We big challenges

using small pieces of matter

Matteo Cargnello

Matteo Cargnello

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering; Shiram Center, room 389

Alexis Rojas

Alexis Rojas

Administrative Assistant

Shriram Center, room 091

Marco Gigantino

Marco Gigantino

Post-Doctoral Scholar (w/ Arun Majumdar)

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 390; Catalysts for sustainable hydrogen production

Kaushal Parmar

Kaushal Parmar

Post-Doctoral Scholar (w/ Arun Majumdar)

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 390; Catalysts for sustainable hydrogen production

Aruna Narayanan

Aruna Narayanan

Post-Doctoral Scholar (w/ Dimosthenis Sokaras)

SLAC; Photocatalysts for sustainable hydrogen production

Ning Yu

Ning Yu

Post-doctoral Scholar

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 390; Catalysts for low-temperature reactions

Wooje Cho

Wooje Cho

Post-Doctoral Scholar

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 378; Synthesis and use of alloyed nanoparticles

Tian Ren

Tian Ren

Post-doctoral Scholar

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 390; CO2 conversion

Jake Heinlein

Jake Heinlein

Post-Doctoral Scholar (w/ Simon Bare)

Chemical Engineering and SLAC; Shriram Center, Room 388; Catalyst for CO2 conversion

Jinwon Oh

Jinwon Oh

Ph.D. Candidate

Materials Science and Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 390; Hydrocarbon combustion catalysts

Makenna L. Pennel

Makenna L. Pennel

Ph.D. candidate

Chemistry; Shriram Center, Room 378; Catalytic upgrading of plastics and polymer decomposition

Gennaro Liccardo

Gennaro Liccardo

Ph.D. Candidate (W/ Stacey Bent)

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 390; Stable catalysts

Shradha Sapru

Shradha Sapru

Ph.D. Candidate (w/ Arun Majumdar)

Chemistry; Shriram Center, Room 378; CO2 capture and conversion

Pin-Hung Chung

Pin-Hung Chung

Ph.D. Candidate

Materials Science and Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 388; Aqueous-based synthesis of noble metal nanocrystals

Henry Moise

Henry Moise

Ph.D. Candidate (w/ Arun Majumdar)

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 390; Sustainable hydrogen production

Alex Mateo Fontani Herreros

Alex Mateo Fontani Herreros

Ph.D. Student

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 378; Materials and processes for CO2 capture

Sydney Richardson

Sydney Richardson

Ph.D. Student

Mechanical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 388; Active and stable catalysts for emission control applications

Jeesoo Yoon

Jeesoo Yoon

Visiting Ph.D. Student (KAIST, South Korea)

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center; multimetallic alloy catalysts

Sai Varanasi

Sai Varanasi

Ph.D. Student

Chemical Engineering; Shriram Center, Room 378; multimetallic catalysts

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Alumni

Name
Position when left the group
Year(s)
Position after
Jorge Osio Norgaard Post-doctoral Scholar 2022-2024 Start-up Co-Founder
Steven Chavez Post-doctoral Scholar 2022-2024 Assistant Professor, UCLA
Rohan Parekh Master Student, Stanford 2023-2024 Industry
Andrew Sleugh Master Student, Stanford 2023-2024 Industry
Chengshuang Zhou PhD Student 2018-2024 Post-doctoral Scholar
Rachita Rana Visiting PhD Student 2023 Post-doctoral Scholar, MIT
Baraa Werghi Post-doctoral Scholar 2020-2023 Staff Scientist, PNNL
Eric McShane Post-doctoral Scholar 2021-2023 Start-up Co-Founder
Mickey Stone Post-doctoral Scholar 2021-2023 Staff Scientist, NREL
Evan Gardner Post-doctoral Scholar 2021-2023 Start-up Co-Founder
Sabrina Ballauri Visiting PhD student 2022 PhD student, Turin Polytechnic University
Dohyung Kim Post-doctoral Scholar 2018-2022 Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Jonathan Quinson Visiting post-doctoral Scholar 2021-2022 Assistant Professor, University of Aarhus
Yannai Kashtan MS Student 2021 PhD student, Stanford University
Chun-Wen Tsao Visiting PhD Student 2021 PhD student, National Chiao Tung University
An-Chih Angel Yang PhD Student 2016-2021 Meta (Facebook)
Andrew Riscoe PhD Student & Post-doctoral Scholar 2016-2021 Sila Nanotechnologies (Oakland, USA)
Aisulu Aitbekova PhD Student 2017-2021 Kavli Post-doctoral Fellow, Caltech
Yulian He Post-doctoral Scholar 2021-2021 Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Weixin Huang Post-doctoral Scholar 2017-2020 Assistant Professor, U. of North Dakota
Chih-Jung Chen Post-doctoral Scholar 2019-2020 Assistant Professor, National Taiwan University
Emmett Goodman PhD Student 2016-2020 Post-doc, Stanford
Cody Wrasman PhD Student 2016-2020 Staff Scientist, NREL
Larissa Kunz PhD Student 2017-2020 Start-up company
Rosadriana Zelaya Undergraduate Student 2018-2020 PhD Student, UC Santa Barbara
Nadia Tahsini Undergraduate Student 2018-2020 PhD Student, MIT
Jay A. Schwalbe PhD student 2015-2019 Co-founder, Nitricity
Liheng Wu Post-doctoral Scholar 2015-2019 Sabic (Houston, USA)
Zhenwei Wu Post-doctoral Scholar 2018-2019 Shell (Houston, USA)
Hyosun Lee Post-doctoral Scholar 2018-2019 Researcher, KITECH (South Korea)
Kun-Che Kao Post-doctoral Scholar 2018-2019 Professor, National Changhua University, Taiwan
Ian McKay PhD student 2015-2019 L3 Open Water Power
Arun Johnson High school student 2019 Undergraduate student at UC Berkeley
Evan Carlson Undergraduate student 2019 PhD student at Stanford
Dionne Thomas Undergraduate student 2018-2019 Undergraduate student at Stanford
Francisco Lopez Undergraduate student 2018-2019 Undergraduate student at Stanford
Ethan Feng High school student 2019 Undergraduate student at Columbia Univ.
Alexander Holm Post-doctoral Scholar 2018-2019 Assistant Professor, Linkoping University, Sweden
Max Schumann Visiting Ph.D. student 2018 PhD student at Denmark Technical U.
Angela Ye High school student 2018 Undergraduate student at Columbia Univ.
Serey Nouth High school student 2018 Undergraduate student
Mateusz M. Wojtaszek Undergraduate student 2018 PhD student at MIT
Ian Naccarella Undergraduate student 2018 Boston Consulting Group
Pit Losch Visiting Post-Doc 2018 Post-Doc at MPI (Germany)
Joshua J. Willis PhD student 2015-2017 ExxonMobil (Houston, USA)
Victor V. Miller Master student 2016-2017 Shell (Martinez, CA)
Joseph Maalouf Undergraduate student 2015-2017 PhD student at MIT
Arik Beck Visiting Master student 2017 PhD student at ETH
Maria Vargas High school student 2017 Undergraduate student
Aditya Menon High school student 2016-2017 Undergraduate student at UC Santa Barbara
Helen Yao High school student 2015 Undergraduate student at UC Berkeley
Rachel Li Master student 2015 Applied Materials (Santa Clara, CA)
Kester Wade Undergraduate student 2015 Undergraduate student at Stanford