Nick is the principal investigator for the group. He enjoys discovering new catalytic materials and spending time with his family, which includes his students.

B.S.: The Ohio State University, Chemical Engineering 2004

Ph.D.: California Institute of Technology, Chemical Engineering, 2010

Selected honors: (1) NSF GRFP (2004); (2) NSF Career (2016); (3) Robert Augustine Award from ORCS.

Jee-Yee is a fifth year Ph.D. candidate in the research group. She has advanced our understanding of mesoporous materials through discovering that common aminosilica materials can have four different types of sites.

B.S.: National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan) 2018

Ph.D.: The Ohio State University, Chemical Engineering 2023

Leah is a third year Ph.D. candidate in the group. She is working to advance the understanding of the active site for zeolites through using meticulous experiments.

B.S.: University of South Carolina (2020)

Hannah is a second year Ph.D. student in the group. She is working to advance the understanding of the active site for mesoporous materials and to create highly active catalyst to produced bio-derived chemicals.

B.S.: University of Akron (2021)

Paul is a first year Ph.D. student in the group. He is working to advance aminosilica catalysts for isomerization of glucose to fructose.

B.S.: University of Buffalo (2022)

Priya is a first year Ph.D. student in the group. She is working to discover methods to produce nanomaterials using scalable techniques.

B.S.: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal (2022)

Ryan is a senior undergraduate researcher in the group. He is working to advance the synthesis of Lewis acid zeolites and to develop a platform for rapid catalytic testing.

B.S.: The Ohio State University 2022

Nic is a senior undergraduate researcher in the group. He is working to investigate the impact of hydrophobic reaction environment on catalytic activity.

B.S.: Projected SP 2024

Josh is a sophomore undergraduate researcher in the group. He is working to investigate the impact of zeolite framework on catalytic activity and selectivity.

B.S.: Projected SP 2025

Khalil is a sophomore undergraduate researcher in the group. He is working on the flow synthesis of composite nanomaterials using our jet-mixing reactor.

B.S.: Projected SP 2025

Rita is an undergraduate student working on catalytic properties of zeolites. She is investigating cooperativity between catalytic sites to accelerate chemical reactions.

B.S.: Projected SP 2025

Blake is an undergraduate student working on investigating the fundamentals of aminosilica materials for the aldol condensation and reaction. He is building a detailed mechanism of acid-base cooperative systems to help advance the sustainable upgrading of biomass to fine chemicals.

B.S.: Projected SP 2025

Edward is an undergraduate student working on investigating the use of aminosilica materials for the aldol condensation and reaction. He will use the materials in a flow reactor to investigate catalytic stability.

B.S.: Projected SP 2024