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Mahdi M. Abu-Omar

Principal Investigator

B.S. summa cum laude Hampden-Sydney College
Ph.D. Iowa State University (with James Espenson)
Postdoc California Institute of Technology (with Harry Gray)

E-mail: mabuomar@purdue.edu

Rozlyn Batta

Administrative Assistant

E-mail: rozlynbatta@purdue.edu

Kothanda Rama Pichaandi (Ram)

Postdoc

B.S. Manonmainiam Sundaranar University, Tamil Nadu, India; and Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, India
Ph.D. Tulane University, New Orleans (with Mark Fink)
Postdoctoral, University of Missouri, Columbia (with Fred Hawthorne)

Research interest: Organometallic catalysis with oxorhenium carborane complexes.

E-mail: kpichaan@purdue.edu

Tayyebeh Bakhshi

Graduate Student

B.S. Birjand University, Iran

Research interest: Synthesis of Sustainable Aprotic Polar Solvents from Biomass.

E-mail: tbakhshi@purdue.edu

Curt Bougher

Graduate Student

B.S. Purdue University

Research interest: Bioinspired catalysis with chlorite.

E-mail: cbougher@purdue.edu

Kelsey Cantwell

Graduate Student

B.S. Haverford College

Research Interest: Reaction development and the investigation of catalyst reactivities.

E-mail: kcantwel@purdue.edu

Duanchen Ding

Graduate Student

B.S. Peking University

Research interest: Organo-metallics/bio-inspired catalysts.

E-mail: ding148@purdue.edu

Thilina Gunasekara (TG)

Graduate Student

(joint with Professor James Caruthers and Professor Nick Delgass in Chem. Eng.)

B.S. Institute of Chemistry Ceylon

B.S. University of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Research interest: Kinetics of olefin polymerization with Zirconium catalysts.

E-mail: tgunasek@purdue.edu

Jun Hee Jang

Graduate Student

B.S. Korea University

Research interest: Heterogeneous catalysis for alkane chemistry.

E-mail: jang97@purdue.edu

Yuan Jiang

Graduate Student

B.S. Jilin University

Research interest: High-efficiency conversion of biomass with proper reagents.

E-mail: jiang213@purdue.edu

Joseph Yoon Young Lee

Graduate Student

B.S. Yonsei University, South Korea

Research interest: Catalytic conversion of biomass to viable chemicals.

E-mail: lee2255@purdue.edu

Baoyuan Liu

Graduate Student

B.S. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Research interest: Metal catalysis (such as Ni, Ru, and Pd) and their use in non-food biomass conversion of green chemistry.

E-mail: liu1395@purdue.edu

Hao Luo

Graduate Student

(joint with Professor Fabio Ribeiroin Chem. Eng.)

B.S. Purdue University

Research interest: Heterogeneous catalysis of biomass derived lignin into aromatic products.

E-mail: luo60@purdue.edu

Michael Mazzotta

Graduate Student

B.S. Eastern Kentucky University

Research interest: Synthesis of rhenium PNN complexes and their use in catalysis.

E-mail: mmazzott@purdue.edu

Chan Park

Graduate Student

B.S. Texas A&M University

Research interest: designing iridium pincer complexes for catalysis.

E-mail: park704@purdue.edu

Paul Pletcher

Graduate Student

(joint with Professor James Caruthers and Professor Nick Delgass in Chem. Eng.)

B.S. University of Virginia

Research interest: Kinetics of olefin polymerization with Hf coordination catalysts.

E-mail: ppletche@purdue.edu

Andrew Preston

Graduate Student

(joint with Professor James Caruthers and Professor Nick Delgass in Chem. Eng.)

B.S. Eastern Kentucky University

Research interest: Oxorhenium catalysis and bioinorganic chemistry.

E-mail: prestona@purdue.edu

Manasa Ramachandra

Graduate Student

B.S. St.Joseph's College, Bangalore, India

Research interest: Functional models and catalysis of chlorite dismutation using macrocyclic ligands.

E-mail: mramacha@purdue.edu

Manxi Xiong

Graduate Student

B.S. Purdue University

Research interest: Study and application of Rhenium PNN catalyst.

E-mail: mxiong@purdue.edu

Shou Zhao

Graduate Student

B.S. Tianjin Polytechnic University

Research interest: Synthesis of bio-based epoxy resins.

E-mail: zhao410@purdue.edu