Esther Gomez

Education and training

B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, 2002

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2007

Postdoctoral Fellowship, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 2008-2010

Appointments

2026- Associate Department Head for the McWhirter Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering

2025 Acting Associate Department Head for the McWhirter Graduate Program in Chemical Engineering

2025- Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2019-2025 Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2012-2019 Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

2011-2019 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

Honors and awards

NIH MIRA (2026)

PSEAS Outstanding Teaching Award (2019)

NSF CAREER Award (2018)

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009-2010)

New Jersey Commission on Cancer Research Postdoctoral Fellowship (2009)

Outstanding Poster at Gordon Research Seminar: Bioanalytical Sensors (2006)

Department of Chemical Engineering Travel Award (2006)

Dow Outstanding Teaching Award (2005)

College of Engineering Dean’s Scholarship (2000-2001)

University of Florida Anderson Scholar of Highest Distinction (1999)

Wentworth Scholarship (1998)

Central Florida MENSA Scholarship (1997-1998)

Robert D. and Flora E. Furhman Scholarship (1997-1998)