Jeffrey D. Rimer
Abraham E. Dukler Chemical Engineering 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
Mariano Susman
2016 Ph.D., Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Email: marianosusman@yahoo.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Seung Hyeok Cha
2017 Ph.D., Environmental Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Korea
Email: chagoon86@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-0999
Graduate Students
Abdullah Al-Thobaity
2019 – Present, M.S., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Swansea.
Email: thobaityab@yahoo.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
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
Heng Dai
2017 – 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
Mangalaa Dinivahi
2019 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2018 B.S. Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
Email: mdinivahi@gmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Rishabh Jain
2017 – 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
2017 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
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
Yu Liang
2018 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemistry, U. Houston
2017 B.S. Chemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Email: yliang13@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Co-advised with Prof. Allan Jacobson (UH Chemistry)
Wenchuan Ma
2017 – 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)
Adam Mallette
2019 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2018 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame
Email: amallett@alumni.nd.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Deependra Parmar
2018 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2014 B.S. Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Email: dparmar@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Co-advised with Prof. Lars Grabow (UH Chemical Engineering)
Ricardo Sosa
2017 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2016 B.S. Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
Email: rdsosa@uh.edu
Phone: (713)743-6907
Xiaohui Zhao
2018 – Present, Ph.D. Candidate, Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2017 B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science Technology
Email: maggiezhao1212@hotmail.com
Phone: (713)743-6907
Co-advised with Prof. Praveen Bollini (UH Chemical Engineering)
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
Oluwapelumi Esther Akinwande
Sophomore, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: akinwandeesther98@gmail.com
Nam Le
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: morion1996@gmail.com
Jakob Claret
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: jarmondclaret@gmail.com
Jakob Truong
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: jltruong2@uh.edu
Hang Nguyen
Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: thanhhang1019@gmail.com
Amir K Abu-Talib
Junior, Chemistry, University of Houston
Email: akabutalib@valdosta.edu
Vivian Nguyen
Senior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: viviannguyen.htx@gmail.com
Aakash Srikanth
Freshman, Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
Email: aakashsrikanth@gmail.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
Nicola Irwin
Queens University Belfast (Ireland)
School of Pharmacy
Email: n.irwin@qub.ac.uk
Xiujie Li
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: xiujieli@dicp.ac.cn
Aren Renz Y. Centeno
University of Philippines Diliman
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: aycenteno@gmail.com
Jenica Rozette Y. Uy
University of Philippines Diliman
Materials Science and Engineering
Email: jenicarozetteuy@gmail.com
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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
 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 |
 Katy N. Olafson2017 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2012 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville Current position: Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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 Rui Li
2017, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston |
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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 |
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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, ChinaCurrent 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 |
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 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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 Matthew Patton2015-2017 University of Houston |
 Zachery Baker2016-2017 University of Houston |
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Alison Chan |
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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 |
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 Rakan Jabareen2018 Summer Internship, Seven Lakes High School |
Rimer Group Events
2018 Rimer – Bollini Group Event to Celebrate New and Visiting Students
Left-to-right: (first row) Jeff, James, Bryan, Rishabh, Chara (Queens University), Sadia, Doyoung; (back row) Yunwen, Aseem, Deependra, Mariano, Xi, Yu, Wei, Madhuresh, Heng, Yufeng, Thuy, Praveen, Jackie, Xiaohui, Wenchuan
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
2018 Welch Foundation Norman Hackerman Award Luncheon
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Former Group Pictures
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