Principal Investigator
(pengbai_at_umass_dot_edu)
Post-doc, University of Minnesota, 2018
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2014
B.S., Tsinghua University, 2009
Yachan Liu
Ph.D. Student
(yachanliu_at_umass_dot_edu)
M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2020
M.S., Technical University of Denmark, 2019
B.S., East China University of Science and Technology, 2017
Namrata Masli
Ph.D. Student
(nmasli_at_umass_dot_edu)
B.S., University of Mumbai, 2019
Joseph Tapia
Ph.D. Student
(jtapia_at_umass_dot_edu)
B.S., University of Kentucky, 2021
Ph.D. Student
(pinyang_at_umass_dot_edu)
M.S., Oregon State University, 2022
B.S., East China University of Science and Technology, 2018
Javed Khan
Ph.D. Student
(jkhan_at_umass_dot_edu)
M.S., COMSATS University Islamabad, 2022
B.S., University of the Punjab, Lahore, 2019
Parinitha Venkata Reddy
Undergraduate Student
(pvenkataredd_at_umass_dot_edu)
UMass Amherst, 2023 -
Mirriam Nzunda
Undergraduate Student
(mnzunda_at_smith_dot_edu)
Smith College, 2022 -
Aditya Karande
Ph.D. Student
(akarande_at_umass_dot_edu)
B.Eng., Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 2025
Tesu Ham
High-School Student
Prinika Kondoju
Undergraduate Student
(pkondoju_at_umass_dot_edu)
UMass Amherst, 2023 -
Türkan Kopaç
Visiting Scholar
(turkankopac_at_yahoo_dot_com)
Past Members
Shubham Malviya
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., UMass Amherst, 2024
B.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2018
Current: Boehringer Ingelheim
M.S. Student
Ph.D., UMass Amherst, 2025
B.S., Clarkson University, 2018
Current: Tristar AI
Sameer Isa
Undergraduate Student
UMass Amherst, 2018 - 2019
Anne Le
Ph.D. Student
Ph.D., UMass Amherst, 2025
B.S., Texas A & M University, 2019
Current: SABIC
Gerry Dang
Undergraduate Student
B.S., UMass Amherst, 2023
Current: BMS
Omeet Patel
Visiting Student
B.S., BITS Pilani, Hyderabad, 2021
Current: PhD Student at UMass ChE
Kieran Tay
Undergraduate Student
B.S., UMass Amherst, 2022
Current: Dupont
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Post-doc, University of South Carolina, 2020
Ph.D., Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India, 2017
M.Sc., Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India, 2012
B.Sc., Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, India, 2010
Current: Assistant Professor, Visva-Bharati, India
Winson Phu
Undergraduate Student
B.S., UMass Amherst, 2022
Rohan Singh
Visiting Student
BITS Pilani, Pilani
Ph.D. Student
Co-advised by Prof. Nianqiang (Nick) Wu
Ph.D., UMass Amherst, 2026
M.S., Nanjing Tech University, 2020
B.S., Nanjing Tech University, 2017
Current: Toyota Research Institute of North America
Harshavardhan Chilukuri Savitrinarayana
M.S. Student
B.S., Siddaganga Institute of Technology, 2018
Current: PhD Student at UMass ChE
Nelson Evbarunegbe
M.S. Student
M.S., UMass Amherst, 2023
B.S., University of Benin, 2019
Current: PhD Student at UMass CICS
Daniel Thompson
Undergraduate Student
B.S., UMass Amherst, 2024
Harry Zheng
High-School Student
Darshan Ahire
M.S. Student
M.S., UMass Amherst, 2025
B.S., Savitribai Phule Pune University, 2020
Current: PhD Student at UMass ChE
Suhani Manish Hingar
Undergraduate Student
UMass Amherst, 2022 -
Graeme Sullivan
Undergraduate Student
UMass Amherst, 2022 -
Namish Kokkula
Undergraduate Student
B.S., UMass Amherst, 2025
Current: PhD Student at Northeastern
Shirley Jiang
Undergraduate Student
Vanderbilt University, 2023 -
Karenna Kung
Undergraduate Student
B.S., Smith College, 2025
Tysan Dang
High-School Student
Jong-Hyuk (John) Park
Undergraduate Student
UMass Amherst, 2023 -
Hallie Farmer
Undergraduate Student
UMass Amherst, 2022 -