Dr. Marco J. Castaldi Featured in Baker Institute Podcast on Advanced Recycling The Baker Institute for Public Policy’s Energy Forum recently featured Dr. Marco J. Castaldi, Principal Investigator of the Combustion and Catalysis Lab, in a two-part podcast examining the current state and future prospects of advanced recycling technologies. In the episodes, released August 5,…
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CCL at NAM29 Several members of the Combustion and Catalysis Laboratory attended the 29th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM29), held June 8–13 at the Hyatt Regency in Atlanta, GA. Marco J. Castaldi (PI), Kaitlyn Lawrence (PhD student), and research associates Tricia Marchese and Erica Razook represented CCL at the conference. Two posters were presented:…
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Undergraduate Interns Join CCL for Summer Research The Combustion and Catalysis Laboratory is pleased to welcome two undergraduate interns to the team for the summer of 2025. Aras Modroukas, a mechanical engineering student, and Dimitrios Halivelakis, a chemical engineering student, both join us from the University of Florida. We look forward to their contributions over…
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CCL PI Contributes to National Debate on Chemical Recycling in The Environmental Forum We are proud to share that Professor Marco J. Castaldi, Principal Investigator of the Combustion and Catalysis Laboratory (CCL), has contributed a commentary to The Environmental Forum, a flagship publication of the Environmental Law Institute. His piece, titled “Let’s Get the Most…
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CCL members engage in discussions at NYCS 2025 spring symposium On March 12, 2025, the Catalysis Society of Metropolitan New York (NYCS) convened its annual Spring Symposium at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Representatives from the Combustion and Catalysis Laboratory (CCL), including Principal Investigator Dr. Marco Castaldi, postdoctoral fellow Michael Lugo-Pimentel, and doctoral candidate Kaitlyn…
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The Baltimore Banner cites CCL research in profile of pro-waste-to-energy environmentalist A recent article by The Baltimore Banner‘s Adam Willis highlights the role of waste-to-energy (WTE) technology in sustainable waste management and cites research from the Combustion & Catalysis Lab (CCL). The article profiles a prominent environmentalist, Christopher Dipnarine. Founder of a nonprofit focused on…
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CCL Principal Investigator, Dr. Marco J. Castaldi, Featured Speaker at Energy from Waste Webinar Dr. Marco J. Castaldi, Director of the Combustion and Catalysis Lab (CCL), recently participated as a featured speaker in the webinar “Energy from Waste – At the Heart of Global Decarbonisation or a Technology in Decline?” organized by be Waste Wise.…
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CCL members contribute to EEC|CCNY WTERT 2024 The biennial Waste-to-Energy Research & Technology Council meeting was held in New York this year from October 2-4 at the City College of New York. All members of the Combustion and Catalysis Lab attended the event, marking the 12th symposium in the 20-year history of the WTERT Symposia…
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CCL Researcher Awarded Travel Fellowship for Collaborative Work CCL lab is pleased to share that one of our researchers, Lauren Creadore, was awarded the prestigious CCNY Chemical Engineering Research Travel Fellowship. This award supported an international collaboration between CCL and the CRECK research group. This partnership allowed for advanced kinetic modeling research in the condensed…
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Yegor Nikitin earns Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering The Combustion and Catalysis Lab wishes a huge congratulations to the newest CCL graduate, Dr. Yegor Nikitin, for defending his thesis entitled ‘Change of Metal Oxidation State at High Temperature, Impact of Temperature and Reactive Gases’.
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