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 Preparation of Controlled Nanomaterials; Nanocatalyst Property–Functionality Relationships; Selective CO₂ Reduction Catalysis; Integrated Solar Fuels Photoelectrodes; Nanomaterials for Anti-Cancer Applications

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Graduate 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

 

Undergraduate Students

Omolade Fasusi

Chemical Engineering Class of 2022

 

Alumni

Sarah Alsawaf

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

Bianca Dyer

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

Joyceline Marealle

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

Fatou Baka Diop

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

Remsha Rafiq

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

Luke McCarney

B.S. University of Rochester, Chemical Engineering (2020)
M.S. candidate in Chemical Engineering at the University of Rochester