Principal Investigator

Astrid M. Müller

• PhD, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
  & Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (2000)
• Postdoctoral Scholar, CU Boulder (2001-2002)
• Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley (2002-2004)
• Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Riverside (2005-2008)
• Staff Scientist, California Institute of Technology (2008-2018)

Selected Honors & Awards

Exemplary Research Mentor Award, Concordia University Irvine, 2017
Outstanding Reviewer for Chemical Communications, 2016

Courses

CHE 225: Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (Started Fall 2018)
CHE 456: Electrochemical Engineering Fundamentals and Applications (Started Spring 2020)

Research Expertise

Heterogeneous Electrocatalysis; Pulsed Laser in Liquids Synthesis of Precisely Controlled Nanomaterials; Nanocatalyst Property–Functionality Relationships; Water Oxidation Catalysis; Selective CO₂ Reduction Catalysis

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Graduate Students

PhD Students

Ryland Forsythe

B.S. Missouri University S&T, Ceramic Engineering (2016)
M.S. UC Riverside, Chemistry (2018)
Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering

Connor Cox

B.S. Alfred University, Biomaterials Engineering (2018)
Graduate Student in Materials Science

Madeleine Wilsey

B.S. Western Illinois University, Chemistry and Physics (2019)
Graduate Student in Materials Science

Soraya Ngarnim

B.S. George Mason University, Chemistry with Biochemistry Concentration (2021)
Graduate Student in Chemistry

Undergraduate Students

Omolade Fasusi

Chemical Engineering Class of 2022

Kendra Watson

Chemical Engineering Class of 2022, minor in German

Milenia Rojas

Chemical Engineering Class of 2022, minor in Environmental Engineering

Brian Yegela

Chemical Engineering & Take Five Scholar, Class of 2022

Kellie McCrea

Chemical Engineering Class of 2023

Teona Taseska

Chemical Engineering Class of 2024, minor in Japanese

Alumni

Sarah Alsawaf

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2019)
PhD student in Chemical Engineering at KAUST, Saudia Arabia

Bianca Dyer

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2020)
PhD student in Chemical Engineering at Princeton University

Joyceline Marealle

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2020)
M.S. student in Energy and Resources at UC Berkeley

Fatou Baka Diop

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2020)
PhD student in Chemical Engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Remsha Rafiq

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2020)
PhD student in Chemical Engineering at University of Pittsburgh

Luke McCarney

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2020)
M.S. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester (2020)
Downstream R&D Engineer 1 at Pall in Westborough, MA (since 2021)