People

Principal Investigator

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    Edward Maginn

    Keough-Hesburgh Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Associate Vice President of Research, and Director of the Maginn Lab

Lab Team

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    Barnabas Agbodekhe

    Graduate Student

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    Paul Amagada

    Graduate Student

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    Montana Carlozo

    Graduate Student

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    Daniel Kim

    Graduate Student

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    Precious Okolo

    Graduate Student

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    Fadeshola Shodipe-Dosunmu

    Graduate Student

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    Cole Strickling

    Graduate Student

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    Yong Zhang

    Assistant Research Professor

Lab Alumni and Current Roles

  • Fernando Carmona, Ph.D. 2025; University of Toronto 
  • Esteban Cea Klapp, Ph.D. visiting student, 2024; Universidad de Concepción
  • Gabriela Barreto Correa, Ph.D. visiting student, 2024; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
  • Ning Wang, Ph.D. 2024; University of Texas, Tyler
  • Dinis Abranches (joint with Yamil Colón), Ph.D. 2024; University of Aveiro
  • Ryan Smith, Ph.D. 2024; National Energy Technology Lab
  • Yinke Jiang, M.S. 2024; University of Notre Dame
  • Bridgette Befort (joint with Alex Dowling), Ph.D. 2022; Howso
  • Derrick Poe, Ph.D. 2022; Siemens Digital Industries
  • Haimeng Wang, Ph.D. 2022; OTI Lumionics
  • Andy Wang, postdoc, 2020-2022; University of Arkansas
  • Ryan DeFever, postdoc 2019-2021; Phillips66
  • Garrett Tow, Ph.D. 2021; Materials Design
  • Juliane Fiates, 2019, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Campinas, Brazil
  • Michael Humbert, Ph.D. 2019; Best Buy
  • Yushan Zhang, Ph.D. 2019; BMC Software
  • Ken Newcomb, Ph.D. 2019; Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health
  • Jacob Gerace, M.S. 2019
  • Matthew Howenstein, B.S. 2018; Pelvic Rehabilitation Medicine
  • Sheridan Foy, B.S. 2018; TE Connectivity
  • Jingqui Wang, visiting professor, 2018; Nanjing University, China
  • Ryan Mullen, postdoc, 2016-2018; University of Illinois
  • Quintin Sheridan, Ph.D. 2017; HaloMD
  • Brian Yoo, Ph.D. 2017; Amgen
  • Eliseo Marin-Rimoldi, Ph.D. 2017; University of Notre Dame
  • Andreas Bröhl, visiting Fulbright student, 2015; Bayer Pharmaceuticals
  • Samir Budhathoki, Ph.D. 2015; Braskem
  • Surya Prakash Tiwari, Ph.D. 2015; National Energy Technology Lab
  • Akihiro Otani, visiting Ph.D. student, 2014-2015; Kobe University, Japan
  • Daniela Kerlé, postdoc, 2013-2015; University of Dortmund, Germany
  • Chris Dearolf, B.S. 2015; technology transfer lead, Merck
  • Andrea Reveco, visiting Ph.D. student, 2014; Pontifical University of Chile
  • Katie Maerzke, postdoc, 2012-2014; staff scientist, Los Alamos National Lab
  • Sandip Khan, postdoc, 2012-2014; professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Patna
  • Ramesh Singh, postdoc, 2012-2014; University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown
  • Akash Sharma, Ph.D., 2011-2013; deceased. Ph.D. awarded posthumously, 2015
  • Hao Wu, Ph.D. 2013; Solidenergy Systems
  • Amir Vahid, postdoc 2013; CEO, Ocean Reviver
  • Andrew Paluch, Ph.D. 2013; assistant professor, Department of Chemical and Paper Engineering, Miami University
  • Marcos Perez-Blanco, Ph.D. 2013; Ingersoll-Rand
  • Dave Smith, B.S. 2013; principal pharmacokineticist, Regeneron
  • Dan Cryan, B.S. 2012; analyst, Accenture
  • Cameron Vitter, B.S. 2011; SMG Capital
  • Vladimer Pomogaev, postdoc 2011-2012; associate professor, Tomsk State University
  • Neeraj Rai, postdoc 2009-2012; professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University
  • Hongjun Liu, postdoc 2009-2012; postdoc, Oak Ridge National Lab
  • Pavi Tiruppathi, M.S. 2011; Syntellect, Chicago, IL
  • Craig Powers, Ph.D. 2011; senior principal engineer, Aspen Technology
  • Craig Tenney, postdoc 2008-2011; staff scientist, Sandia National Lab
  • Tom Rosch, postdoc 2008-2010; staff scientist, National Institue of Standards and Technology
  • Bryce Chung, B.S. 2010; Neuroscientist and business strategist
  • Sai Jayaraman, Ph.D. 2009; researcher, Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Wei Shi, postdoc 2005-2008; staff scientist, National Energy Technology Lab
  • Keith Gutowski, postdoc 2006-2008; researcher, BASF
  • Manish Kelkar, Ph.D. 2008; researcher AbbVie
  • Brian Novak, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc Louisiana State University
  • Nate Stober, B.S. 2007; operations, Solventum
  • David Tagler, B.S. 2007; Microsoft
  • David Couling, B.S. 2006; principal investigator, Corteva Agriscience
  • Haizhong Zhang, postdoc, 2003-2006; technical staff, Fisher-Klosterman
  • Cesar Cadena, Ph.D. 2006; Technologist
  • David Eike, Ph.D. 2006; principal scientist, Procter and Gamble
  • Jim Larentzos, Ph.D. 2006; researcher, U.S. Army Research Laboratory
  • Mary Ann Jentz, B.S. 2005; MBA student, Emory University
  • Tim Morrow, Ph.D. 2005; research scientist, ADNOC Group
  • Jacob Crosthwaite, Ph.D. 2005; research scientist, Dow Chemical Company
  • Jindal Shah, Ph.D. 2004; professor, Oklahoma State University
  • Jennifer Anthony, Ph.D. 2004; department head, Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University
  • C. J. O’Keeffe, B.S. 2004; client services, Tatari
  • Gaurav Arya, Ph.D. 2003; professor, Duke University
  • Robert Landis, M.S. 2002; Y-12 National Security Complex
  • Qing Dai, postdoc 2001; Monash University
  • Robert Nooney, postdoc 1999-2001; Dublin City University
  • Michael Macedonia, Ph.D. 2000; president and CEO, Pipe Force
  • Loukas Kioupis, Ph.D. 2000; CEO, Touch of Pure
  • Darrin Moore, M.S. 2000; site technology leader, International Flavors & Fragrances
  • Jing Chen, M.S. 2000; BioSpace
  • Yiannis Kaznessis; Ph.D. 1999; founder and CEO, General Probiotics, AgThera
  • Jim Kelly, B.S. 1999; Washington University Medical School
  • Vince Keating, B.S. 1999; Indiana University Medical School
  • Renee Sehee, B.S. 1998; Bristol-Myers Squibb
  • Matt Macura, B.S. 1997; Procter & Gamble
  • Ron Runnebaum, B.S., 1996; associate professor, University of California, Davis