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 (03/2023 – Present)
Prior to UD:
BS: Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University
PhD: Chemical Engineering, Umass Amherst
Research topic: 2D Zeolite