Principal Investigator
Dr. Casey O'Brien
Email: cobrie23@nd.edu
Phone: 574-631-5706
Education
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (since 2017)
Postdoc, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (2014-2017)
Postdoc, Chemical Physics Department, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (2011-2014)
Graduate Students
Garam Lee
Email: glee4@nd.edu
2019-present
Expected graduation: May, 2024
Education
M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 2017
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014
Bo Wei Cynthia Chen
Email: bchen8@nd.eduÂ
2020-present
Expected graduation: May, 2025
Education
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2016
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015
Alejandro Chapero-Planell
Email: achaper2@nd.eduÂ
2021-present
Expected graduation: May, 2026
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez, 2020
Anna Luce
Email: aokeefe2@nd.eduÂ
2022-present
Expected graduation: May, 2027
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Calvin College, Â 2022
Alumni
Sarah Pate
2018-2023
Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2023
Education
B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama, 2018
B.S. Mathematics, University of Alabama, 2018
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2022
Hui Xu
2020-2023
Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2023
Education
M.S. Polymer Science, University of Akron, 2017
B.S. Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2015
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2022
Justin Easa
2017-2022
Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2022
Currently UOP Honeywell
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering and Technology, Arizona State University, 2017
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2022
Dr. Renxi Jin
2018-2021
Currently at Seagate Technologies, Inc.Â
Education
Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 2016
B.Eng. Chemical Engineering and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 2011
Professional Experience
Postdoc, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2018-present)
Postdoc, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2016-2018)
Aubrey Jeffries
2018-2021
Graduated with M.S. 2022
Education
B.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 2018
Undergraduate Students
Former Undergraduate Students
Austin Booth
2019-2022
Currently a Ph.D. student at Princeton University
Education
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (expected graduation 2022)
Kevin Hansen
2018-2020
Education
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (graduated 2020)
Mark Mang
2019
Education
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (expected graduation 2021)
Jingrui Wei
Summer 2018 (iSURE program)
Education
Bachelor of Material Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (2019)
Currently a Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Haozhe Lu
Summer 2019 (iSURE program)
Education
Bachelor of Material Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (graduated 2020)