Research Scientists

Anastasiya Bavykina, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Materials chemistry, Porous polymers, Heterogeneous catalysis

Bholanath Maity, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Computational Catalysis, Visible Light Driven Reactions, Data-driven Approaches

Diego Mateo, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Electrocatalysis, ​Photocatalysis, CO2 Conversion, solar fuels

Hend Omar Mohamed, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Photo catalyst materials, Nanomaterial, wastewater treatments, Membrane bioreactor, Biocatalyst material, Metal carbides and nitrides, Electrodeposition techniques

Idoia Hita del Olmo, Ph.D.

​Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis, Zeolites, Activated carbon, Hydrocarbons, Catalyst deactivation

Javeed Mahmood, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Catalyst design and synthesis

Jean Marcel Ribeiro Gallo, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis, Materials design, Surface characterization, Sustainability, E-Fuels

Jeremy Bau, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Nanomaterials synthesis, photoelectrochemistry, solar fuels

Konstantinos Ntetsikas, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Anionic Polymerization, Complex Macromolecular Architectures

Luis Garzon Tovar, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Nanoporous, materials, Heterogeneous catalysis, crystal design, synthesis and functionalization, crystal structure determination, catalysis

Manoja Kumar Samantaray, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Alkane metathesis, Alkene metathesis, Carbene, Carbyne

Mengmeng Cui, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: computational fluid dynamics, process simulation, process optimization

Mohammad Ziaur Rahman, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: water splitting, redox dynamics, charge transport kinetics, Photo(electro)catalysis

Mohit Chawla,Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Molecular modeling, Quantum chemical studies of molecular interactions in nucleic acids, Structural studies of functional RNA molecules (Ribosome, Ribozyme and Riboswitch)

Mutalifu Abulikemu, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Partha Maity, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Photocatalysis, Photophysics, Ultrafast spectroscopy of nanocrystals

Prakash Alagi, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Synthesis of novel and sustainable polymers via Ring Opening Polymerization, Design and development of macromolecular architecture for sustainable polymers using controlled living polymerization technique.

Rafael Canevesi, Ph.D.

research scientist

Research Interests: Gas and liquid adsorption, Process simulation and optimization, CO2 Capture, Hybrid processes

Rafia Ahmad, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: catalysis, Materials Simulation and Modelling, DFT

Rajesh K. Parsapur, Ph. D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis, Hydrodesulfurization, membranes, gas separation, Surface Organometallic Catalysis, design of nanostructured mesoporous zeolites, otypes and transition metal oxides

Rajesh Kancherla,Ph.D

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Photo-catalysis, Transition metal catalysis

Sagadevan Arunachalam, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Organic Synthesis, Organic Photochemistry, catalysis, Green Chemistry

Saibal Bhaumik, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Anionic Polymerization, ATRP, Non-covalent H-Bonding, Macromolecular architecture

Salvador Sayas Valero,Ph.D

​Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysts, renewable energy, reactor design, Hydrogen production, CO2 utilization, Green Chemistry, Catalyst characterization

Sangho Chung, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis, Zeolites, Solid-state NMR, DNP assisted NMR

Shekhar Rajabhau Kulkarni,Ph.D.

​Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Process Intensification, reactor design, Multiphase Flows, Transport Phenomena

Teng Li, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis, Zeolites, C1 chemistry

Theo Piechota Goncalves, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Density-functional theory, ab initio calculations, reaction mechanisms, transition state theory, organometallic chemistry homogeneous catalysis, diradicals, aromatic hydrocarbon, supercomputing

Thien Nguyen, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Porous organic materials, Organic Synthesis

Vijaykumar Marakatti, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Intermetallic, Alloy, Nano materials, heterogenous catalysis, Ammonia synthesis, Synthesis

Viko Ladelta, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Anionic ring-opening polymerization

Walid AL Maksoud, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Heterogeneous catalysis, SOMC, Metathesis Reaction, hydrogenation

Xinglong Dong, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: catalysis, zeolite, naphtha, olefins, gas separation

Zhen Cao, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Density Functional Theory (DFT), Water Splitting Catalysis, QM/MM Simulation, biological systems