Members

Postdocs

We have postdoc openings. Please contact Dr. Ding if you are interested.

 

Sonit Baylan

Research: bimetallics; supported metal oxides; selective hydrogenation/dehydrogenation; natural gas and CO₂ conversion.

 

 

 

Xiangjie Zhang

Research: tandem catalysis; dehydrogenation; metathesis.

 

 

PhD Students

We have PhD student openings. Please contact Dr. Ding if you are interested.

 

Mark Berko

Research: metal/zeolite catalysis; natural gas conversion; vibrational spectroscopy.

 

 

Emmanuel Yuorkuu

Research: surface chemistry; bimetallics; selective hydrogenation/dehydrogenation.

 

 

Undergraduate Students

Please contact Dr. Ding if you are interested.

 

Alumni

Xiaoshen Bai (PhD, 2021-2025)

Kazi Aurnob (PhD, 2019-2025, co-advised)

Xiangdong Long (Postdoc, 2025)

Divakar Aireddy (PhD, 2018-2023; now a research scientist at National Energy Technology Laboratory)

Peng Zhai (Postdoc, 2018-2021; now a professor at Hebei University of Technology, China)

Ashraf Abedin (PhD, 2016-2021, co-advised; now a research scientist at National Energy Technology Laboratory)

Laibao Zhang (PhD, 2016-2020)

Nathan Vu (Undergraduate, 2025)

Matthew Olinde (Undergraduate, 2024)

Pedro Diaz (Undergraduate, 2022)

Colin McGlynn (Undergraduate, 2021)

Diya Yang (Undergraduate from NC State via REU, 2018)

Chanmonyneath D. Kim (Undergraduate, 2017)

Maury Hales (Undergraduate, 2016)