Gogotsi is the director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute and leads research in the Nanomaterials Research Group in the College of Engineering. He is a foremost expert on carbon-based nanomaterials and is pioneering the use of new materials for energy storage.

Hughes is the Dean of the College of Engineering and founding director of the A.J. Drexel Institute for Energy and the Environment. He is an expert in biological processes and applications of nanotechnology in environmental systems.