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, China 2018
Email: leiqingh@buffalo.edu
Emmanuel M. Nsengiyumva
(Google Scholar)
NSF Ascend Postdoctoral Fellow
University at Buffalo (2023 - current)
Project title: Cyclodextrin-Poly(ethylene glycol)-Based Dynamic Covalent Networks
PhD: University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Email: ensengiy@buffalo.edu
Yang Jiao (Google Scholar)
University at Buffalo (2024 - current)
Project title: Advanced membranes for O2/N2 separation
PhD: University of Science and Technology of China, China
Email: yjiao3@buffalo.edu
PhD Students:
Vinh Bui (Google Scholar)
PhD (2020 – current)
Project title: Polymeric organosilica membranes for pre-combustion carbon capture
Undergraduate school: University at Buffalo, NY, USA
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), Iran
Email: narjeses@buffalo.edu
Fathy Attia (Google Scholar)
PhD (2022 – current)
Project tile: Polymeric materials for post-combustion CO2 capture
Previous School: Mansoura University (MS), Egypt
Email: fathymoh@buffalo.edu
Sagnik Das
PhD (2022 – current)
Project title: Advanced 2D materials for ion separations
Undergraduate school: Jadavpur University, India
Email: sdas29@buffalo.edu
Jada Mowatt (Google Scholar)
PhD (2022 – current)
Project title: Functional polymers-based membranes for Li+ separation and enrichment
Undergraduate school: University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Email: jadamowa@buffalo.edu
Shweta Singh
MS (2021-2023), PhD (2023 – current)
Project title: Membrane adsorbents for direct air capture
Undergraduate school: Ahmedabad University, India
Email:shwetasi@buffalo.edu
Kai Chen
MS (2021-2023), PhD (2023 – current)
Project title: Catalytic membrane reactor for H2 production
Undergraduate school: University at Buffalo, USA
Email: kchen77@buffalo.edu
Farhang Pazani (Google Scholar)
PhD (2023 – current)
Project title: MOF-based TFN membranes for gas separation
Previous School: Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran
Email: farhangp@buffalo.edu
MS:
Ruveen Dias
M.S (2023 – current)
Project title: Graphene oxide membranes for dye desalination
Undergraduate school: Montana State University, Bozeman MT, USA
Email: ruveensa@buffalo.edu
Shiwen Dong
M.S (2023 – current)
Project title: Composite membranes for post-combustion carbon capture
Undergraduate school: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, USA
Email: shiwendo@buffalo.edu
Amandine Tirino
M.S (2024 – current)
Project title: Polyorganosilica membranes for post-combustion carbon capture
Undergraduate school: University at Buffalo, NY, USA
Email: amtirino@buffalo.edu
Postdoctoral Associates:
· Gengyi Zhang (PhD 2024, University of Texas at Austin)
· Thien (James) N. Tran (2023, U.S. DOE NETL, PA)
· Liang Huang (2022, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
· Wenji Guo (2022, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
PhD Alumni:
· Erda Deng (PhD 2024, Kobe University)
· Ameya Tandel (PhD 2024, Intel)
· Gengyi Zhang (PhD 2024, University of Texas at Austin)
· Taliehsadat Alebrahim (PhD 2023, DSM-Firmenich, MD)
· Xiaoyi Chen (PhD 2021, GAF Energy, CA)
· Hien Nguyen (PhD 2020, Repligen, CA)
· Thien (James) N. Tran (PhD 2020, U.S. DOE NETL, PA)
· Nima Shahkaramipour (PhD 2020, Pentair, MN)
· Maryam Omidvar (PhD 2019, Ethox Energy, Canada)
· 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:
· Sai Srikar Chundury (MS 2024)
· Bhanuprakash Valluri (MS 2024)
· Kai Chen (MS 2023, PhD at UB)
· Shweta Singh (MS 2023, PhD at UB)
· Mengqi Yuan M.S (MS 2023)
· Varun Reddy Satti (MS 2023, Genista Biosciences)
· Manas Agarwal (MS 2023)
· Nicolas Rawda (MS 2022, VanDeMark Chemical Inc)
· Skye Schaefer (MS 2022, Ardent)
· Sankhajit Pal (MS 2022, Intel, OR)
· Alisa Chakraborty (MS 2021, PhD at Penn State University)
· Himangshu Mondal (MS 2021, PhD at University of Alabama)
· 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:
2023: Chintan Jayesh Shah.
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
Erde Deng
Ameya Manoj Tandel
Taliehsadat Alebrahim
Narjes Esmaeili
Vinh Bui
Elizabeth Haddad
Ameya Manoj Tandel
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