Enrique Jose Lavernia (born 1960) is a Cuban-American material scientist and engineer.
After attending high school in Puerto Rico, Lavernia matriculated at Brown University.
Lavernia completed a Master of Science and doctoral degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1984 and 1986, respectively.
He eventually became chair of the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science and a Chancellor's Professor before moving to UC Davis in 2002.
He was placed on leave in March 2020 due a federal investigation into his academic and research activities.