Principal Investigator
Dr. Walter Chapman
Professor Walter G. Chapman is the William W. Akers Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. He received his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from Clemson University, and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University.
Graduate Students
Rohan Adhikari
Rohan has B.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India.
Jinxin Lu
Jinxin Lu
Thiago J. Pinheiro dos Santos
Thiago has a BSc. degree in Chemical Engineering and a MSc. degree in Engineering of Chemical and Biochemistry Processes from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brazil).
Collaborators
Dilip Asthagiri, Senior Computational Biomedical Scientist, ORNL / Associate Research Professor, Rice University
Philip Singer, Assistant Research Professor, Rice University
Geroge Hirasaki, Professor Emeritus, Rice University
Amanda Marciel, Assistant Professor, Rice University
Francisco Vargas, CEO, Ennova LLC / Adjunct Associate Professor, Rice University
Sibani Lisa Biswal, Professor, Rice University
Rafael Verduzco, Professor, Rice University
Former Graduate Students
Mario Llano-Restrepo, Ph.D., 1994, Prof., Univ. del Valle, Cali
Dhananjay Ghonasgi, Ph.D., 1995, Conoco-Phillips
Victor Perez, M.S., 1997, Texaco
Pallav Jain, M.S., 1997, Bechtel
Keshawa P. Shukla, Antares Offshore, Houston
Chad Segura, Ph.D., 1998, Aspen Technology
Alejandro Garcia Cuellar, Ph.D., 1999, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Yurko Duda, 2000, Instituto del Petroleo, Mexico
Prasanna K. Jog, Ph.D., 2000, Dow Chemical Company
Sharon Sauer, Ph.D., 2002, Rose-Hulman Institute
Jie Zhang, Ph.D., 2002, Schlumberger
P. David Ting, Ph.D., 2003, Shell Global Solutions
Auleen Ghosh, Ph.D., 2005, Intel
Sandeep Tripathi, Ph.D., 2005, GE
Shuqiang Gao, Ph.D., 2006, Champions Tech
Matthew Yarrison, Ph. D., 2006, Shell
Piyush Srivastava, Ph.D., 2006, Baker Petrolite
Aleksandra Dominik, Ph.D., 2006, Shell
Gaurav Bhatnagar, Ph.D., 2007, Shell
Doris Gonzalez, Ph.D., 2008, Schlumberger
Shekhar Jain, Ph.D., 2009, Shell India
Clint Aichele, Ph.D., 2009, Oklahoma State University
Adam Bymaster, Ph.D., 2009, Exxon-Mobil
Francisco Vargas, Ph.D., 2010, Rice University
Christopher Emborsky, Ph.D., 2011, Shell
Anju Kurup, Post-doc, 2012, BP
Sayantan Chatterjee, Ph.D., 2012, Shell
Zhengzheng(Bob) Feng, Ph.D., 2013, Shell
Yi Chen, Post-doc, 2013, Schlumberger
Sai R. Panuganti, Ph.D., 2013, BP
Kai Gong, Ph.D., 2013, Sinopec
Bennett Marshall, Ph.D., 2014, Exxon Mobil
Deepti Ballal, Ph.D., 2014, Ames Laboratory
Pradeep Venkataraman, Post-doc, 2015, Exxon Mobil
Ali Al Hammadi, Ph.D., 2015, The Petroleum Institute
Wael Ahmed, Ph.D., 2015, The Petroleum Institute
Hassan S. Alasiri, Ph.D., 2017, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Le Wang, Ph.D., 2017, The Dow Chemical Company
Artee Bansal, Ph.D., 2017, Intel
Kai Langenbach, Post-doc, 2017, TU Kaiserslautern
Amin Haghmoradi, Ph.D., 2018, Baker Hughes
Xiaoqun(Kevin) Mu, Ph.D., 2018, Boston Consulting Group
Jinlu Lu, Ph.D., 2019, Halliburton
Yuchong Zhang, Ph.D., 2019, Schlumberger
Shun Xi, Ph.D., 2020, Ansys
Fernando Yrazu, Post-doc, 2020, Aspen
Mohamed Al Hosani, Ph.D., 2020, Abu Dhab National Oil Company
Yiwei Zhu, Ph.D., 2021, Ainnocence, Shanghai
Arjun Valiya Parambathu, Ph.D., 2022, University of Delaware
Yousef Al-Shamlan, Ph.D., 2022, Kuwait University
Mohammed Alarm, Ph.D., 2022, Kuwait University
Yousef Khalil, Ph.D., 2022, ADNOC