I am an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Oakland University. My research focuses on how carbon materials form, transform, and can be engineered within thermochemical and catalytic systems. In our lab, we study processes such as methane pyrolysis and electrified heating to understand how carbon structures emerge, evolve, and can be tailored into high-value materials for energy and sustainability applications.

Our approach combines experimental diagnostics and advanced modeling of carbon-forming processes to connect fundamental mechanisms with reactor and system-level design. Over the years, I have collaborated with research groups in North America, Latin America, and Europe on combustion diagnostics, carbon nanomaterials, and sustainable energy conversion.