Novel membrane materials for CO₂ capture from flue gas and syngas; antifouling membranes for water purification; understanding of polymer structure/property correlations in thin films
Postdoctoral:
Leiqing Hu, PhD (Google Scholar)
University at Buffalo (2019 - current)
Project Title: Advanced polymeric membranes for pre-combustion carbon capture
PhD: Zhejiang University, 2018
Email: leiqingh@buffalo.edu
Thien (James) N. Tran (Google Scholar)
University at Buffalo (2021 - current)
Project Title: Functional polymers for post-combustion carbon capture
PhD: University at Buffalo, 2020
Email: ttran7@buffalo.edu
PhD Students:
Taliehsadat Alebrahim (Google Scholar)
PhD (2018 – current)
Project title: Sorption-enhanced membranes for gas separations
Undergraduate school: University of Tehran
Email: taliehsa@buffalo.edu
Gengyi Zhang (Google Scholar)
PhD (2018 – current)
Project title: Development of Thin-Film Composite membranes for CO2/N2 separation
Undergraduate school: Qingdao University, China
Email: gengyizh@buffalo.edu
Erda Deng
PhD (2019 – current)
Project title: Advanced 2D Material-based Membranes for Water purification
Undergraduate school: Nanjing University of Technology
Email: erdadeng@buffalo.edu
Ameya Manoj Tandel (Google Scholar)
PhD (2019 – current)
Project title: Hollow fiber membranes based on graphene oxide for dye desalination
Undergraduate school: Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
Email: ameyaman@buffalo.edu
Vinh Bui (Google Scholar)
PhD (2020 – current)
Project title: Polymeric organosilica membranes for pre-combustion carbon capture
Undergraduate school: University at Buffalo
Email: vinhbui@buffalo.edu
Narjes Esmaeili (Google Scholar)
PhD (2021 – current)
Project title: Sorption-enhanced polymers for gas separations
Previous School: University of Tehran (MS)
Email: narjeses@buffalo.edu
MS:
Shweta Singh
M.S. (2021 – current)
Project title: Membrane adsorbents for direct air capture
Undergraduate school: Ahmedabad University
Email:shwetasi@buffalo.edu
Manas Agarwal
M.S (2021 – current)
Project title: 2D materials-based membranes for dye desalination
Undergraduate school: Manipal University Jaipur, India
Email: ma48@buffalo.edu
Kai Chen
M.S (2021 – current)
Project title: Graphene oxide membranes for dye desalination
Undergraduate school: University at Buffalo, NY
Email: kchen77@buffalo.edu
Varun Reddy Satti
M.S (2021 – current)
Project title: Polymeric membrane for pre-combustion CO2 separation
Undergraduate school: Manipal Institute of Technology, India
Email: varunred@buffalo.edu
Mengqi Yuan
M.S (2022 – current)
Project title: Hydrophilic membranes for algae harvesting
Undergraduate school: University of South Florida, FL.
Email: mengqiyu@buffalo.edu
PhD Alumni:
· Xiaoyi Chen (PhD 2021, Bolt Threads, CA)
· Hien Nguyen (PhD 2020, Repligen, CA)
· Thien (James) N. Tran (PhD 2020, University at Buffalo, NY)
· Nima Shahkaramipour (PhD 2020, Pentair, MN)
· Maryam Omidvar (PhD 2019)
· Junyi Liu (PhD 2019, Air Liquide, DE)
· Milad Yavari (PhD 2018, SRI International, CA)
· Lingxiang Zhu (PhD 2018, U.S. DOE NETL, PA)
MS Alumni:
· Nicolas Rawda (MS 2022, Bridgestone)
· Skye Schaefer (MS 2022, Air Liquide)
· Sankhajit Pal (MS 2022, Intel, OR)
· Alisa Chakraborty (MS 2021, PhD at Penn State University)
· Himangshu Mondal (MS 2021, PhD at University of Huston)
· Xiao-Ci Lin (MS 2021)
· Darius Rub (MS 2021, Thermo Fisher Scientific, NY)
· Krysta Clark (MS 2021, Pall Corp., NY)
· Riliwan Sanni (MS 2020, Energy Materials, NY)
· Erda Deng (MS 2020, PhD at UB)
· Janavi V. Gohil (MS 2019, Pall, NY)
· Sarthak R. Doshi (MS 2019, Cytiva, MA)
· Gengyi Zhang (MS 2019, PhD at UB)
· Weiguang Jia (MS 2019, Biopeptek, PA)
· Xiaoyi Chen (MS 2018, Bolt Threads, CA)
· Shabdiki Chaurasia (MS 2018, Nantero, MA)
· Haley Valentine (MS 2018, Thermo Fisher Scientific, NY)
· Praphulla Mandadapu (MS 2018)
· Yichen Tu (MS 2017, Intel, OR)
· Xianda Hou (MS 2017, Daqing Pure Hemp Technology Corp., China)
· Sankara Ramanan (MS 2017, Dynatemp Refrigerants Company, NC)
· Nachiket Paranjape (MS 2016, Yahoo, CA)
· Junyi Liu (MS 2016, Air Liquide, DE)
· Shawreen Shah (MS 2016, Akorn, NJ)
· Benjamin Lam (MS 2015, Helios-NRG, NY)
· Shizhong Zhao (MS 2015, Biopeptek, PA)
Undergraduate Student Alumni:
2022: Elizabeth Haddad
2021: Elizabeth Jacobia; Elizabeth Haddad
2020: Nick Rawda and Skye Schaefer
2019: Vinh Bui, Zhihao Feng, Sarah Howard, Mohamed Kawy, Robert Kirisits, Omran Omar, Darius Rub, and Skye Schaefer
2018: Tanahiry Escamilla; Suting Huang; Zhihao Feng, Chen Lin, Mohamed Kawy, and Omran Omar
2017: Chris Chan, Stephanie Hall, and Chen Lin; Suting Huang, Mingi Jin, Fleurie Kelley, and Yash Savla.
2016: Tanahiry Escamilla, Norman Ng, Jennifer Park, Hunter Steven, and Sumbal Zaman; Beatrices Bacolod, and Tanahiry Escamilla.
2015: Ananthan Balachandran, Kaipin Huang, James Kim, Tho Le, and John Schneible; Brandon Chin, Ryan Fair, Ken He, Azza Hosny, Tony Huynh, Vivian Huynh, and Norman Ng.
2014: Po-han Chen; Dana Havas; Weiguang Jia; and Min Wei
Vinh Bui
- 2022 NAMS Conference Second Place for Best Poster Presentation
Elizabeth Haddad
- Elias Klein Undergraduate Traveling Award from NAMS
- WNY ACS Outstanding Senior
Ameya Manoj Tandel
- Elias Klein Traveling Award from NAMS
Ameya Manoj Tandel
Taliehsadat Alebrahim
Vinh Bui
Xiaoyi Chen
James Tran
Xiaoyi Chen
Talieh Alebrahim
Hien Nguyen
Junyi Liu
Liang Huang
Xiaoyi Chen
James Tran
Lingxiang Zhu
Liang Huang
Thien (James) Tran
Hien Nguyen
Nima Shahkaramipour
Junyi Liu
Thien (James) Tran
Milad Yavari
Lingxiang Zhu
Nima Shahkaramipour
Lingxiang Zhu