Principal Investigator
Dr. Sibani Lisa Biswal
Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CHBE) and
Material Science and Nanoengineering (MSNE)
Rice University
Postdoc 2004-2006 UC Berkeley Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. 2004 Stanford University in Chemical Engineering
B.S. 1999 California Institute of Technology in Chemical Engineering
Research Scientists
Dr. Maura Puerto
Dr. Aldo Stefano Spatafora Salazar
PhD Students
Thao Vy Nguyen (2019-present)
Yiwei Mavis Wang (2019-present)
Yuge Feng (2021-present, co-advised with Prof. Haotian Wang)
Erin Porter (2021-present, co-advised with Prof. Rafael Verduzco)
Ratnika Gupta (2023-present)
Diana Alvarado (2024-present)
Zina Deriche (2024-present, co-advised with Prof. Alina Kampouri)
Yoon Park (2024-present, co-advised with Prof. Haotian Wang)
Paschal Anele (2024-present, co-advised with Prof. Tom Senftle)
MS Students
Omran Taqi (2023-present)
Khalid Alkandery (2024-present)
Yousif Alhouli (2024-present)
Lab Alumni
Doctoral Alumni
Dana Lobmeyer, Ph.D. (2023)
Aldo Stefano Spatafora Salazar, Ph.D. (2023)
Sunny Niu, Ph.D. (2023)
Lucas Hildebrand Pires da Cunha, Ph.D. (2023, co-advised with Prof. Fred MacKintosh)
Chutian Bai, Ph.D. (2023)
Quan Nguyen, Ph.D. (2023)
Zhuqing Zhang, Ph.D. (2022)
Eric Vavra, Ph.D. (2021)
Yi-Lin Chen, Ph.D. (2021)
Ziyi Zhu, Ph.D. (2020)
Amirmoshiri Mohammadreza, Ph.D. (2020)
Leilei Zhang, Ph.D. (2020)
Botao Farren Song, Ph.D. (2020)
Jin Song, Ph.D. (2019)
Daniel Vecchiolla, Ph.D. (2019)
Jingjing Zhao, Ph.D. (2019)
Elaa Hilou, Ph.D. (2019)
Steve Kuei, Ph.D. (2019)
Guoqing Jian, Ph.D. (2019)
Pengfei Dong, Ph.D. (2018)
Yu-Jiun Lin, Ph.D. (2018)
Yongchao Zeng, Ph.D. (2017, co-advised with Prof. George Hirasaki)
Di Du, Ph.D. (2015)
Charles Conn, Ph.D. (2014)
Julie Byrom, Ph.D. (2014)
Kung Po Chao, Ph.D. (2014)
Jinghui Wang, Ph.D. (2014, co-advised with Prof. Laura Segatori)
Kun Ma, Ph.D. (2013, co-advised with Prof. George Hirasaki)
Gautam Kini, Ph.D. (2011, co-advised with Prof. Michael Wong)
Kai-Wei Liu, Ph.D. (2011)
Dichuan Li, Ph.D. (2011)
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Hooman Hosseini (2022-2023)
Dr. Kedar Joshi (2017-2022)
Dr. Anulekha Haridas (2016-2020)
Dr. Qing Wang (2015-2018)
Dr. Peng He (2014-2018)
Dr. Ying Wang (2015-2016)
Dr. Abirami Dhanabalan (2013-2016)
Dr. Roderick Pertnites (2012-2013)
Dr. Madhuri Thakur (2008-2013)
Dr. Yoonsu Paul Choi (2007-2010)
M.S. Alumni
Zhuqing Zhang (2018)
Siyang Xiao (2016)
Chien Hsu (2016)
Tao Deng (2016)
Weijia Xie (2008