MEMBERS
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Omar Abdelrahman
Associate Professor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, American University of Sharjah, 2011
PhD Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2016
Post-Doc University of Minnesota, 2016-2018
oabdel@uh.edu | Google Scholar
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Benjamin Page
Charge Condensation in Metal Catalysis
B.S. Biomedical Engineering, University of Vermont, 2021
PhD Started 2021
bjpage3@cougarnet.uh.edu
Abeer Abouthman
B.S Chemical Engineering, University of Jordan 2012
M.S Environmental and Renewable Energy Engineering German Jordanian University, 2018
PhD started 2023
aoabuoth@cougarnet.uh.edu
Atharva Burte
Transition Metal Nitrides for Ammonia Synthesis
Bachelors in Technology, Oils, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 2020
co-advised with Ashwin Ramasubramaniam (MIE)
PhD Started 2020
asburte@cougarnet.uh.edu
Ali Mohammed
B.S Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2022
PhD started 2023
amoham81@cougarnet.uh.edu
Soubarno Sen
B.S Heritage Institute of Technology, 2021
M.S Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2023
PhD started 2023
ssen8@cougarnet.uh.edu
ALUMNI
Sean Burke
Matt Naughton
Biotech Production Specialist at Regeneron
Potentio-dynamic Formic Acid Electro-oxidation
Class of 2021
Nicholas Capra
Dynamic Chromatographic Analysis of Metal Catalysts
Class of 2022
Han Chen
Dynamic Structure of Solid Acid Catalysts
B.S. Sun Yat-sen University and Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 2016
M.S. Chemical Engineering Columbia University, 2017
PhD Started 2018 (hanchen@umass.edu)
Sydney Foster
Graduate Student at University of Alabama
Renewable Ethylene Copolymer Production
MS 2021
Joshua Gopeesingh
Sandia National Labs
Electrocatalysis, Dynamic Catalysis.
B.Sc. Chemical Engineering Hampton University, 2014
PhD Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 2019
Started 2019 (jgopeesingh@engin.umass.edu)
Ajibola Lawal
Thermodynamic Control of Solid Acid Catalysts
B.Eng Chemical Engineering Federal University of Technology, Minna 2016
PhD Started 2018 (ajibolalawal@umass.edu)
Matt Naughton
Graduate Student at University of Delaware
Amine Assisted CO2 Upgrading
Class of 2021
Kristen Sparhawk
Amine Assisted CO2 Upgrading
Class of 2023
Shreya Thakkar
Dynamic Chromatographic Analysis of Metal Catalysts
MS 2022
Faviola Villariny-Rosado
Potentiodynamic Hydrocarbon Oxidation
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico – Mayagüez , 2021
MS 2024
