Members
Postdocs
Dr Ujjal Sarder (Joined October 2022)
email: ujjalsarder@lsu.edu
Education
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PhD in Mechanical Engineering, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW-2308, Australia
Thesis title:
Modelling of Thermotransport in Engineering Materials.
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Postdoctoral Researcher (Oct 2022 – Current)
Cain Department of Chemical Engineering Louisiana State University
Research topic:
Development of an integrated multiscale methodology for simulating electrocatalysis at the metal oxide – electrolyte interface.
Graduate Students
S M Rezwanul Islam (Joined Summer 2020)
email: sisla13@lsu.edu
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology
Research: Development and implementation of implicit electrolyte models for plane wave density functional theory.
Alvaro David Loaiza Orduz (Joined Spring 2021)
email: aloaiz1@lsu.edu
Bachelor in chemistry Universidad del Valle Colombia, 2012
Masters in Science Universidad del Valle Colombia 2016
Research: Computational catalysis, C-O bond breaking reactions, electronic structure, population analysis, CO-DFT.
Nkechi Kingsley (Joined Fall 2021)
email: nkings1@lsu.edu
Chemical Engineering, Lagos State Polytechnic (now Lagos State University of Science and Technology) 2018
MSc. Chemical Engineering, Louisiana State University 2024
Research: Calculating barriers for electrocatalytic reactions and understanding the mechanisms for C-C, C-O, and C-H bond formation and cleavage on electrocatalysts using Density Functional Theory (DFT).
Grant Meadows (Joined Fall 2023)
email: gmeado1@lsu.edu
Bachelor's degree in Chemistry (ACS Certified), Southeastern Louisiana University.
Research: Developing a machine learning tight binding program for quantum chemical calculations.
David Ukuku (Joined Fall 2023)
email: dukuku1@lsu.edu
B.Eng Chemical Engineering, Afe Babalola University, Nigeria, 2021.
Research: Studying the Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER) on transition metal oxide surfaces to optimize the Bronsted-Evans-Polanyi relationship by developing new computational methods that model the challenging electrochemical interface of semiconducting metal oxides.
Undergraduate Students
Lucas Sabanis - (2024-present)
Former Students
Foroogh Khezeli
Louisiana State University Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (Research Area: Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction) (2018 - 2023)
Thesis Title: Computational Design of Electro-organocatalysts and Transition Metal Sulfides For The Electrochemical Reduction of CO2.
After graduation: Postdoctoral Researcher, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York.