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Left to Right : <\/strong>Dr. Grabow, Koseku, Gary, Anne, Kai, Wei-Fan, Kenneth, Dia, Richard, Md Shahriar, Fahmida<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Lars C. Grabow
<\/a><\/span>Principal Investigator
grabow@uh.edu<\/a> | University of Houston CHBE Faculty Page<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | Google Scholar<\/a>
<\/a>Office: S339, Engineering Bldg 1
Phone: 713-743-4326
Lars C. Grabow is an associate professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Houston. He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin \u2013 Madison, and continued his postdoctoral research at the Technical University of Denmark and Stanford University. His expertise is the application of electronic structure calculations and kinetic modeling to problems in heterogeneous catalysis. He received early career awards from DOE and NSF, is the Vice Chair of the AIChE Catalysis and Reaction Engineering division, and serves on the Early Career Advisory Board of ACS Catalysis, and the International Advisory Board of ChemCatChem.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dia Sahsah<\/span>
Post Doctoral Fellow
dsahsah@cougarnet.uh.edu<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>
Favorite Book: The Tartar Steppe<\/em>
Favorite Team: Manchester United<\/em>
Dia Sahsah received his PhD from the University of South Carolina under the supervision of Prof. Andreas Heyden<\/a>. His PhD research focused on developing multiscale models to describe heterogeneously catalyzed reactions at solid-gas and solid-liquid interfaces. His postdoctoral training under the supervision of Prof. Lars Grabow will primarily focus on developing kinetic models relevant to dynamic catalysis applications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kai Wu<\/span>
Graduate Research Assistant
kwu13@uh.edu<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>
Favorite Team: Arsenal<\/em>
Favorite Movie: Harry Potter<\/em>
Kai Wu earned his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, 2017, and obtained his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is co-advised by Dr. Michael Harold. His research focuses on machine learning assisted modeling in catalyst science.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kenneth L. Kusima<\/span>
Graduate Research Assistant
klkusima@uh.edu<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | LinkedIn <\/a>| Website<\/a>
Favorite Element: Carbon<\/em>
Favorite Series: The Big Bang Theory<\/em>
Kenneth Kusima obtained his B.S in Engineering Science with a Minor in Mathematics from Trinity University in 2019 and then received a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Rice University in 2020. His research focuses on building computational approaches in exploring mechanistic kinetic control in thermal, photolytic and electrochemical systems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Md. Shahriar Hossain<\/span>
Graduate Research Assistant
shossa28@cougarnet.uh.edu<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>
Favorite Movie: Interstellar<\/em>
Favorite Team: Manchester United<\/em>
Md. Shahriar Hossain obtained his B.S in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 2021 and then worked as an Assistant Research Engineering for a year in the SEER research group of the Department of Chemical Engineering, BUET . He is currently involved in investigating dehalogenation chemistry on catalyst surface via computational methods.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fahmida Akter<\/span>
Graduate Research Assistant
fakter@cougarnet.uh.edu<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>
Favorite Anime: Attack on Titan<\/em>
Favorite Athlete: Lionel Messi<\/em>
Fahmida received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in 2017, and her M.S. in Environmental Engineering from The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2021. She is currently working on exploring the binding geometrics and reactivity of Halobenzenes at different coverages on Rhodium via computational methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Koseku Buzugbe<\/span>
Graduate Research Assistant
lkbuzugb@cougarnet.uh.edu<\/a> | ORCID<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>
Favorite Shows: Peaky blinders and Derry girls<\/em>
Favorite Team: Manchester City<\/em>
Koseku Buzugbe received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Arizona. Her research experience includes reaction kinetics as well as battery energy storage systems. She is deeply interested in sustainable and equitable energy generation and access. As a member of Prof. Lars Grabow\u2019s research group, Koseku is working on computational plasma catalysis and is excited to contribute to advancements in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wei-Fan<\/span>
Graduate Research Assistant
whuang34@cougarnet.uh.edu <\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>
Favorite Team: Los Angeles Dodgers<\/em>
Favorite Molecule: Water<\/em>
Wei-Fan received his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan in 2018 and 2021 respectively. His research focuses on developing machine learning models and their applications in molecular simulation of battery materials.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dale E. Green<\/span>
Graduate Student
degreen@uh.edu<\/a> | ORCID<\/a>
Favorite Team: Houston Astros<\/em>
Favorite Animal: Speckled Trout<\/em>
Dale Green received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Texas Tech in 2001 and M.S. ChE from Kansas State in 2012. He has worked in various manufacturing and technology roles for Dow Chemical and Olin since 2001. His research interests are centered around computational catalyst design and optimization with application in epoxy technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anne Boehme<\/span>
Graduate Student
aboehme2@uh.edu<\/a> | LinkedIn<\/a>
Favorite Element: Gold<\/em>
Favorite Animal: Golden Retriever<\/em>
Anne Boehme earned her B.A. in Chemistry, with a specialization in the Biological Track, from Texas A&M University in 2019. She has since accumulated valuable experience in several innovative startup companies, including Framergy, contributing to the advancement of metal-organic frameworks, and Solugen, a carbon-neutral chemical manufacturing company. At Solugen<\/a>, she holds the position of Metals Operational Lead of the Heterogeneous Catalysis Team. Her research interests are primarily centered on heterogeneous catalysis and the development of gold-based catalysts for oxidation reactions, with a particular emphasis on utilizing renewable feedstocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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