Members

Graduate Students


Nicholas Houck (05/2025 – present)

Prior to UD:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Penn State University

Research topic: Innovating catalysts for ammonia synthesis


Kevin Kim (01/2024 – present)

Prior to UD:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

Research topic: Electrochemical systems for refrigeration


Ali Kamali (09/2020 – Present)

Prior to UMD: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran

M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Department of University of Tehran, Iran


Akash Warty (09/2019 – Present)

Prior to UMD: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India

Research topic: Gas-permeable membrane reactors for catalytic reaction applications


Mohammed Almafrachi (01/2024 – Present, Part Time PhD)

Prior to UMD: B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Technology, Iraq

MS: Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park

Position: Engineering Supervisor, Water Facilities Division, Baltimore City Department of Public Works

Research topic: PFAS removal by advanced adsorption


Hasan Koybasi (01/2023 – Present)

Prior to UD:

BS: Chemical Engineering, Özel Konya Envar lisesi
MS: Chemical Engineering, Boğaziçi University

Research topic: Membrane reactor
Co-advisor: Dion Vlachos


Izak Minnie (05/2023 – Present)

Prior to UD:

BS: Chemical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand

Research topic: Reactive Electrochemical Systems


Gen Yarema (05/2023 – Present)

Prior to UD:

BS: Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University

Research topic: Membrane reactor



Postdoctoral Scholars

Genwei Chen (08/2023 – Present)

Prior to UD:

BS: China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing
PhD: Mississippi State University

Research topic: Methane Conversion


Song Luo

Song Luo (03/2023 – Present)

Prior to UD:

BS: Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University
PhD: Chemical Engineering, Umass Amherst

Research topic: 2D Zeolite