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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

Xi Geng

2017 Ph.D., Chemistry, Virginia Tech

Email: xigenguh@gmail.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

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 K. 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

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

Amy Nguyen

Junior, Chemical Engineering, University of Houston
Email: nguyenamy15@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

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

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

Sahar Farmanesh
2013 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

Arian Ghorbanpour

2015 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2010 M.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
2007 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Current Position: Postdoc, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Matthew D. Oleksiak
2016 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2011 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
Current position: Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX

Manjesh Kumar
2016 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston
2011 B.S., Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Current position: Cummins Inc., India

Megan A. Ketchum
2016 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. Olafson 2017 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2012 B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville Current position: Postdoc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jihae Chung 2017 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2011 B.S., Chemical Engineering, Soongsil University
Rui Li 2017, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China Current position: Assistant Investigator, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Qin 2018, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2013 B.S. Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China Current position: Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN
Yufeng Shen 2018, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2012 B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Current position: W.R. Grace and Company, Columbia, MD
Bryan G. Alamani 2018, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U. Houston 2008 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines, Diliman Current position: Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines, Diliman

Former Postdocs

Elena V. Petrova, 2012 – 2013
2004 Ph.D., Physics and Mathematics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia
2000 B.S., Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Current Position: TomoWave Laboratories, Houston, TX

Marlon T. Conato, 2012 – 2014
2012 Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Houston, Houston, TX
2007 M.S., Chemistry, University of the Philippines, Diliman
2001 B.S., Chemistry, University of the Philippines, Diliman

Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. Chemistry, University of the Philippines, Diliman

Ming-Feng Hsieh, 2015 – 2017
2014 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara
2008 B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Current Position: Johnson Matthey, England

Manjesh Kumar, 2016 – 2017
2016 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, U.Houston
2011 B.S., Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur

Current Position: Cummins Inc., India

Former Masters Students

Di Wang, 2010-2011
2012 – 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 Anand
2013 – 2015
2015 B.S. Chemical Engineering
2011 B.S. Biochemistry, UT Austin

Eduardo Lyra
2014 – 2015
Federal Univ. of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Stephanie Roohi
2015 – 2016
University of Houston

Karla Munoz
2015 – 2016
University of Houston

Ricardo Sosa
2016 B.S. Chemical Engineering
University of Houston

Ashwin Anthony
2015 – 2016
University of Houston

Matthew Patton
2015-2017
University of Houston

Zachery Baker
2016-2017
University of Houston

Brandon Melendez
2016-2017
University of Houston

Josiah Hanson
2017 NSF REU
Case Western University

Olivia Williams
2018 NSF REU
Mississippi State University

Alison Chan
2018 NSF REU
Kansas State University

James Sutjianto
2015-2018
University of Houston

Mangalaa Dinivahi
2016-2018
University of Houston

Diego Guala
2016-2018
University of Houston

Rosendo Garcia
2017-2018
University of Houston

Former High School Students

Elliott Landon
2010 Summer Fellowship,
Currently at Carnegie Mellon University

Nhan Thai
2010-2012, KIPP Houston High School
Currently at University of Texas, Austin

Paschalis Economou
2016 Summer Internship,
The Village School

Royce Hong
2016 Summer Internship,
Clearlake High School

Evan Lu
2017 Summer Internship,
Clearlake High School

Rakan Jabareen
2018 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

Fall 2011: Grilling out at the Rimer house

Winter 2011: Dinner at Buca de Bepo

Summer 2010: Bowling at Dave & Busters

Summer 2014: Lunch with Andrea

2013: Celebration of NSF CAREER Award

Winter 2013: Alex and Sahar’s Graduation

2014_AIChE_GroupPicture

2014 AIChE Meeting in Atlanta

2015 AIChE Meeting in Salt Lake City

2016 Visit of Prof. Tatsuya Okubo

Spring 2017: Bowling party at UH

Summer 2017: Group party at UH

Wei’s Goodbye Party 2018

Summer 2011: Dinner at Prego in Rice Village

Summer 2011: Dinner in Houston China Town

Winter 2012: Wine and Cheese Party

Fall 2012: Thanksgiving Celebration

Spring 2014: Group Dinner

Winter 2014: Marlon’s Farewell Gathering

Summer 2015: Bowling Group Event

2015 Tenure Party

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Summer 2016: Group Dinner

Spring 2017: Farewell for Ming-Feng

Winter 2018: Rui farewell party

Former Group Pictures

Summer 2011 (Left to Right): Megan Ketchum,
Matthew Oleksiak, Arian Ghorbanpour, Miguel
Maldonado, Alex Lupulescu, Sahar Farmanesh,
Marlo Diosomito, Jeff Rimer (Missing: Di Wang,
Nhan Thai, Temiktope Ajala)

Summer 2012 (Left to Right): (Back) Jeff Rimer, Di Wang, Arian Ghorbanpour, Alex Lupulescu, Sahar Farmanesh, (Front) Miguel Maldonado, Ricardo Sosa, Nhan Thai

2015 Group Picture

2010 Group Picture (Left to Right): Nhan Thai, Miguel Maldonado, Marlo Diosomito, Elliot Landon,
Sahar Farmanesh, Kristin Nordstrom, Alex Lupulescu, Jeff Rimer (Missing: Di Wang)

GroupPicture_March2013

2014 Group Picture (Left to Right): (back) Megan Ketchum, Sahar Farmanesh, Alex Lupulescu, Matt Oleksiak, Jeff Rimer, Manjesh Kumar, Wei Qin, Rui Li, Zheng; (front) Katy Olafson, Jihae Chung, Arian Ghorbanpour, Ricardo Sosa, Marlo Diosomito