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Former Lab Members

​Postdocs
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Charan Samineni
[email protected]
Post Doc
Environmental Engineering, UT Austin
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Chao Lang
[email protected] 
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Postdoctoral Fellow
(co-advised with Rob Hickey, MatSE, Penn State)
Currently faculty at South China University of Technology
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Ian Sines (2012-2014)
Postdoc 2012 - 2014
​Currently Chemist at Sciessent, Greater Boston Area
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Mustafa Erbakan (2014-2015)
Currently Assistant Professor at Bozok University, Turkey
​(was also grad student in the group 2011-2014, PhD 2014)
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     Li Tang
       Postdoc 
2015-2016
​       Currently Research Engineer with Dow Chemical  


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Juan Du
Postdoctoral Scholar​
​(co-advised with Tracy Nixon, BMB)
Currently at Sichuan University


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Joseph Cho
Postdoctoral Scholar​
​(co-advised with Tracy Nixon, BMB)
Currently Senior Research Associate at Penn State

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Joachim Habel
[email protected]
​Postdoctoral Fellow
Currently employed at Tandrup, Denmark


Graduate Students
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Sophie De Respino
[email protected]
PhD Student
Environmental Engineering, UT Austin
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Weiliang Bai
[email protected]
PhD Student
(co-advised with Navid Saleh)
Environmental Engineering, UT Austin
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Hyeonji (Ji) Oh
[email protected]
PhD Student
(co-advised with Benny Freeman)
Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
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Brielle Hohne
[email protected]
PhD Student
​(co-advised with Keith Keitz)

Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
NSF Graduate Fellow

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Matt Skiles
[email protected]
PhD Student
Environmental Engineering,
 UT Austin
NSF Grad Fellow
Current Grad student with the Webber Group, UT Austin


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Mekayla DePaolis
[email protected]​
Masters Student
Environmental Engineering,
 UT Austin
​Currently Consulting Engineer with HDR, Austin




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Yu-Ming Tu
[email protected]
PhD Student
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​(co-advised with Benny Freeman)
Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
Currently Postdoc with the Strano Group, MIT

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Woochul Song
[email protected]
​PhD Student
(co-advised with Benny Freeman)
Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
Currently Faculty at POSTECH, South Korea
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Ratul Chowdhury
​​[email protected]
PhD Student
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​(co-advised with Costas Maranas)
Chemical Engineering, Penn State, 
Postdoc at Harvard Medical School (Peter Sorger group)
Currently Faculty at Iowa State University​


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Megan Farell
​[email protected]
PhD Student
(co-advised with Esther Gomez)
Chemical Engineering, Penn State​​
NSF Graduate Fellow
Currently, Dow Chemical, Lake Jackson, TX

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Tyler Culp
​[email protected]
​PhD Student​
(co-advised with Enrique Gomez)
Chemical Engineering, Penn State​​​
Currently, TS&D Engineer, Dow Chemical, Lake Jackson, TX

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Derrick Shields
​Masters Student
​Currently at Range Resources

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Rebeca Dettmam Loss
Masters Student
Currently employed at Schlumberger

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Michael Geitner
[email protected] 
PhD Student
Currently PhD student in Enrique Gomez group, Penn State
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Hasin Feroz
​PhD Student​
Currently at Moderna
, Cambridge, MA​

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Tingwei Ren
PhD Student
​Currently at Bristol Myers Squibb, Devens, MA

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Rajarshi Guha
PhD Student​
​(co-advised with Darrell Velegol)
 currently at Intel, Portland, OR

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Boya Xiong
PhD Student
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(co-advised with Andrew Zydney)
Currently postdoc at MIT
 Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota (2020)

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Ben Schantz
​PhD Student
(co-advised with Janna Maranas)
Currently NRC postdoctoral fellow at Air Force Research Lab, Ohio

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Yuexiao Shen
​[email protected]
Postdoctoral Scholar 
(co-advised with Enrique Gomez)
grad student in group (2011-2016)
postdoc at UC Berkeley
currently Assistant Prof, Texas Tech 

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Cory Jones
​MS 2018

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 Harrison Cassady
   (M.S. 2016, co-advised with Michael Hickner, MatSe)
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Patrick Saboe
​[email protected]
Joint NREL-PSU Postdoc

Grad Student in group 2011- 2016
Currently Researcher III at NREL

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 Manuel Escotet (2012-2013)
 MS, 2013
 PhD Student at Rutgers
 Currently Senior Scientist at Merck, Rahway, NJ

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​     Akhila Gollakota
       [email protected]
      PhD student in the Savage group (Penn State)
       currently employed at Dow Chemical


Research Assistants
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   Jiaheng Yu (2015-2016)
   Currently grad student at Rensselaer Polytechnic




Undergraduate Students
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Joey Portillo
[email protected] ​
Undergraduate Student
Environmental Engineering, UT Austin

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Thomas Harrison​
[email protected]
Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering, UT, Austin


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Gianna De Jacimo-McGough​
[email protected]
Undergraduate Student
Engineering, Austin Community College

