GRADUATE STUDENTS
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Xintong (Vanessa) Xu
Ph.D. Candidate in ChBE, minor in PSE | Joined 2023
Current Research:
Catalytic biowaste valorization, bio-based catalyst synthesis
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Akanksha Lakra
Ph.D. Candidate in ChBE, minor in PSE | Joined 2021
Current Research:
Functional bionanomterials, nanoscale self-assembly, sustainable processes, packaging and paper making
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Geng-Sheng (Brian) Lin
Ph.D. Candidate in ChBE, minor in PSE | Joined 2021
Current Research:
Sustainable materials synthesis, bio-based smart membrane design
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Ji Gao
Ph.D. Candidate in ChBE, minor in ISyE | Joined 2021
Current Research:
Sustainable process control, machine-learning assisted biopolymer/biomaterial design
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Abigael Wahlen
Ph.D. Candidate in ChBE, minor in ISyE | Joined 2020
Current Research:
Reinforcement Learning-based sustainable process control and optimization, catalytic biowaste valorization
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Wenbo Peng
Ph.D. Candidate in ChBE, minor in chemistry | Joined 2019
Current Research:
Catalytic biowaste valorization, bio-based catalyst synthesis, carbon-negative reaction design, and application
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Lan Gan
Ph.D. Candidate in CEE
Current Research:
Separation of metal ions from aqueous environment.
RESEARCHERS
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Dr. Zhaoxian Qin
Post-Doc Researcher | Joined 2023
Nanoclusters, nanocatalyst, crystal structure, nanomaterials
VISITING SCHOLARS & STUDENTS
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Yudong Zhao
Undergraduate, Fudan University | Joined 2024
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS
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Lucia Lammers
Undergraduate, Environmental Science | Joined 2024
ALUMNI
GRADUATE STUDENTS
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POST-DOC RESEARCHERS
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VISITING & UNDERGRADUATE SCHOLARS
Steven Li, High School student, 2024-2024
Dr. Abdulkerim Okbaz, Visiting Researcher, 2023-2024
Andres M Galindo Batocletti, Undergraduate Student, Gatech, 2023-2024
Nancy McNichols, Undergraduate Student, Gatech, 2023-2024
Nora Butler, Undergraduate Student, Gatech, 2023-2024
Revati Railkar, Undergraduate Student, GaTech, 2022-2024
Jiaxuan Liu, Visting Scholar, Tianjin University of Technology, 2022-2024
Rongrong Liu, Visting Scholar, Tianjin University of Technology, 2022-2024
Jose Perez Martinez, Undergraduate Student, GaTech, 2022-2023
Jungeun Lee, Undergraduate Student, GaTech, 2022-2023
Jacob Epps, Undergraduate Student, GaTech, 2022
Ethan Slaton, SURE undergraduate student, University of Florida, Summer 2022
Ya Pang, Visiting Scholar, Changsha University, 05/2014-04/2015.
Hua Qiu, Visiting Scholar, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 06/2014-05/2015.
Qifa Zhou, Visiting Scholar, Zhejian University, 11/2011-10/2012.
Cong Wang, Exchange undergraduate student, Shangdong Agricultural University, 09/2011-05/2012.
Lin Zhang, Visiting Scholar
Hongli Fan, Visiting Scholar
Fei Wang, Visiting Scholar
Xiaopeng Pei, Visiting Scholar