IMG_4931b

Principal Investigator (PI)

Pedro Castano

Associate Professor

Research Scientists (RS)

Hend Omar Mohamed

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Reforming, Oligomerization, Heat transfer enhanced catalyst, Bio- and electro-reactors, Zeolites, Catalyst synthesis, High throughput testing, Hydroprocessing, Waste Upgrading, Catalyst deactivation

Idoia Hita

Research Scientist

Research Interests: CO2 valorization, Crude to chemicals, Oligomerization, Oxygenates to hydrocarbons, Waste Upgrading, Catalyst deactivation, Zeolites, High throughput testing

Mengmeng Cui

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, Gas-solid reactors

Shekhar R. Kulkarni

Research Scientist

Research Interests: C-H activation, Reforming, Catalytic Cracking, Heat transfer enhanced catalyst, Micro kinetic modeling , Computational fluid dynamics, Zeolites, Fluidized beds

Postdocs (PD)

Diego Zapater Bes

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: C-H activation, Crude to chemicals, Hydroprocessing, Oxygenates to hydrocarbons, Waste Upgrading, Catalyst deactivation, Deactivation resistant catalyst, Gas-solid reactors, Zeolites, Fluidized beds, Catalyst synthesis

Vijay V. Kumar

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: C-H activation, CO2 valorization, Fluidized beds, High throughput testing, Catalyst synthesis, Zeolites, Operando reactors, Catalytic Cracking, Hydrodeoxygenation

PhD Students (PhD)

Ali Alkadhem

PhD student

Research Interests: Crude to chemicals, Waste Upgrading

Gontzal Lezcano

PhD Student

Research Interests: Hydroprocessing, Micro kinetic modeling

Natalia Realpe

PhD Student

Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, Operando reactors, Membrane catalytic reactors

Naydu Paola Zambrano Urrutia

PhD Student

Research Interests: Crude to chemicals, Waste Upgrading

Omar A. Abed

PhD Student

Research Interests: Oligomerization, Gas-solid reactors, Zeolites, Catalyst synthesis, High throughput testing

Pewee Datoo Kolubah

PhD Student

Research Interests: Bio- and electro-reactors, Catalyst synthesis, CO2 valorization

Quaid Johar Samun Virpurwala

PhD Student

Research Interests: Catalyst deactivation, Operando reactors, Deactivation resistant catalyst, Micro kinetic modeling , Computational fluid dynamics, Fluidized beds, Catalyst synthesis

Talal Aldugman

PhD student

Xueqin Bai (Bruce)

PhD Student

Research Interests: C-H activation, Gas-solid reactors, Catalyst synthesis

Co-affiliated PhD students (PhD)

Isa Al Aslani

PhD Student

Mohammed Albuali

PhD Student

Masters Students (MSc)

Mohammad M. Ali

MSc Student

Visiting Student

José Lucas Vieira

Visiting Student

Alumni

Abdullah Gobouri

MSc Student, Graduated 2022

Abdulrahman Moosa Alzailaie

MSc Student, Graduated 2021

Khaled A. Alshehri

MSc Student, Graduated 2021

Marwan Alamro

MSc Student, Graduated 2022

Mohammed Babkoor

MSc Student, Graduated 2021

Previous members

Attada Yerrayya

Postdoctoral Fellow 2020-2022

Fernanda Tavares

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2021

Haidong Li

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021

Jahirul Mazumder

Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2021

Juan David Trueba

PhD Visiting Student, 2022

Xueli Yao

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: C-H activation, Catalyst synthesis, Catalyst deactivation, Electrocatalysis