Alumni

Elizabeth Bickel Rogers (Postdoc. 2025)
COx Hydrogenation on Molybdenum Carbide Catalyst
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Matt Jacob (Ph.D. 2025)
Selective Combustion of Hydrogen and Hydrocarbons During Chemical Looping
Eli Lilly

Joe Esposito (Ph.D. 2025)
The Functional Role of Co-promoters within Propylene Epoxidation
Dow Inc.

Thomas Lin (Ph.D. 2024)
Mechanistic investigation of CO2 hydrogenation on copper-based catalysts
Stanford University

Brian Bayer (Ph.D. 2024)
Pathways and timescales for conversion of nitrogen-based compounds by nonthermal plasma and plasma catalysis
Niron

Krishna Iyer (Ph.D. 2023)
Strategies to study reaction kinetics, particle size effects, and site requirements over silver-catalyzed ethylene epoxidation
Corteva, Inc.

Benjamin Yeh (Ph.D. 2023)
Olefin Oligomerization on Nickel Based Metal Organic Framework Catalysts
Chemours

Xinyu Li (Ph.D. 2022)
Synthesis of Faujasite (FAU) Zeolites Applied for Acid Catalysis
Intel

Zhichen Shi (Ph.D. 2022)
Strategies to Enable Selective and Stable Conversion of Methanol over Zeolites to Target Hydrocarbons
Dow Inc.

Niket Kaisare (Visiting scholar, 2022)
Selective hydrogen combustion over Li/MgO
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Madhuresh Choudhary (Postdoc. 2022)
Oxidation of Benzene to Phenol over Metal-oxo Species Situated in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Intel

Neil Razdan (Ph.D. 2022)
Kinetic Description and Study of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (current)
University of California, Berkeley         

Priya Darshini Srinivasan (Postdoc. 2022)
Methanol Conversion over Cu Zeolites at High Temperature and Pressure
Braskem

Matt Simons (Ph.D. 2021)
C-H Activation via Direct Oxidative Routes over Molecular Metal-oxo Species Situated in Metal-Organic Frameworks
Dow Inc.

Brandon Foley (Ph.D. 2020)
Analysis of Steady-State and Transient Chemical Rates in Molecular Interconversion
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Jacob Miller (Ph.D. 2020)
Partial Oxidation Reaction Pathways Over Metal and Metal-Oxide Catalysts
LanzaJet, Inc.

Chunjae Yoo (Postdoc. 2020)
NO/CO Redox over Rhodium and Platinum Based Catalysts
Korea Institute of Science and Technology in the Clean Energy Research Center.

Sukaran Arora (Ph.D. 2019)
Strategies to modulate selectivity and improve stability in methanol-to-hydrocarbons catalysis on zeolites/zeotypes
Dow Inc.

Jamie Harris (Postdoc. 2019)
Kinetics of ethylene epoxidation on a promoted Ag/α‐Al2O3 catalyst
University of Alabama

Anurag Kumar (Ph.D. 2019)
Understanding metal carbide-based catalysts for alternate routes to valuable chemicals
Phillips 66

Linh Bui (Ph.D. 2018)
Pathways, mechanisms, and kinetics of oxidation reactions on mixed metal oxide catalysts
Dow Inc.

Andrew Hwang (Ph.D. 2018)
Mechanisms of Chain Carrier Propagation and Termination in Methanol-to-Olefins Catalysis on Small Pore Zeotypes and Zeolites
Purdue University

Udit Gupta (Ph.D. 2018)
Mechanistic modeling of complex reaction systems through reaction network generation
Siemens Digital

Cha-Jung Chen (Ph.D. 2017)
Olefin cracking on zeolites, hydrodeoxygenation on molybdenum carbides, and ethylene oxidation on promoted silver catalysts
Intel

Mark Sullivan (Ph.D. 2017)
Kinetics, mechanisms, and site requirements of C-H, C-O, and C-C cleavage on transition metal carbides
Citrine Informatics

Praveen Bollini (Postdoc 2017)
Methanol-to-olefins conversion on zeolite and zeotype materials
University of Houston

Mark Bachrach (Postdoc 2016)
Alcohol dehydration on Group IV metal oxide formulations
Regeneron

Minje Kang (Ph.D. 2016)
Mechanism and site requirements for alcohol dehydration on alumina materials
SK Innovation

Rachit Khare (Ph.D. 2016)
Understanding the mechanism of methanol to hydrocarbons conversion on zeolite catalysts
Technical University of Munich

Joseph DeWilde (Ph.D. 2016)
Mechanisms and site requirements of light olefin synthesis and conversion on metal oxide catalysts
Dow Inc.

Wen-Sheng Lee (Postdoc 2014)
Hydrodeoxygenation of lignin derived compounds over transition metal catalysts
Dow Inc.

Mark Mazar (Ph.D. 2014)
Theoretical investigation of C-C bond formation and cleavage reactions over zeolites

Jeremy Bedard (Ph.D. 2014)
Catalytic deoxygenation of biomass surrogates over Mo/ZSM-5
Oxy

Dario Prieto-Centurion (Postdoc 2014)
Product selectivity control in methanol-to-olefins conversion
Origin materials

Samuel Blass (Ph.D. 2013)
Biomass upgrading in staged autothermal reactors with multifunctional catalysts
U.S. Government

Samia Ilias (Ph.D. 2013)
Mechanistic studies of methanol-to-hydrocarbons conversion over H-ZSM-5
ExxonMobil

Ian Hill (Ph.D. 2013)
Olefin methylation by dimethyl ether over acidic zeolites
 

Srinivas Rangarajan (Ph.D. 2013)
Development and application of computational tools for modeling complex reaction networks
Lehigh University

Dongxia Liu (Postdoc 2012)
Single-unit-cell thick zeolites
University of Delaware 

Do-Young Hong (Postdoc 2012)
Catalytic deoxygenation of biomass surrogates over Mo/ZSM-5
Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology 

Hsu Chiang (Ph.D. 2012)
Conversion of biomass into chemicals
Oxy

Elizabeth Mallon (Ph.D. 2012)
Adsorption and mechanistic catalysis of functionalized molecules on zeolites
Intel 

Michael Skinner (M.S. 2010)
Biomass processing in an autothermal reactor in millisecond contant times
General Mills