Principal Investigator  | Justin Notestein
j-notestein@northwestern.edu
Associate Professor (2007)
Northwestern University, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Post-Doc (2006-2007) University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Ph.D. (2006) University of California-Berkeley
B.S.E. (2001) Princeton University | CV
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Post-Doctoral Scholars | Chao Liu
chao.liu@northwestern.edu
Ph.D. (2015) University of New Hampshire, Chemistry
B.S. (2008) Guangxi University, Chemistry
Research Snapshot
Chao is developing catalysts for the photothermal conversion of CO2 and H2O to solar fuels. | CV
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Doctoral Students | Lauren McCullough
laurenmccullough2017@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2012) Pennsylvania State University, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Lauren develops structure-function relationships for transformations of renewable substrates to industrially valuable products on transition metal sulfide nanoparticulate catalysts. | CV
LinkedIn | | Rachel Watson
rachelwatson2017@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2012) University of California-Riverside, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Rachel studies ethylene carbonylation over molybdenum and palladium sulfide catalysts as a member of the Dow Carbonylation team. | LinkedIn | | Nick Thornburg
nicholasthornburg2017@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2012) Washington University in St. Louis, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Nick designs and synthesizes well-defined supported transition metal oxide and molecular catalysts and develops new titration methods for counting their kinetically-active sites for applications in selective oxidation chemistry with H2O2. These tools are key to developing more sustainable chemical routes for the production of important epoxy monomers and of polyalcohol components to polyurethanes. | CV
LinkedIn | | Zhenyu Bo
zhenyubo2012@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2012) Purdue University, Materials Science and Engineering
Research Snapshot
Bo is designing nanostructured oxide materials and developing backfilling strategies to improve the dispersion and thermal stability of supported metal catalysts. | LinkedIn | | Alex Ardagh
ardagh@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2013) University of Wisconsin-Madison, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Alex synthesizes nanobowls: surface modified metal oxide catalysts for shape selective hydrocarbon conversion and fine chemical synthesis. Established variants include Bronsted acidic SiOx supported on Al2O3and Lewis acidic TaOx supported on SiO2. | LinkedIn | | Scott Nauert
scottnauert2013@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2013) Rice University, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Scott is developing structure-function relationships for supported copper catalysts for oxidative dehydrogenation of alkanes. | CV | | Louisa Savereide
louisasavereide2013@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2013) University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Louisa is studying transition metal oxides supported on ceria nanoshapes for the reduction of NO by CO. | LinkedIn | | Abha Gosavi
abhagosavi2019@u.northwestern.edu
B.Chem. (2014) Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Research Snapshot
Abha is working on stabilizing nanoparticle arrays by high temperature entrenchment to screen combinatorial arrays of multi-metallic nanoparticles, generated by scanning problem block co-polymer lithography (SPBCL), for best catalytic activity. | LinkedIn | | Sol Ahn
ahnsol@u.northwestern.edu
M.S. (2010) Yonsei University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2008) Yonsei University, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Sol is studying selective oxidation reactions in metal organic framework (MOF)-supported catalysts. | CV
LinkedIn | | Alex Grant
agrant@u.northwestern.edu
B.Eng. (2015) McGill University, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Alex is developing nanobowls for methanol synthesis, and is aiming to extend the NRG's catalyst nanostructuring techniques to Fischer Tropsch Synthesis for CO2 upcycling. Alex is building the Solar Fuels Institute's demo project for fully integrated atmospheric CO2 to methanol. | CV
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| | Christian Contreras
christiancontreras2011@u.northwestern.edu
M.S. (2013) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2011) University of California-Riverside, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Christian is investigating the controlled templating of pores onto ALD overcoats with the goal of designing chiral micropores onto surfaces. | | | Mihir Bhagat
mihirbhagat@u.northwestern.edu
B.Tech. (2016) Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, Dyestuff Technology
Research Snapshot
Mihir is working on catalytic isomerizations of polyether polyalchohols for use in polyurethane manufacturing. | | | Charmaine Bennett
charmainebennett2020@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2015) University of California-Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Charmaine is studying the kinetics involved in the regioselective ring opening of epoxides using novel catalysts.
