The Brennecke Group (Photo taken June 2023)
Maggie Tangqiumei Song
Laboratory Manager
tangsong@utexas.edu
Bio:
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from University of Notre Dame, 2019
B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tulsa, 2013
From Beijing, China
Louise Marie C. Cañada
Postdoctoral Researcher
louise.canada@austin.utexas.edu
Bio:
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Houston, 2021
B.S. Chemistry, University of San Carlos (Philippines), 2011
Sejoon Park
5th year Graduate Student
sejoon.park@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering/Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2012
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2014
Matt Davenport
5th year Graduate Student
Co-advised with Professor Benny Freeman
matt.davenport@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), 2018
Kimberly Bourland
5th year Graduate Student
kbourland@utexas.edu
Bio: Kimi graduated from the University of Colorado – Boulder in 2017 with a B. S. in Chemical Engineering. While completing her degree, she worked with Dr. Richard Noble to explore thin film composite membranes for water separation. After graduation, Kimi came to The University of Texas at Austin to pursue her Ph.D. in chemical engineering.
Austin Keller
4th year Graduate Student
austin.keller@utexas.edu
Bio:
JaeSeong Lee
3rd year Graduate Student
dlwotjd11994@utexas.edu
Bio: B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2018)
Mariam Balogun
3rd year Graduate Student
balogunmby@utexas.edu
Bio: I am from Lagos, Nigeria and came to the US for college. I graduated from the University of Kansas (KU) in May 2020 with my B.S degree in Chemical Engineering. At KU, I performed research with Dr. Bala Subramaniam at the Center of Environmentally Beneficial Catalysis in the areas of lignin depolymerization using zeolite catalysts and completed my honors thesis in the depolymerization of PET through ozonolysis. After my undergraduate program, I joined UT Austin and I am currently working in the Brennecke Research group of Ionic liquids.
Junwon Park
2nd year Graduate Student
jpark607@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2021
Pranav J. Thacker
2nd year Graduate Student
pjt692@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering (Honors), North Carolina State University, 2021
Justin J. Rosenthal
2nd year Graduate Student
Co-advised with Professor Benny Freeman
justin.rosenthal@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2020
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2021
Antoine Chamoun-Farah
2nd year Graduate Student
Co-advised with Professor Benny Freeman
achamoun@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2021
B.S. Mathematics, minor in physics, St. Edward’s University, Austin, Texas, 2021
M.Eng. Engineering Management, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 2021
Noah P. Wamble
2nd year Graduate Student
Co-advised with Professor Benny Freeman
noah.wamble@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2021
Jon-Marc A. McGregor
2nd year Graduate Student
Co-advised with Professor Joaquin Resasco
jon-marc.mcgregor@utexas.edu
Bio:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, The University of Connecticut
Recent Alumni
Mike Lubben
2023 Graduate
mlubben@utexas.edu
Dissertation title:
Alec Bridge
2022 Graduate
atbridge@utexas.edu
Edwin Torres Cuevas
2022 Graduate
edwinstorres@utexas.edu
Zhichao Chen
2022 Graduate
zhichaochen@utexas.edu
Dissertation title:
Caitlin Bentley
2021 Graduate
caitlind@utexas.edu
Dissertation title:
JC Davila Labastida
2021 Graduate
jcdavila@utexas.edu
Dissertation title:
Phiwat Klomkaew
2020 Graduate
pklomkaew@utexas.edu
Dissertation title: Membrane/ionic liquid systems for hydraulic fracturing wastewater treatment
Oscar Nordness
2020 Graduate
onordness@gmail.com
Dissertation title:
Gabriela Avelar Bonilla
2020 Graduate
gavelarb@utexas.edu
Dissertation title:
Yuanyuan Lyu
2020 Graduate
yly@utexas.edu
Dissertation title:
Seungmin Oh
2020 Graduate
spoh@utexas.edu
Dissertation title:
Constanza Miguel Sanchez
2018 Graduate
ccm12b@utexas.edu
Dissertation title: Effect of silver salts on the gas transport properties of olefins and paraffins through polymer and ionic liquid membranes.
Bo Hong
2018 Graduate
bhong@utexas.edu
Dissertation title: Process and Material Design of Aprotic N-Heterocyclic Anion Ionic Liquids for Carbon Capture
Undergraduate Alumni:
Andres Miranda
Undergraduate Researcher 2019-2021
Pratik Kelkar
Undergraduate Researcher 2019
Mikaela Rey
Undergraduate Researcher 2019
Nathalie Debelle
Undergraduate Researcher 2019
Josh Winnert
Undergraduate Researcher 2018
Sarah Sam
Undergraduate Student 2018