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PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
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DR. MAHDI ABU-OMAR
Principal Investigator
Mellichamp Chair of Green Chemistry and Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Courtesy Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S., Chemistry Hampden-Sydney College
Ph.D., Chemistry Iowa State University
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
WILLIAM BURRATO
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Florida
RESEARCH FOCUS
Catalyst synthesis
MANASA PERIKALA
Ph.D. Nanotechnology and Plastic Recycling, Indian Institute of Science
RESEARCH FOCUS
Plastic upcycling
GURPREET SINGH
Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University
RESEARCH FOCUS
Sustainable chemistry, catalyst development
GRADUATE RESEARCHERS
ANTHONY (AJ) CHAVEZ
B.S. Chemistry, University of Southern California
RESEARCH FOCUS
Sustainable chemistry
RUDAN (SALLY) FENG
B.S. Chemistry, Purdue University
RESEARCH FOCUS
Polyolefin upcycling
ALEXANDRA HEUSTON
B.S. Chemistry, CSU Stanislaus
RESEARCH FOCUS
Polyolefin upcycling
JOSHUA SPEER
B.S. Chemistry, Ithaca College
RESEARCH FOCUS
Designing bimetallic pincers complexes for catalysis
KELSEY RICHARDSON
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
RESEARCH FOCUS
Simulation of Polymer Upcycling
YU-HSUAN LEE
B.S. Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
RESEARCH FOCUS
Polyolefin upcycling
MADELEINE DAVIS
B.S. Chemistry, Rhodes College
RESEARCH FOCUS
Plastic upcycling
JACK HOPPER
B.S. Chemistry, Louisiana State University
RESEARCH FOCUS
Heterogeneous catalysis of biomass-derived sugar alcohols
XINQUAN LI
B.S. Chemistry, Zhejiang University
RESEARCH FOCUS
Organic synthesis
JUSTIN MARLOWE
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University
RESEARCH FOCUS
Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass
MELISSA SANCHEZ
B.S. Chemistry, California State University, Fresno
RESEARCH FOCUS
Biomass Conversion
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ZACH WESTMAN
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona
RESEARCH FOCUS
Chemical Upcycling of Plastics
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