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| | Emily Cheng
emilycheng2020@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2016) University of Missouri-Columbia, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Emily is developing novel heterogeneous catalysts for the stereospecific ring opening of epoxides. |
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Masters Students | Jiaxu Fan
jiaxufan2015@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2015) Nankai University, Chemistry
B. Eng. (2015) Tianjin University, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Jiaxu studies tandem oxidation utilizing in-situ H2O2 generation.
| LinkedIn | | Abhinav Bandari
abhinavbandari2016@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2015) Birla Institute of Science and Technology
Research Snapshot
Abhinav is working on Ti-amine catalysts for the cycloaddition of carbon dioxide to propylene epoxide. | CV |
Undergraduate Students | Eric Taw
erictaw2018@u.northwestern.edu
B.S. (2018) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
Eric's research couples the hydrogen peroxide production from a microbial electrosynthesis cell with catalytic oxidative reactions. Currently, he is exploring sulfoxidation under buffered aqueous conditions using rhenium- and niobium-based catalysts. | CV
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Former NRG Members | David Childers
Post.Doc. (2016) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. (2014) University of Illinois-Chicago, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2009) University of Michigan, Chemical Engineering
Research Snapshot
David synthesized, characterized and tested catalysts to study ethanol carbonylation. He worked on developing a catalyst that does not require a co-feed of iodide for the reaction. |
| | Kevin Schwartzenberg
Post-NRG: Tradewater LLC
Ph.D. (2016) Northwestern University, Civil and Environmental Engineering
M.S. (2011) Northwestern University, Civil and Environmental Engineering
B.S. (2007) Purdue University, Chemical Engineering
| | Sara Yacob
Post-NRG: ExxonMobil
Ph.D. (2016) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2011) University of Michigan, Chemical Engineering | | Chieh-Chao Yang
Post-NRG: DuPont Taiwan
Post.Doc. (2016) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. (2011) Universiteit Twente, Chemistry | | Corinna Raimando
Post-NRG: Northwestern University
Ph.D. (2012) ISIS Strasbourg University, Physical Chemistry
| | Todd Eaton
Post-NRG: Post. Doc. at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ph.D. (2015) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2010) Northeastern University, Chemical Engineering | | Sherzod Madrahimov
Post-NRG: Texas A&M University at Qatar
Post.Doc. Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. (2012) University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign
B.S. (2003) Tashkent Institute of Chemical Technology, Chemical Engineering | | Mark Bachrach
Post-NRG: Post. Doc. University of Minnesota with Aditya Bhan
Ph.D. (2014) Northwestern University, Chemistry
B.S. (2010) Yeshiva University, Chemistry | | Boone Thompson
Post-NRG: Savannah River National Laboratory
Ph.D. (2014) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2009) North Carolina State University, Textile Engineering | | Sunyoung Park
Post-NRG: Seoul National University
Post.Doc. Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
| | Patricia Iganacio-de Leon
Post-NRG: Argonne National Laboratory
Post.Doc. Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Utah, Chemistry | | Pria Young
Post-NRG: British Petroleum
Ph.D. (2013) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2006) Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Chemistry | | Dario Prieto
Post-NRG: Sabic Americas
Post.Doc. University of Minnesota with Aditya Bhan
Ph.D. (2013) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2008) Rice University, Chemical Engineering | | Christian Canlas
Post-NRG: W. R. Grace
Post.Doc. (2012) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. (2010) Michigan State University, Chemistry | | Andy Korinda
Post-NRG: Hemlock Semiconductor
Ph.D. (2012) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
B.S. (2007) University of Delaware, Chemical Engineering | | Nick Schoenfeldt
Post-NRG: UOP
Post.Doc. (2011) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Iowa, Chemistry
| | Natalia Morlanes
Post-NRG: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST)
Post.Doc. (2011) Northwestern University, Chemical Engineering
Ph.D. (2007) Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Chemical Engineering |
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