJIT in 1995, Xanthos has held the positions of director of the Polymer Engineering Center, director of the Center for Processing of Plastics Packaging, chairperson of the Executive Committee of the Materials Research Council, and director and coordinator of the Polymer Engineering graduate certificate program.
Xanthos has designed and delivered many graduate courses and has served on numerous university and departmental committees including chairing the University P&T Committee. His research funding as PI or co-PI during the last seven years from NSF/DOD exceeds $1.3 million. He has advised or co-advised the research of 16 PhD graduates, 11 master's graduates and several undergraduate students.
He is editor/co-editor of 4 books, author/coauthor of 40 book chapters, author/co-author of 160 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings, and author/co-author of 100 non-reviewed publications. Xanthos holds nine US and Canadian patents and has given numerous invited presentations to industry and universities in the US and abroad. From 1990-2010 he was editor and then executive editor of the peer-reviewed journal Advances in Polymer Technology.
He is a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), and received the 2003 Harlan J. Perlis Research Award and the Heinz List Award given by SPE (2010).
Xanthos received his PhD and MASc degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada, and his BSc degree from the University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Last update: Jan. 3, 2011