Assistant Professor, School of Packaging, MSU (2025 -present)
Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department, Hampton University
Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Packaging, Michigan State University
Lecturer/Chairperson, Polymer Technology and Engineering Department, Harare Institute of Technology
PhD, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
1. Editorial Board member, Scientific Reports (2026 - Present)
2. Early Career Editorial Board member, Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology (2025-present)
3. Vice Chancellor's Prize for the best graduating student in Chemical and Process Systems Engineering
4. Lafarge Cement prize for the overall best student in Chemical and Process Systems Engineering
5. Chemical and Process Systems Engineering/INSTICHEM prize for the best student in HIT 200 TEAM product development project
6. PhD research scholarship (IISc)
7. Awarded conference grant to attend the Polymer Processing Society Conference 2019 in South Africa.
8. Awarded conference grant to attend the 11th International Workshop on Advanced Materials 2019 in the United Arab Emirates.
9. Awarded Nanyang Technological University Singapore-sponsored assistance to attend the ICMAT conference in Singapore (2019).
10. Awarded a 6-month Ph.D. collaboration program at KU Leuven, Belgium (2020) -(Cancelled due to COVID-19 Pandemic).
Bhushan Meshram
Ph.D. student
Junior Research Fellow at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Jan 2025-May 2026).
M.Tech in Packaging Technology: Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India (2022-2024)
B.Tech in Chemical Engineering: Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University
Research area
Biodegradable polymer-based films and coatings, controlled release of active compounds, and the use of bioactive compounds to enhance material performance.
Hagos K. Hagos
Ph.D. student
Master's Degree: Environmental Engineering from Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Czech Republic
Bachelor's Degree: Civil Engineering, Hawassa University
Research area
Structure-Property-Mass Transfer Relationships in Petroleum-Based Polymers
Julian Zammit
Packaging (Undergraduate)
Michigan State University Honors College
Research area
Mass Transfer in PP-based packaging materials