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Past Lab Members

PhD Students

Lizbeth Moreno

Headshot of Liz Sep 2018- July 2025

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Development of bimetallic nickel-X-alumina catalyst for renewable natural gas production.


Andrew Carkner

Headshot of Andrew Carkner

Sep 2020- July 2025

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:High-temperature electrocatalysis in the sustainable production of aromatics from lignin.


Lynn Hein

Headshot of Lynn

Sep 2020- April 2025

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Design of a carbon nanotube-based drug-eluting coating for controlled drug release from a metallic implant surface.


Pakpong Roongruangsree

Sep 2019- April 2024

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Develop a prototype structured reactor for direct biogas and CO2 methanation with improved heat transfer and reduced pressure drop.


Jose Augusto Hernandez Lalinde

May 2015- November 2019

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Development of spatially-resolved measurement techniques to study heterogeneous catalyzed reaction mechanisms (e.g. hydrogenation, water gas shift, CO2 conversion).


Kanchan Dutta

January 2016- August 2020

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Direct non-oxidative methane coupling to ethylene over gallium nitride catalyst - effect of nitridation, reaction mechanism, and catalyst regeneration


Jennifer Martin del Campo

September 2016- February2021

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Plasma - catalytic dry reforming


Elmira Pajootan

September 2016 - March 2022

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Elmira worked on synthesizing metal nanostructures using RF plasma-assisted pulsed laser deposition technique. She developped highly efficient and durable catalysts for fuel cells, water electrolysers and plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis.


Roham Ghavipour

January 2020 - Dezember 2023

PhD Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Methane as the most abundant hydrocarbon on our planet is mostly used as fuel. For methane conversion to chemicals, the only current commercialized pathway is the indirect conversion with syngas (H2+CO) as the intermediate. Here we aim to directly convert methane to value-added chemicals like olefins and aromatics through oxidative and non-oxidative reactions. I will try metal incorporated zeolites as bi-functional catalyst to overcome the stability of methane molecule.


Master's Students

JingSi Jiang

September 2014 - August 2016

M.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Development of catalyst coating techniques used in catalytic plate reactor with spatially-resolved measurement capability.

Acknowledgement: EUL


Roxin Fernandes

Roxin Fernandes

September 2014 - April 2016

M.Eng (Non-Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project 1:Modelling and kinetic parameter estimation using Bayesian approach.

Project2:Quantification of synergism/antagonism parameters during co-gasification of potassium rich biomass with non-biomass feedstock.


Ali Aljishi

September 2015 - August 2017

M.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Development of ordered mesoporous nickel-alumina catalysts for the CO2 methanation


Vishnu Chaudhari

September 2016 - April 2019

Research Assistant-Chemical Engineering (ɬ﷬) January 2019- April 2019

M.Eng (Non-Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Mechanistic insights of methane to ethylene conversion over Ga based catalyst using density functional theory (DFT).


Tinitenda Mupfure

Tino

August 2024 - April 2025

M.Eng (Non-Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project: Developed hierarchical SAPO-34 with mesopores to improve diffusion, reduce coke formation, and enhance overall stability of SAPO-34 catalyst.

Acknowledgement: EUL


Clara Sapoval

January 2020 - December 2022

M.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project:Catalytic Methane Activation.


Mohsen Shahryari

January 2020 - December 2021

M.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project: Catalytic Methane Activation.


Rutika Savaliya

January 2020 - December 2021

M.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬

Project: DFT Modelling over different catalyst surface for methane conversion to ethylene.


Undergraduate students

Ayman Ahmed

May 2014 - August 2014

B.Eng. Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬(2010-2014)

Project:Design and optimization of catalytic channel reactor CFD and heat transfer modelling using COMSOL.

SURE - Best Poster Award 2014


Shruthilaya Jaganathan

May 2016 - August 2016

B.Eng Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬ (2013-2017)

Project:Development of Dip-coating Technique for a Catalytic Plate Reactor to study CO2 Methanation


Gabriel Veilleux

September 2016 - April 2017

B.Eng Chemical Engineering ɬ﷬ (2013 -2017)

Project:Development of ordered mesoporous nickel alumina catalysts for CO2 methanation


Deifilia To

September 2018 - August 2019

B.Eng Chemical Engineering (ɬ﷬) 2016-2021

Project:Using OpenFOAM to simulate a three-channel heat exchanger


Alexandra Jacobson

May 2019 - August 2019

B.Eng Chemical Engineering (ɬ﷬) 2017-2021

Project:Development of Nickel-X based ordered mesoporous alumina catalyst for CO2 methanation.


Freya Zhang

May 2020 - August 2020

B.Eng Chemical Engineering (ɬ﷬) 2017-2022

Project:Plasma - catalytic steam reforming


Coralie Jabra Khabbaz

May 2020 - August 2020

Education

B.Eng Chemical Engineering (ɬ﷬) 2017-2022

Project:Density-functional theory modeling of methane conversion to Ethylene over metal Nitride catalysts


Gareth Price

B.Eng Chemical Engineering (ɬ﷬) 2018-2022

Project:Developing transition metal nanocatalysts supported on boron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) for use in non-thermal plasma reactors


Grace Yu

B.Eng Chemical Engineering (ɬ﷬) 2018-2021

Project:Synthesis of novel catalysts for the direct non-oxidative methane conversion


Exchange students

Harriet Turnbull

May 2016 - August 2016

M.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering (Strathclyde University, Glasgow), (2017)

Project:Power-to-Gas process: CO2 Methanation - Catalyst evaluation and characterization

Acknowledgment:


Kevin Kofler

May 2017 - August 2017

M.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering (TU Wien), (2018)

Project:CO2 Methanation - Catalysts coating and spatially resolved measurment

Acknowledgment:


Pranjal Gupta

May 2017 - August 2017

B.Eng (Thesis) Chemical Engineering (IIT, India), (2018)

Project:Methane aromatization: Development of novel GaN catalysts

Acknowledgment:


Garance Gougeon

March2019- September 2019

M.Eng. Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), (2017)

Project:DFT modelingstudy of gallium oxide nitridation

Acknowledgment:


Nathan Paul Fargier

May2020- August 2020

M.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (ENSCP), (2018)

Project:Mechanistic insights of methane to ethylene conversion over WP and MoP catalysts using density functional theory (DFT)


Gabriela Quintero

Gabriela

July 2024 - September 2024

Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia, (2024)

Project:Conducting a techno-economic analysis (TEA) for a Power-to-Gas plant aimed at upgrading renewable natural gas (RNG) as part of the“Catalyst Development for Circular Fuels” initiative


Robin De Meyer

RobinSeptember 2024 - December 2024

Master of physics, University of Antwerp, Belgium (2021)

Project:Study of the effect of metal(oxide) nanoparticles on the plasma discharge characteristics in a dielectric barrier discharge.


Shardul Kale

B. Tech. Chemical Engineering, R.T.M Nagpur University, Nagpur, India, (2022)

Project:Kinetic parameter estimation and model discrimination for catalyzed non-oxidative methane conversions

Acknowledgment:


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