My name is Md Rahim Uddin, and I am currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Dr. Ankita Juneja’s Lab at SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY. I did my B.Sc. (Engg.) in Chemical Engineering and Polymer Science from Shahjalal University of Science & Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. Then, I have completed my Master of Engineering (Chemical) from the Faculty of Chemical and Natural Resources Engineering at University Malaysia Pahang (UMP), Pahang, Malaysia. Currently, I’m working on Hydrothermal Liquefaction (HTL) of Biomass conversion at Dr. Juneja’s Lab. Before joining the Ph.D. program, I was working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Z. H. Sikder University of Science & Technology, Shariatpur, Bangladesh. 

Research Interests: Biomass Conversion, Optimization (factorial design), Photocatalysts, Catalysis, CO2 reduction, Complex molecule synthesis, Biofuels, Battery Materials, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Material (Polymer) Science.

Greetings! My name is Sushant Gawali. I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. Under the supervision of Dr. Ankita Juneja at SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY. I completed my B.Tech in Biotechnology from Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Maharashtra, India. Then, I completed my M.Tech in Food Biotechnology from Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai, India. I was working as a Project Assistant at Department of Environmental Biotechnology in Amity University Maharashtra, Mumbai, India. Currently, I’m working on microalgae cultivation and biomass valorization at Dr. Juneja’s AWESOME Lab.

Research Interests: Microalgae cultivation, Wastewater treatment, Microalgal biomass valorization, Process Optimization, Thermochemical conversion, Microalgal biofuels, Environmental sustainability.

My name is Xiaoqi Liu, and I am currently studying for a master's degree at SUNY ESF. I graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology and SUNY ESF, and have dual bachelor's degrees from China and the United States. Currently, I have started a new round of research and study under the guidance of Dr. Ankita Juneja. I am passionate about bioprocess engineering and look forward to bringing innovative solutions to this field.

My name is Chi Zhang, and I am currently studying for a master's degree at SUNY ESF.