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

Solid-State Electrocatalysis; Pulsed Laser in Liquids Synthesis of Precisely Controlled Nanomaterials; Nanocatalyst Property–Functionality Relationships; Electrocatalytic Breakdown of PFAS; Selective Oxidations of Hydrocarbons; 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)
PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering

Connor Cox

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

Madeleine Wilsey

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

Ziyi (Bruce) Meng

B.S. Hubei University of Technology, Polymer Materials and Engineering (2019)
M.S. Hubei University of Technology, Materials Science (2022)
PhD Student in Materials Science

Sogol Karami

B.S. University of Tehran, Chemical Engineering (2017)
M.S. University of Tarbiat Modares, Chemical Engineering (2020)
PhD Student in Materials Science

MS Students

Kendra Watson

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2022)

Undergraduate Students

Teona Taseska

Chemical Engineering Class of 2024, minor in Japanese

Wanqing (Quinn) Yu

Chemical Engineering Class of 2023, major in Dance

Lydia Schultz

Chemical Engineering Class of 2025

Yiwen Sun

Chemical Engineering Class of 2024

Jason Maher

Chemical Engineering Class of 2024
Cluster in Society and Sustainability

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)

Omolade Fasusi

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2022)
Power, Gas and Carbon Analyst at Bloomberg LP

Milenia Rojas

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2022)
PhD student in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University

Brian Yegela

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2022)
Intern at Lam Research Corp.

Kellie McCrea

Chemical Engineering Class of 2023

Soraya Ngarnim

B.S. George Mason University, Chemistry with Biochemistry Concentration (2021)
Graduate Student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Rochester

Megan Forney

Chemistry REU Student (Summer 2022)
Undergraduate Student at Nazareth College