Members

Alazar Araia

Ph.D. Student (Graduated)
Microwave-Assisted Ammonia Synthesis

aka00001@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. Eritrea Institute of Technology

Snehitha Reddy Baddam

Ph.D. Student
Intensified Dynamic Non-Equilibrium Reactions by Pulsed Microwave Heating for Efficient Chemical Processing

srb00042@mix.wvu.edu

B.S: Osmania University, India

Xinwei Bai

Ph.D. Student (Graduated)
Microwave-Assisted Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals

xb0001@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. Ohio State University

Siobhan Brown

Ph.D. Student (Graduated)
Microwave Catalytic Synthesis of Chemicals

siobhan.brown@northwestern.edu

B.S., West Virginia University

Ashley Caiola

Ph.D. Student (Graduated)
Catalyst Development, Characterization of Catalyst Acidity using FTIR techniques (Pyridine DRIFTS), and Microwave-Assisted Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals.

amc0084@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry, SUNY Geneseo

Yujuan Chen

PhD Student
Synergistic Conversion of Captured CO2 and Green H2 to Olefins & SAF for a Decarbonized Economy

yc00037@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. Centra South University, China

Brhanu Kelali Desta

PhD Student
Microwave Catalytic Activation of Stable Molecules for Decarbonizing Chemical Industry

bd00042@mix.wvu.edu

M.S. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

James Koval

M.S. Student (Graduated)
Review of Established and Emergent Methods for the Production of C4 Olefins

jmkoval@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. West Virginia University

Amoolya D. Lalsare

Ph.D. Student (Graduated)
Flare Gas Assisted Synergistic Biomass Reforming to Produce Hydrogen Rich Syngas – Holistic Approach through Catalyst Development, Reaction Kinetics, and Process Scale-up

adl0021@mix.wvu.edu

Qingyang Li

M.S. Student (Graduated)
Cu-Based Electrocatalysts for Carbon Dioxide Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals

ql0012@mix.wvu.edu

M.S. China University of Petroleum – Beijing

Thang Luong

Ph.D. Student
B.S. West Virginia University

ttluong@mix.wvu.edu

Catalytic plastic decomposition to value-added chemicals

Owen McGrath

M.S. Student (Graduated)
Conversion of CO2 to CH3OH Utilizing Immobilized Enzymes

omcgrath@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. West Virginia University

Manohar Reddy Poreddy

Ph.D. Student
Microwave catalytic processing for decarbonizing chemical industry

mp00135@mix.wvu.edu

B.S: Osmania University, India

Brandon Robinson

Ph.D. Student (Graduated)
Microwave-Assisted Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals.

brobin11@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. in Chemistry, Davis and Elkins College

Kshitij Tewari

PhD Student
Biomass gasification for hydrogen, multistage bubbling bed reactor, microwave catalysis

kt00044@mix.wvu.edu

B.S: Jaypee University of Engineering & Technology, India MS: Panjab University, India

Sarojini Tiwari

Ph.D. Student (Graduated)
Microwave heated and Microwave plasma- assisted Natural Gas Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals

st0004@mix.wvu.edu

M.S., Indian Institute of Technology (India)

I-Wen Wang

Ph.D. Student
Thermal-Catalytic and Microwave-catalytic Production of CO2-free H2 and Carbon Nanomaterials via Methane Decomposition

iw0003@mix.wvu.edu

B.S. Tunghai University M.S. West Virginia University

Xiaoyan Wang

M.S. Student (Graduated)
Microwave-Assisted CO2 Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals

xw0016@mix.wvu.edu

M.S. Taiyuan University of Technology

Troy Christiansen

Ph.D. Student
B.S. Rowan University

tc00015@mix.wvu.edu

Microwave-Catalytic light alkane pyrolysis for emission free hydrogen and advanced carbon materials

Yuxin Wang

Assistant Professor
Catalysts Development and Catalytic Application

yuxin.wang1@mail.wvu.edu

Ph.D. Chinese Academy of Sciences

Qian Liu

Postdoctoral Fellow
Develop new Metal-Organic Frameworks for catalysis and separation

ql0009@mix.wvu.edu

Ph.D. West Virginia University M.S. Tianjin University

Changle Jiang

Research Assistant Professor
Natural Gas Conversion to Value-added Materials & Chemicals, Biomass Gasification and Pyrolysis

chjiang@mail.wvu.edu

Ph.D. West Virginia University M.S. Northeast Forestry University B.S. Anhui Agricultural University

Qingyuan Li

Postdoctoral Fellow
(Selective) hydrogenation and Scale-up, catalysts synthesis and surface modification, desulfurization

qingyuan.li@mail.wvu.edu

Ph.D, Beijing University of Chemical Technology