Jeffrey D. Rimer
Ernest J. and Barbara M. Henley Chemical Engineering Assistant Professorship
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
B.S., Chemistry, Allegheny College
Email: jrimer@central.uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-4131
Curriculum Vitae
Postdoctoral Researchers
Ming-Feng Hsieh
2014 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
2008 B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Email: mf.hsieh.kojima@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-0999
Mariano Susman
2016 Ph.D., Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Email: marianosusman@yahoo.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Manjesh Kumar
2016 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: kr.manjesh@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-0999
Xi Geng
2017 Ph.D., Chemistry, Virginia Tech
Email: xigenguh@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Graduate Students
Bryan Alamani
2014 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2013 M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman
2008 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman
Email: bgalamani@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-0999
Aseem Chawla
2016 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.
Email: achawla3@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Madhuresh Choudhary
2015 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2008 M.S. Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University
2003 B.S. Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
Email: madhuresh@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Jihae Chung
2013 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2013 M.S. Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2011 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University, Seoul, South Korea
Email: jhchung2@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-0999
Heng Dai
2016 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2016 M.S. Chemical Engineering, Rice University
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China
Email: dave0915tju@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Rishabh Jain
2016 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2016 B.S. Chemical Engineering, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Email: mail4rishabhjain@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Doyoung Kim
2016 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering,
Email: dxk5119@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Thuy T. Le
2016 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis
Email: ttle@ucdavis.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Rui Li
2013 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Email: ericleeruili@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Wehchuan Ma
2016 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2016 M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Rochester
2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Email: mawenchuan1234@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Co-advised with Prof. Peter Vekilov (UH Chemical Engineering)
Katy N. Olafson
2013 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville
Email: kolafson@central.uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-4105
Co-advised with Prof. Peter Vekilov (UH Chemical Engineering)
Wei Qin
2014 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2013 B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Email: wqin2@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Yufeng Shen
2014- Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Email: yshen6@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Ricardo Sosa
2016 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2016 B.S. Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
Email: rdsosa@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Yunwen Zhou
2016- Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota
Email: zhouyunwenuh@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-0999
Undergraduate Students
James Sutjianto
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: jsutjianto@gmail.com
Matthew Patton
Junior, Chemistry, University of Houston
Email: mattdpatton@gmail.com
Zachery Baker
Sophomore, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: zacherybaker96@gmail.com
Mangalaa Dinivahi
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: mdinivahi@gmail.com
Diego Guala
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: diego_guala@hotmail.com
Brandon Melendez
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: Brandon.melendez3857@gmail.com
Rosendo Garcia
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: garcia_rosendo28@outlook.com
Visiting Researchers
Marlo Diosomito
KIPP Houston High School, AP Chemistry
Founding Science Teacher and Science Department Chair
M.S., Chemistry, Mindanao State University, Iligan Institute of Technology
B.S., Chemistry, University of the Philippines
B.S., Mathematics, University of the Philippines
2010 NSF RET Fellowship
2011 NSF RET Fellowship
Email: mdiosomito@kipphouston.org
Andrea Lee
Friendswood High School, Biology
B.S., Biology, University of Texas, San Antonio
2014 NSF RET Fellowship
2013 NSF RET Fellowship
Email: alee@fisdk12.net
Arden Zimmerman
Friendswood High School, Biology
2015 NSF RET Fellowship
Email: azimmerman@fisdk12.net
Former Graduate Students
 Alexandra Lupulescu 2013 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2009 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tulane University Current position: Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX |
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 Sahar Farmanesh2013 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2009 M.S., Chemical Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic 2007 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic Current Position: UOP (A Honeywell Company), Houston, TX |
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 Arian Ghorbanpour
2015 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston Current Position: Postdoc, University of Virginia |
 Matthew D. Oleksiak2016 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2011 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware Current position: Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX |
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 Megan A. Ketchum2016 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston (Co-advisor: P.G. Vekilov) 2012 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas Current position: GlaxoSmithKline, King of Prussia, PA |
Former Postdocs
Elena V. Petrova, 2012 – 2013 Current Position: TomoWave Laboratories, Houston, TX |
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Marlon T. Conato, 2012 – 2014 Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. Chemistry, University of the Philippines, Diliman |
Former Masters Students
 Di Wang, 2010-20112012 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2011 M.S., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2009 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, China Current Position: Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN |
Former Undergraduate Students
 Kristin Nordstrom 2010 NSF REU Summer Fellowship, Trinity University |
 Temitope Ajala 2010-2011, University of Houston 2011 PURS Fellowship |
 Diego Campanella 2011 Visiting Researcher Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina |
 Megan Ketchum 2011 NSF REU Summer Fellowship, University of Kansas |
 Miguel Maldonado 2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering 2010 PURS Fellowship 2011 SURF Award 2012 Senior Thesis Award |
 Gautham Prakash 2012 Visiting Researcher Dartmouth College |
 Maneesh Anand2013 – 2015 2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering 2011 B.S. Biochemistry, UT Austin |
 Eduardo Lyra2014 – 2015 Federal Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil |
 Stephanie Roohi2015 – 2016 University of Houston |
Karla Munoz
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 Ricardo Sosa2016 B.S. Chemical Engineering University of Houston |
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Former High School Students
 Elliott Landon2010 Summer Fellowship, Currently at Carnegie Mellon University |
 Nhan Thai2010-2012, KIPP Houston High School Currently at University of Texas, Austin |
 Paschalis Economou2016 Summer Internship, The Village School |
Royce Hong |
Rimer Group Events
2015 Gathering to Celebrate the End of the Year and Jeff’s Tenure Promotion
Left-to-right: Jeff, Manjesh, Madhuresh, Prof. Jeremy Palmer and Michelle, Megan (with Nicholas), Prof. Lars Grabow and Gunes, Ricardo (with guest), Stephanie, Karla, Prof. Peter Vekilov and Natalia, Ale (with Benjamin), Bryan, James, Marlo, Rui, Ashwin, Matthew, Ming-Feng, Wei, Matt, Jihae, Katy and Jon, Yufeng; (missing: Arian)
Rimer Group Lunch at the 2016 AIChE Meeting in San Francisco, CA
Left-to-right: Jeff, Bryan, Katy, Di, Wei, James, Ming-Feng, Rui, Yufeng
Celebration of Jeff’s NSF CAREER Award at Papasito’s Restaurant
Left-to-right: (front row) Jihae, Sahar, Nhan, Arian, Ricardo; (back row) Jeff & Ale, Elena, Manjesh, Di, Matt, Gautham, Alex & Jason, Marlo
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Former Group Pictures
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