Current Members

Research Scientists

Matias Alvear

Joined group: 2024
B.S., Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria
M.S., Politecnico di Milano
Ph.D., Åbo Akademi

Postdoctoral Researchers

Ricardo Mathison

Joined group: 2025
B.S. 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. 2025, New York University
ORCID iD icon 0000-0001-7093-5811

Email:rmathis3@jh.edu

Research focus: Data driven catalyst discovery

Ph.D. Students

Faysal Ibrahim

Joined group: 2021
B.S. 2019, Clemson University
M.S. 2023, University of Wisconsin-Madison
ORCID iD icon 0000-0003-3354-8104

Email:fibrahi7@jh.edu

Research focus: Catalyst structure-function for biomass conversion reaction optimization

Zahra Alikhani

Joined group: 2022
B.S. 2021, University of West Florida
M.S. 2024, University of Wisconsin-Madison
ORCID iD icon 0000-0002-6229-6594

Email:zalikhani@wisc.edu

Research focus: Alkane upgrading

Sudipta Ganguly

Joined group: 2022
B.S. 2017, Calcutta University, India
M.S. 2019, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India
Email:sgangu11@jh.edu

Research focus: CO2 hydrogenation

Kitty Ma

Joined group: 2022
B.S. 2022, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.S. 2024, University of Wisconsin-Madison
ORCID iD icon 0009-0008-9498-4739
Email:rma36@jh.edu

Research focus: Catalyst structure-function for sustainable PU synthesis

Harsh Darji

Joined group: 2023
Integrated M. Tech 2023, Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai (Marathwada Campus, Jalna)
ORCID iD icon 0000-0001-6713-0174

Email:hdarji2@jh.edu

Research focus: Alkane upgrading and data driven catalyst discovery

Fillipp Salvador

Joined group: 2023
BS 2022, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
MS 2023, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
ORCID iD icon 0009-0005-7484-3339
Email:fsalvad1@jh.edu

Research focus: Probe molecule spectroscopy of heterogeneous catalysts