Current Members
Co-Chairs: Charles Machan (A&S) and Christopher Paolucci (SEAS)
Catalysis and Energy Steering Committee: Jason Bates, Lisa Colosi Peterson, Bill Epling, Brent Gunnoe, Charles Machan, and Huiyuan Zhu
Principal Investigators:
Name: | Department: | Research Keywords: | Faculty Profile & Research Website |
| Jason S. Bates | Chemical Engineering | Catalysis, electrocatalysis, chemical kinetics, materials synthesis, materials characterization | |
| Lisa Colosi Peterson | Civil and Environmental Engineering | Life cycle assessment (LCA), technoeconomic assessment (TEA), sustainable systems | |
| Robert J. Davis | Chemical Engineering | reaction kinetics, heterogeneous catalysis, characterization of supported metal nanoparticles | |
| Bill Epling | Chemical Engineering | environmental catalysis, heterogeneous catalysis, catalyst degradation | |
| Brent Gunnoe | Chemistry | molecular catalysis, thermal catalysis, electrocatalysis, hydrocarbon functionalization, water oxidation, dihydrogen production | |
| Ayman Karim | Chemical Engineering | heterogeneous catalysis, synthesis, kinetics, in-situ and in-operando characterization | Faculty Profile |
| Charles Machan | Chemistry | electrocatalysis, inorganic chemistry, spectroelectrochemistry, electrochemistry, homogeneous, immobilized catalysts | |
| Chris Paolucci | Chemical Engineering | computational catalysis, zeolites, catalyst deactivation | |
Michelle Personick
| Chemistry | Catalysis, materials synthesis, electrodeposition, materials characterization, plasmonics | |
| Amrit Venkatesh | Chemistry | NMR spectroscopy, catalysts, dynamic nuclear polarization | Faculty Profile |
| Giovanni Zangari | Materials Science and Engineering | Faculty Profile | |
| Sen Zhang | Chemistry | Nanomaterials, energy and environmental catalysis, synthesis and in-situ/operando characterizations | |
| Huiyuan Zhu | Chemistry | Electrocatalysis, nitrogen chemistry, CO2 reduction, denitrification, hydrogenation |
Students and Postdocs:
Name: | Position: | Advisor: |
Aida Abdi | Graduate Student | Gunnoe |
| Aisha Abdulai | Graduate Student | Epling |
Dipesh Adhikari | Graduate Student | Davis and Colosi Peterson |
Nafisa Ahmed | Graduate Student | Colosi Peterson |
| Zayan Akmal | Graduate Student | Bates |
Mehran Akrami | Graduate Student | Colosi Peterson |
Ayman Al-Azab | Graduate student | Epling |
Macarena Alferez | Postdoc | Gunnoe |
Bukuru Anaclet | Graduate Student | Zhang |
Parker Ballard-Kyle | Graduate Student | Zhu |
Marc Bennett | Postdoc | Gunnoe |
Isaac D. Boateng | Graduate Student | Bates |
| Jaxon Boudreau | Graduate Student | Bates |
Christopher Chapman | Graduate Student | Gunnoe |
Yizhen Chen | Postdoc | Zhang |
Emma Cook | Graduate Student | Machan |
Ethan Fortuna | Graduate Student | Bates |
Wade Fritzeen | Graduate Student | Colosi Peterson |
Qiang Gao | Postdoc | Zhu |
Zoe Gehman | Graduate Student | Gunnoe |
| James Gibson | Graduate Student | Machan |
| Patrick Graves | Graduate Student | Personick |
Gabriel Halford | Graduate Student | Personick |
Sebastian Hertle | Graduate Student | Personick |
Zhangfan Jiang | Postdoc | Colosi Peterson |
Elizabeth Johnson | Graduate Student | Machan |
| Charlea Kimbleton | Graduate Student | Machan |
Fanji Kong | Postdoc | Gunnoe |
Pardeep Kumar | Postdoc | Davis |
Kelsey Levine | Graduate Student | Paolucci |
Yuanqi Liu | Graduate Student | Zhu |
Konstantin Mamedov | Graduate Student | Davis |
Mary Jo McCormick | Graduate Student | Machan |
Kanika Meena | Graduate Student | Epling |
Bokki Min | Graduate Student | Zhu |
Megan Moberg | Graduate Student | Machan |
Caroline Morin | Graduate Student | Colosi Peterson (joint with Geise, ChE) |
Mollie Morrow | Graduate Student | Machan |
Daniel Musikanth | Graduate Student | Zhang |
Madi O'Dell | Graduate Student | Personick |
| Bismark Ofosu | Graduate Student | Epling |
Xinrui Ou | Graduate Student | Gunnoe |
Poonam Rani | Postdoc | Epling |
| Dawson Reed | Graduate Student | Personick |
Christopher Reid | Graduate Student | Gunnoe |
Amelia Reid | Graduate Student | Machan |
Daniel Rose | Graduate Student | Personick |
| Daniel Sabbah | Graduate Student | Bates/Epling |
Pallab Chandra Saha | Graduate Student | Zhang |
Sameeta Sahoo | Postdoc | Machan |
Momodou Salieu | Graduate Student | Zhang |
Lei Shi | Postdoc | Zhu |
| Maya Shields | Graduate Students | Gunnoe |
Afrina Shoronika | Graduate Student | Epling |
Anukriti Shrestha | Graduate Student | Paolucci |
| Aaron Silvis | Graduate Student | Machan |
| Luke Simkins | Graduate Students | Machan |
Wenjin Sun | Graduate Student | Zhu |
Anna Sviripa | Graduate Student | Paolucci |
Ching-Heng Tai | Graduate Student | Paolucci |
Ayesha Tazrin | Graduate student | Epling |
| Ariana Thompson | Postdoc | Personick |
Sugandha Verma | Graduate Student | Paolucci |
Maria Victoria | Graduate Student | Paolucci |
Xiangru Wei | Postdoc | Zhang |
| Sophie West | Graduate Student | Gunnoe |
Colby Whitcomb | Postdoc | Davis |
Asanka Wijerathne | Graduate Student | Paolucci |
Kayla Wozny | Graduate Student | Bates |
Libang Xu | Graduate Student | Zhu |
Zihao Yan | Graduate Student | Zhu |
Chenxin Yang | Graduate Student | Zhang |
Weijie Zhang | Postdoc | Davis/Zhang |
Yulu Zhang | Postdoc | Zhang |
Liyue Zhang | Graduate Student | Zhang |
Arigaa Zolboot | Graduate Student | Paolucci |