Faculty

Faculty Mentors

Dr. Alan Allgeier
Associate Professor

alan.allgeier@ku.edu
Allgeier Research Group
Area of Emphasis: Catalysis, continuous pharma. manufact., & porous material characterization

Dr. Reza Barati
Associate Professor

rezab@ku.edu
Area of Emphasis: Characterization and simulation of gas reservoirs, nanoparticles, & fracturing

Dr. Prajna Dhar
Professor

prajnadhar@ku.edu
Area of Emphasis: Molecular engineering & interfacial nanomedicine

Dr. Steve Gehrke
Professor

shgehrke@ku.edu
Gehrke Group
Area of Emphasis: Synthesis, properties and characterization of hydrogels, & biomimetic mater

Dr. Kevin Leonard
Associate Professor

kcleonard@ku.edu
Leonard Lab
Area of Emphasis: Electrocatalysis & scanning electrochemical microscopy

Dr. Xiaoli Li
Associate Professor

li.xiaoli@ku.edu
Area of Emphasis: Phase behavior, gas transport, hydrates, enhanced oil recovery, & shale gas

Dr. Ana Morais (co PI)
Assistant Professor

ana.morais@ku.edu
FEWLS Research
Area of Emphasis: Environmentally sustainable & economical food, energy, & water technol

Dr. Aaron Scurto
Professor

ascurto@ku.edu
Area of Emphasis: Supercritical fluids and alternative solvents

Dr. Mark Shiflett (PI)
Distinguished Professor

mark.b.shiflett@ku.edu
Shiflett Research Group
Area of Emphasis: Advanced materials for sustainable separations & entrepreneurship

Dr. Susan Williams
Professor

smwilliams@ku.edu
Williams Group
Area of Emphasis: Biomass conversion, reaction engineering, & hydrothermal liquefaction

Key Contributors

Dr. Felipe Anaya
Lab Director

felipe.anaya@ku.edu
Affiliation: KU Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Expertise: REU Director

Dr. David Corbin
Senior Research Scientist

david.r.corbin@ku.edu
Affiliation: Institute for Sustainable Engineering
Expertise: Inorganic chemistry

Mr. Kent Smith
Graphic Artist

Affiliation: KU Department of Architecture and Design
Expertise: Illustration and Animation

Dr. Kate Meyer
Curator

Affiliation: KU Spencer Museum of Art
Expertise: Works on Paper

Dr. Jorge Soberón
Director and Senior Scientist

jsoberon@ku.edu
Affiliation: KU Natural History Museum
Expertise: Scale spatial patterns & modeling

Industry Collaborators

Aerosol Recycle, Bond Biosciences, Chemours, Chromis Technologies, DuPont, Shell, Avium, ExxonMobil, Hiden Isochem, Hills Pet Nutrition, Hudson Technologies, Iconium Engineering, Wonderful