Sustainable Energy, Environment & Particle Technology and Integrated Carbon Capture and Storage Research

Post-Doctoral Researcher

Camille Petit

Camille Petit
(Spring 2011– Present)

Ph.D. Chemistry, City College of New York, USA
M.S. Chemistry, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Montpellier (ENSCM), France
B.S. Sciences, ENSCM, France

Current Research Topic: Investigation of Nanoparticle Organic Hybrid Materials (NOHMS) structure, conformation and application as a new platform for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration.
PhD Thesis Topic: Study of the factors affecting ammonia removal from air using carbonaceous materials and investigation of the reactive adsorption mechanisms.


Email: cp2577@columbia.edu

Student Office: 1045B Mudd (212-851-0242)

Labs: 1046 Mudd (212-854-0298), ET381 (212-851-5835) and ET390(212-854-8835)

Ph.D. Students

Huangjing Zhao

Huangjing Zhao
(Fall 2008 – Present)

M.S. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
B.S. Chemical Eng., Tsinghua University, China

Research Topic: Carbon mineral sequestration using Ca- and Mg-bearing minerals and tailored synthesis of carbon neutral filler materials

Email: hz2206@columbia.edu

Tom Ferguson

Tom Ferguson
(Fall 2008 – Present)

M.S. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
B.S. Physics and Astronomy, Vassar College

Research Topic: Hydrogen Production from Biomass with Combined Carbon Capture

Email: tef2108@columbia.edu

Kyle Fricker

Kyle Fricker
(Fall 2009 – Present)

M.S. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Florida

Research Topic: Carbonation in Mineral Derived Sorbent Systems with Focus on Enhanced Water-Gas Shift Reaction via Integrated Mineral Carbonation

Email: kjf2123@columbia.edu

Xiazhou Zhou

Xiaozhou (Helios) Zhou
(Fall 2009 - Present)

M.S. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Shanghai University, China

Research Topic: Mixing and fluidization behavior of binary system of different sizes and densities + CCS technology for the POSCO's FINEX process & Dry magnetic separation of serpentine and Effect of electrostatic charges on hydrodynamics of fluidized beds

Email: xz2220@columbia.edu

Edward Swanson

Edward Swanson
(Spring 2009 - Present)

M.S. McGill, M.Eng McGill, Canada
B.Eng McGill, M.Eng McGill, Canada

Research Topic: Carbon mineralization as a combined capture and storage process for the mitigation of carbon emissions from fossil fuel-based power plants.

Email: ejs2163@columbia.edu

Greeshma Gadikota

Greeshma Gadikota
(Spring 2009 - Present)

M.S. Columbia University, New York

Research Topic: In-situ Carbon Mineralization: Geo-Chemo-Mechanical Studies for Permanent CO2 Storage in Geologic Reservoirs.

Email: ejs2163@columbia.edu

Masters Students

Chen chen

Chenchen Feng
(Fall 2011 - Present)

Email: cf2471@columbia.edu

Sonali

Sonali Bhatnagar
(Fall 2011 - Present)

Email: sb3330@columbia.edu

Govind Nadadur

Govind Nadadur
(Fall 2011 - Present)

Email: gn2216@columbia.edu

Marsisa

Marrisa Smatlak
(Summer 2012 - Present)

Undergraduate Students

Hannah

Hannah
(Summer 2012 - Present)

Other members

Kelli

Kelli Buck
(Summer 2012 - Present)
High School Science Teacher, Brooklyn Theater Arts High School

Isabella

Isabella Grabski
(Summer 2012 - Present)
High School Student

Olivia

Olivia Harrison
(Summer 2012 - Present)
High School Student

FORMER MEMBERS

POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCHERS
Youngjune Park

Youngjune Park
(Spring 2009 – Spring 2012)
SK Energy, South Korea

DOCTORAL STUDENTS
Kun-Yi (Andrew) Lin

Kun-Yi (Andrew) Lin
(Fall 2008 – Spring 2012)
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Notre Dame

MASTERS STUDENTS
David Dogon

David Dogon
(Fall 2010)
Ph.D. Student, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands

Tim Sharobem

Tim Sharobem (co-advisor: Professor Marco Castaldi)
(Spring 2009)
Ph.D. Student, Columbia University

	Biling Ding

Biling Ding
(Spring 2009)

Yin (Kevin) Ju

Yin (Kevin) Ju (co-advisor: Professor Siu-Wai Chan)
(Spring 2009)

 

Nkechi Anako

Nkechi Anako
(Fall 2008)

 

Luca Nencetti

Luca Nencetti
(Fall 2008)

VISITING SCHOLARS
Raghubir Gupta

Dr. Raghubir Gupta
Vice President
(Summer 2012)
Energy Technology Division, Research Triangle Institute International

Claudio

Claudio Natali
Post Doctoral Researcher
(Summer 2012)
Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy

Dong Hyun Lee

Dong Hyun Lee
Professor
(Spring 2008 – Spring 2009)
Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
Website: http://web.skku.edu/~dhlee/

Laura Simone

Laura Simone
Graduate Student
(Fall 2008)
University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Italy

OTHER MEMBERS
Ian

Ian Miller
(Spring 2012)

Tyler

Tyler Lancaster
(Fall 2011)

Shivrat Chhabra

Shivrat Chhabra
(Fall 2011)

Sloka Gundala

Sloka Gundala
(Fall 2011)

Olivier Jin

Olivier Jin
(Fall 2011)

Garrison Turner

Garrison Turner
(Fall 2011)

Patrick

Patrick Han
(Summer 2011)

Andrew Lepore

Andrew Lepore
(Summer 2011)

Harry Liu

Harry Liu
(Summer 2011)

Dwayne Wang

Dwayne Wang
(Spring 2011)

Lia Bersin

Lia Bersin
(Spring 2011)

Narayan Subranmanian

Narayan Subranmanian
(Spring 2010)

Justin Chow

Justin Chow
(Spring 2010)

older members

Alex McCurdy (Summer 2009)
Zak Accuardi (Spring 2009)
Jae Hun Kim (Spring 2009)
Dolly Shin (Fall 2008)
Eliot Wycoff (Spring 2008)
Nathan Dadap (Fall 2007)
Jae Hun Kim (Spring 2009)
Judy Kim (Fall 2008)
Lauren Fong (Fall 2007)
Ramya Pratiwadi (Fall 2007)
Alan Giam (Summer 2008)

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