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