People

Principal Investigator

Postdoctoral Associates

Graduate Students

Undergraduate Students

Interns

Visiting Scholars

Alumni

Principal Investigator

Marco J. Castaldi

Professor and Dept. Chair, Chemical Engineering

Postdoctoral Associates

Michael Lugo-Pimentel

mlugopimentel@ccny.cuny.edu

Graduate Students

Yegor Nikitin

ynikiti000@citymail.cuny.edu

Kaitlyn Lawrence

klawren000@citymail.cuny.edu

Lauren Creadore

lcreado000@citymail.cuny.edu

Janhvi Trivedi

jtrived001@citymail.cuny.edu

Chris Mignano

cmignan000@citymail.cuny.edu

Undergraduate Students

Interns

Visiting Scholars

Alumni

Former Postdoctoral Associates

NAME

TIME IN LAB

POSITION AND LOCATION

Snehesh Ail

2018-2023

Senior Process Engineer, Johnson Matthey

Simona Ciuta

2013-2016

McKenzie Kohn

2012-2013

Director, Johnson Matthey

Amrita Pal

2011-2012

Instructor, National University of Singapore

Björn Brandt

2010-2011

Masato R. Nakamura

2010-2011

Professor, New York City College of Technology

2009-2010

2007-2010

2008-2009

Co-Director, H2Ohm-Institut für Angewandte Wasserstoffforschung

Former Graduate Students

NAME

TIME IN LAB

POSITION AND LOCATION

Golam Chowdhury

2020-2022

Engineer, NYC Environmental Protection

Tasnuva Moutushi

2016-2022

Engineer, Intel Corporation

Deepak Kumar Sharma

2019-2020

Megan Webster

2014-2019

Scientist, Solid Power, Inc.

Michaela Wagar

2013-2018

Specialist, Running Tide

Robyn Smith

2013-2019

Creator, This Blogs NEAT

Devin Peck

2015-2017

PhD Student, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Timothy Sharobem

Senior Materials Scientist, Oerlikon

Stephen Crowley

2012-2016

Associate Principal Scientist, Merck

Jeffrey LeBlanc

2011-2016

Engineer, Albemarle Corporation

Melis Duyar

2013-2015

Lecturer, University of Surrey

Garrett Fitzgerald

2008-2013

Director, Smart Electric Power Alliance

Amanda Simson

2007-2013

Professor, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Marcella Lusardi

2011-2013

Professor, Princeton University

Natali Pelcman

2010-2012

VP of Sustainability, Moody’s Corporation

Alex Frank

2008-2012

Engineer, Specter Aerospace

Heather Lanman

2010-2011

Manager, Entegris

Federico Barrai

2005-2010

Director, Origin Materials

Eilhann Kwon

2002-2008

Professor, Sejong University

Jechan Lee

2008-2010

Professor, Sungkyunkwan University

Shang-Hsiu Lee

2005-2009

Engineer, Covanta

Scott Kaufman

2003-2008

Founder & CEO, Stacks Data

Lucas Dorazio

2005-2009

Senior Scientist – Catalyst Research, BASF

Noah Whitmore

2005-2007

Director, WM Renewable Energy

Yue (Forrest) Zhou

Alex Whitworth

2003-2005

Vice President, Wood Mackenzie

Swanand Tupsakhare

2012-2017

Research Scientist, Dow

Hope Connolly

Manager, PepsiCo

Kimberly Llewellyn

2004-2006

Manager, Mitsubishi Electric Trane US

Nora McLaughlin

2008-2009

Veterinarian, Cashton Veterinary Clinic

Tracy Jackson

2006

Naomi Klinghoffer

2008-2013

Professor, Western University

Former Undergraduate Students

NAME

TIME IN LAB

POSITION AND LOCATION

Isabel Liberis

2010-2011

Associate Director, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

Amy Knorpp

2008-2010

Scientific Fellow, Empa

Peter Ha

2013

Hannah Lee

Product Lead, Google

Former Visiting Scholars

NAME

TIME IN LAB

POSITION AND LOCATION

Rohit Borooah

2022

PhD Student, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Elias Madoui

2019

Engineer, C.M.E. Environment

Eleonora Cordioli

2019

Researcher, The Centre for Sustainable Energy | Bruno Kessler Foundation

Flora Uwadiegwu

2013-2014

Manager, Autodesk

Ladislao Sandoval

2013

Professor, Technológico de Monterrey

Giacomo Rossetti

2014

Engineer, UmbraGroup

Flávia Albuquerque

2013-2014

Manager, GE Renewable Energy

Marion Ducousso

2013

Professor, Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour

Francesco Patuzzi

Professor, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano

Christiane Janke

2012-2013

Manager, BASF

Carolina Solís

2011-2012

Professor, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León

John P. Dooher

2010-2011

Professor, Adelphi University

Zhixiiao Shang

Junhu Zhou

Jinbo Wang

NAME

TIME IN LAB

POSITION AND LOCATION

Taylor K. Newman

2023-2024

Student, The Calhoun School