Principal Investigator
David W. Flaherty
Thomas C. Loach Jr. Endowed Professor
School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Postdoc., University of California, Berkeley, 2012
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 2010
B.S., University of California, Berkeley, 2004
E-mail: dflaherty3 at gatech dot edu
Post-Doctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
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Undergraduate Students
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Post-Doctoral and Graduate-Student Alumni
(To all group Alumni, email Huston to provide an updated email or location)
Dr. Ohsung Kwon | Project: Influence of Solvation and Microenvironment on Alkene Epoxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide within Titanium Silicates |
Dr. David Potts | Project: Aqueous-Organic Solvent Mixtures for Zeolite-Catalyzed Epoxidations |
Dr. Ching-Tien Chen | Project: Ethylene epoxidation over Ag catalysts |
Dr. Chris Torres | Project: Solvent and Surface Effects on Alkene Oxidations Catalysis over Transition Metal Incorporated Zeolites |
Vijay Shah | Project: Heterogeneously Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidative Cleavage for Sustainable Biomass Valorization |
Dr. Yangsik Yun | Project: Direct Reduction of Ester to Ether |
Dr. Danim Yun | Project: Oxidative Cleavage of Unsaturated Fatty Acids to Diacids |
Dr. Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz | Project: Catalytic Routes for Oxygenate Conversion on Solid Acids and Supported Metal Nanoparticles |
Dr. Tomas Ricciardulli | Project: Active Site Requirements for Selective Catalytic O2 Reduction with H2 |
Dr. E. Zeynep Ayla | Project: Strategies to Tune Active Site Environments for Alkene Epoxidations with H2O2 Over Supported Transition Metal Atoms |
Dr. Jason S. Adams | Project: Role of organic species, alloys, and support identity on H2 and O2 activation to H2O2 on metal nanoparticles |
Dr. Abinaya Sampath | Project: Spectroscopic and Kinetic Investigations of Selective Bond Activation over Transition Metal Catalysts |
Dr. Zhongyao Zhang | Project: Ethanol valorization through aldol condensation reactions |
Devinda Wijewardena | Project: Ethylene Epoxidation over Ag Catalysts |
Dr. Pranjali Priyadarshini | Project: Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide over Bimetallics |
Dr. Daniel Bregante | Project: Selective Epoxidation over Single-Site Catalysts |
David Ollodart | Project: Ethanol Upgrading over Zeolite Catalysts |
Dr. Arian Ghorbanpour | Project: Microporous Catalysts for Biomass Upgrading |
Dr. Megan E. Witzke | Project: Hydrodeoxygenation over Nickel Phosphide, Ethanol upgrading over Supported Copper, and Spectroscopic Methods in Catalysis |
Dr. Neil M. Wilson | Project: Direct Synthesis of H2O2 |
Dr. SiWei (Andy) Chang | Project: Bond Cleavage over Single-Crystal Ru and P-doped Ru |
Dr. Hongbo Zhang | Project: Groups IV and V Metal Oxides for C2 Oxygenate Coupling |
Dr. Takahiko Moteki | Project: C-C bond formation among C2-C4 oxygenates |
Jimmy Shih | Project: Chemoselective hydrogenations on Pt and surface-modified Pt catalysts |
Undergraduate and Visiting Student Alumni
- Selma Kadric; Visiting from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Summer 2024
- Sophia Ihrfelt; Visiting from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Summer 2024
- Jess Komar; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2024; Current Location: GTI Energy
- Anna Schellin; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2023; Current Location: University of Michigan
- Drew Hollyfield; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2026
- Melissa Manetsch; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2022; Current Location: MIT
- Haoyu Chen; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2022; Current Location: Georgia Institute of Technology
- Mohammad Fahad; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2023
- Darian Alonzo; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2023
- Darshan Patel; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2022; Current Location: ADM
- Arzam Harris; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2021; Current Location: ADM
- Jun Zhi Tan; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2020; Current Location: Princeton
- Ami Patel; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2019
- Rebecca Schultz; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2019
- Gayathri Kulkarni; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2019
- Alayna Johnson; Chemistry, Class of 2020; Current Location: MIT
- Luke Greenfield; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2017; Current Location: PepsiCo
- Mark Triezenberg; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2017; Current Location: Abbvie
- Vivek Vermani; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2019; Current Location: University of Illinois
- Katherine Nagode; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2018; Current Location: University of Illinois
- Aaliya Mumtaz; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2018; Current Location: University of Illinois
- Andrew Rowley; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2016; Current Location: University of California, Irvine
- Christian Coonrod; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2016; Current Location: Rice University
- Kenan Al-Bardan; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2017; Current Location: University of Illinois
- Rong Jiao; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2015; Current Location: Baker Risk
- Christine Rovani; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2015; Current Location: BP
- Aileen Wee; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2015; Current Location: Epic Systems Corporation
- Han Xiao; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2015; Current Location: University of Minnesota
- Supriya Hobbs; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2014; Current Location: Eli Lilly
- Rogan Kipp; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2015
- Benjamin Kanevsky; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2014; Current Location: Cal Tech
- Kenneth Yun; Chem Engineering, Class of 2018; Current Location: University of Illinois
- Jaclyn Letzter; Chem Engineering, Class of 2017; Current Location: University of Illinois
- Lan Wei; Chemical Engineering, Class of 2015