Principal Investigator
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Neeraj Rai
Associate Professor

Education

Ph. D., Chemical Physics, University of Minnesota, 2009
Advisor: Prof. J. Ilja Siepmann

B. E., Chemical Engineering, Mangalore University (KREC, Surathkal), 2000

Postdoctoral Experience
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 2012-2013
Advisor: Prof. Dionisios G. Vlachos

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2009-2012
Advisor: Prof. Edward J. Maginn

Postdoctoral Scholars
Dr. Chandra Shekar

Education

PhD, Indian Institute of Science and Education Research, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 2017

Project
Optoelectronic Materials

Dr. Masrul Huda

Education

PhD, Mississippi State University, 2019

Project
Optoelectronic Materials, Biomass Conversion

Dr. Abdus Sabuj

Education

PhD, Mississippi State University, 2020

Project
Optoelectronic Materials

Yash
Dr. Yashpal Singh

Education

PhD, Physics Research Laboratory, India, 2015

Project
Biomass Conversion

Graduate Students
Nusrat Jahan (PhD Program, Chemical Engineering)

Education

B. S., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Science and Technology, 2017

Project
Diffusion in heirarchical systesm (started Summer 2018)

Chinmoy
Chinmoy Saha (PhD Program, Chemical Engineering)

Education

B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2013

Project
Phase behavior of biomass-derived polymers (started Fall 2019)

Dylan
Dylan Teas (PhD Program, Chemical Engineering)

Education

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2020

Project
High Strain Materials (started Summer 2020)

Woodrow Wilson (PhD Program, Chemical Engineering)

Education

B. S., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2020

Project
Algorithm and software development; Biomass conversion (started Fall 2020)

Akinseye Famutimi (MS Program, Chemical Engineering)

Education

B. S., Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University, 2020

Project
High Strain Materials (started Fall 2020)

Undergraduate Students
Obinna Muoh

Education

B. S., Senior, Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University

Project
Design of optoelectronic materials

Cameron Gruich

Education

B. S., Senior, Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University

Project
Machine Learning

John Michael Lane

Education

B. S., Sophomore, Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University

Project
Biomass conversion

Peter Tran

Education

B. S., Sophomore, Chemical Engineering, Mississippi State University

Project
Biomass conversion

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