{"id":52156,"date":"2025-10-13T14:12:05","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/?page_id=52156"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:58:38","slug":"materials-minds-faculty-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/people\/materials-minds-faculty-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Materials Minds: Faculty Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Materials Minds: Jonah Erlebacher\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tdGLmca2ccE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/faculty\/jonah-erlebacher\/\">Professor Jonah Erlebacher<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Materials Minds: Mitra Taheri\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/slRJTdp5oXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/faculty\/mitra-taheri\/\">Professor Mitra Taheri<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Materials Minds: Regina Garcia-Mendez\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7AbXmJznpbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/faculty\/regina-garcia-mendez\/\">Assistant Professor Regina Garc\u00eda-M\u00e9ndez<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Materials Minds: Todd Hufnagel\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UpyirNXL5So?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/faculty\/todd-hufnagel\/\">Professor Todd Hufnagel<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Materials Minds: Howard Katz\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6HccnEeb9uE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/faculty\/howard-katz\/\">Professor Howard Katz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Materials Minds: Michael Kessler\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KGC83NlMHUg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/materials\/faculty\/michael-kessler\/\">Louis M. 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