Members
Graduate Students
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Joy Spears (01/2024 – present)
Prior to UD:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Hampton University
Research topic:
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Kevin Kim (01/2024 – present)
Prior to UD:
B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
Research topic:
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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
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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
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Antara Bhowmick (01/2021 – Present)
Prior to UMD: B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Research topic: non-oxidative catalytic dehydrogenation of light alkanes in membrane reactor
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Zixiao Liu (02/2020 – Present)
Prior to UMD: B. S. in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah
Research topic: Synthesis and characterization single atom catalysts for methane upgrading.
Email: zixiaol@udel.edu
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Harrison Kraus (02/2019 – Present)
Prior to UMD: B.S. in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, UMD
Research topic: Continuous synthesis and crystallization of pharmaceuticals
Email: Kraush15@gmail.com
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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
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Izak Minnie (05/2023 – Present)
Prior to UD:
BS: Chemical Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand
Research topic: Reactive Electrochemical Systems
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Gen Yarema (05/2023 – Present)
Prior to UD:
BS: Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University
Research topic: Membrane reactor
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Aditi Shambharkar (01/2023 – Present)
Prior to UD:
BS: Chemical Engineering, Vishwakarma Institute of Technology,
Pune-India
MS Research topic: Ceramic membrane synthesis
Email: aditiuvs@udel.edu
Postdoctoral Scholars
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Genwei Chen (08/2023 – Present)
Prior to UD:
BS: China University of Mining and Technology, Beijing
PhD: Mississippi State University
Research topic: Methane Conversion
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Song Luo (03/2023 – Present)
Prior to UD:
BS: Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University
PhD: Chemical Engineering, Umass Amherst
Research topic: 2D Zeolite