Emerging as a major research university, UNT is focused on attracting prominent researchers, adding several to its faculty this fall.

Yuankun Lin, an expert in optical physics, is part of the Bio/Nano Photonics Cluster and has a joint appointment in physics and electrical engineering. His research interests include photonics, laser optics, laser-matter interaction, fiber optics, sensors and photonic band gap materials.

Jan Martin, most recently the Baroness Thatcher Professor of Chemistry at the Weizmann Institute in Israel, joined the Center for Advanced Scientific Computing and Modeling (CASCaM). His research interests include computational thermo-chemistry and spectroscopy methods, more universally applicable density functional methods, and applications of computational chemistry to catalysis and renewable energy problems.

And Yong X. Tao, an internationally known distinguished energy engineering researcher, is the new chair of the Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering and director of the PACCAR Technology Institute at Discovery Park. Tao brings to UNT his expertise in thermal science, alternative energy, multiscale computational engineering, and renewable energy applications in buildings.