Graduate Students

Caleb Arp
Research Area: Composite Materials
Advisor: Dr. Chris Kitchens
Home State: North Carolina
Degree: B.S. Chemistry, The Citadel; M.S. Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University

Keturah Bethel
Research Area: Polymers
Advisor: Dr. Eric Davis
Home Country: U.S. Virgin Islands
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Columbia University; B.S. Applied Math, University of the Virgin Islands

Salman Bin Kashif
Research Area: Utilizing Molecular Dynamics Simulations to Study Membrane Fouling
Advisor: Dr. Sapna Sarupria
Home Country: India
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Aligarh Muslim University; M.S. Chemical Engineering, University Teknologi Petronas

Xiuting Chen
Research Area: Computational Catalysis
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Getman
Home Country: China
Degree: B.S., Shaanxi University of Science and Technology; M.S., University at Buffalo

Ewa Chukwu
Research Area: Catalysis/Materials for Energy
Advisor: -
Home Country: Nigeria
Degree: M.S., Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, UC Irvine; B.E., Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Technology, Owerri Nigeria

Ricardo García
Research Area: Metabolic Engineering, Protein Engineering
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Getman
Home Country: El Salvado
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas”

Molli Garifo
Research Area: Thermally-Responsive Hydrogels for Post Surgical Intervention of Glioblastoma
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Larsen
Home State: Virginia
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech

Karen Guillen Cuevas
Research Area: Molecular Simulation
Advisor: -
Home Country: Mexico
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potosi; M.S., Instituto Tecnologico de Celaya

Zehua Jin
Research Area: Energy and Environmental Catalysis
Advisor: Dr. Ming Yang
Home Country: China
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University

Sagar Kanhere
Research Area: Polymer Composites of Carbon Fiber
Advisor: Dr. Amod Ogale
Home Country: India
Degree: B.S. Dyestuff Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology

Stephanie Klaubert
Research Area: CHO Cell Culture
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Harcum
Home State: Massachusetts
Degree: B.S. Bioengineering, Lehigh University

Bronson Lynn
Research Area: Lignin
Advisor: Dr. Mark Thies
Home State: South Dakota
Degree: B.S. Physics & B.S. Chemistry, East Tennessee State University

Missoury Lytle
Research Area: Polymer Membranes
Advisor: Dr. Eric Davis
Home State: West Virginia
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering from Olin College of Engineering

Madeline McCarthy
Research Area: Systems Biology
Advisor: Dr. Marc Birtwistle
Home State: New York
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Clarkson University

Arnab Mutsuddy
Research Area: Cancer Systems Pharmacology
Advisor: Dr. Marc Birtwistle
Home Country: Bangladesh
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Joshua Osuofa
Research Area: Bioseparations
Advisor: Dr. Scott Husson
Home State: Texas
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin

Mark Pitman
Research Area: Polymer Self-Assembly in Blood
Advisor: Dr. Jessica Larsen
Home State: New York
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Buffalo

Rohit Punyapu
Research Area: Catalysis
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Getman
Home Country: India
Degree: B.Tech, Chemical Engineering, JNTU University, India; M.S., Chemical Engineering, Wayne State University

Juan Jose Romero Conde
Research Area: Advanced Separation Materials
Advisor: Dr. Scott Husson
Home Country: Colombia
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Universidad del Valle

Jiexin Shi
Research Area: Molecular Simulation
Advisor: Dr. Sapna Sarupria
Home Country: China
Degree: M.S. Chemical Engineering, Cornell University

Stephen Vicchio
Research Area: Heterogeneous Catalysis
Advisor: Dr. Rachel Getman
Home State: Maryland
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, UMBC; M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan

Xueting Wang
Research Area: Polymer
Advisor: Dr. Eric Davis
Home Country: China
Degree: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University

Abena Williams
Research Area: Redox Flow Batteries
Advisor: Dr. Mark Roberts
Home State: Maryland
Degree: B.S. Chemistry, University of Ghana

Chengjun Wu
Research Area: Ultrapure Activated Carbons from Lignin
Advisor: Dr. Mark Roberts
Home Country: China
Degree: B.S. Tianjin University; M.S. University of Florida