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Angela Wang 
[email protected]​
Undergraduate Student
Chemical Engineering, UT Austin

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Sanjana Pemmaraju
[email protected]​
Undergraduate Student
Environmental Engineering, UT Austin

Aman Hingu
Hyeonji Oh
​Siddharth Sharma
​Drew Carson
​Yuxuan "Ivy" Dai
​Louise Kuehster
​Matt Becker
Dongjoo Lee​
Miaoci Zhang
​Huiran 'Henry" Wang
​Chenhao Yao
​Abby Roman-White
Ava Self​
Cassandra Maranas
​Lauren Osborne
​Tasaya Northover
​Elsa Koninckx
​Jeevan Prabhakar
​Emelia Conte
​John Brezovec
​Chao Fang 
Mike Geitner
Joey Hall
Terry Kim
Jane Kwon
Mohammad Nur Farid Bin Omar
Selina Roma-White
Sneha Srinivasan
Daniel Tsai
Bethany Piechowicz
Zach Miller     
Bon Ikuwagwu
Craig Vandervelden
Fabiola Agramonte
Lazaro Pacheco
Eduardo Barbieri

​Ben Farina
​Kevin Shebek
Stanley Chan
Jessica Kaster
Jessica Slavejkov
Zach Jansma
Luma Teles
Tevin Moore
Alden Anderson
Rasidha Rehman
​Tucker Langseth
​Sam Summers
​Sean McCrea
Ashley Edwards
​Jeffrey Zugates
​Payton Forrest


Fall 2019, currently engineer with Steger & Bizzell Engineering
Summer 2017 to Fall 2018, gradated with PhD  in Chemical Engineering, UT Austin 2024
​Summer 2018 to Summer 2019, MSCEP, MIT, Bioengineer, Cell FE
​Summer 2017 to Spring 2019, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, Princeton U
​Spring 2017 to Spring 2019, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, U Penn
​REU, U Oklahoma (Summer, 2018), currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
​Summer, Fall 2018, currently currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, U Delaware
​Summer 2017 to Summer 2019, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, Rice U
​Summer 2017 to Spring 2019, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, Columbia U
Summer 2016 to Spring 2019, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, U Pitt
Summer 2016 to Spring 2019, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
Summer 2017  to Summer 2019, Penn State (Junior)
Summer 2018  to Summer 2019, Penn State (Junior)
​REU, UWashington (Summer, 2016), currently PhD student in Molecular Engineering, U Washington
​REU, Tuskeegee University  (Summer, 2016)
​​REU, UConn (Summer, 2016)
​Summer 2015 to Spring 2018, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern U
​Summer 2015 to Spring 2018, currently employed with Genentech
​Summer 2015 to Spring 2018, currently employed with EcoLab 
Senior
​Junior
Junior, Currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, Penn State
Senior
Sophomore
Sophomore, currently grad student in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
Junior

Sophomore -Senior, current Senior Climate Analyst - Consultant at Cheniere Energy, Inc.
​Junior​, graduate student in Chemical Engineering, Princeton University
​Junior
Senior
​Junior and Senior years
Junior, Summer 2015, REU, University of Pittsburgh, Attending Northwestern since Fall 2016
Junior, Summer 2015, REU, University of Kansas, Attending UCSB in Fall 2016
Freshman, Summer 2015, REU, University of Puerto Rico
Junior, Summer 2015, REU, Rutgers, Attending Johns Hopkins in Fall 2016
Junior, Summer 2015, Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Junior, Summer 2015, Senior Associate Scientist at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
Honors, Junior and Senior Years (2014-2015), Currently grad student in  Northwestern U
Junior and Senior Years, Honors thesis, (2015-2016), Google
Junior and Senior Years (2014 -2015), currently engineer with WuXi AppTec
Junior (2015), Currently grad student at USciences, Philadelphia in Cancer Biology
Junior (2015), Senior Software Developer, Nasdaq
Senior(2014-2015), exchange student from Brazil
Senior (2014-2015), currently at Johnson Matthey Pharma Services
Sophomore (Summer 2014)
​Freshman (2014-2015)
​Junior (2013)
Junior and Senior, (2013-2014), PhD Student, UC Boulder in the Kaar group, Scientist, Mosaic Biosciences
Junior and Senior Years (2014-2015) currently PhD Student at U Florida
Sophomore and Junior (2012-2013) currently Engineer at W.L. Gore
Senior (Summer 2012) currently Engineer at Alexion Pharmaceuticals
REU Student, University of Pittsburgh (2012), currently 
Pulp and Woodyard Assistant Superintendent, Westrock Company
High School Students
Name​
​Reena Thomas
 

Gianmarco Terrones


Alina Thokkadam 


Sean Bruskewicz 
High School
Monta Vista High School
​Cupertino, CA

Potomac High School
​McLean, VA

West Windsor Plainsboro HS
Princeton Junction, NJ

Byram Hills High School
​Armonk, NY
College/Grad School or Employmer
UC Santa Cruz


Caltech


Rutgers University/Princeton University
Chemical Engineering


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