Norman J. Wagner is the Robert L. Pigford Chaired Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware, with affiliated faculty appointments in Physics and Astronomy, as well as Biomechanics and Movement Science. He served as Chair of the CBE Department from 2007-2012, and is the director of the Center for Neutron Science (www.cns.che.udel.edu).
He was elected to the National Academy of Inventors in 2016 and the National Academy of Engineering in 2015. He leads an active research group with focus on the rheology of complex fluids, neutron scattering, colloid and polymer science, applied statistical mechanics, nanotechnology and particle technology.