People The Brennecke Group (Photo taken June 2023) Maggie Tangqiumei Song Laboratory Manager tangsong@utexas.edu Research Interests: Gas solubility in ionic liquids. 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 Research Interests: Synthesis and design of ionic liquids. 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 Research Interests: 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 Research Interests: I study polymeric Ag+-containing facilitated transport membranes for olefin-paraffin separations (e.g. ethylene/ethane or propylene/propane). Bio: B.S. Chemical Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (NMT), 2018 Kimberly Bourland 5th year Graduate Student kbourland@utexas.edu Research Interests: Kimi is exploring silver ionic liquid mixtures for olefin/paraffin separations. 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 Research Interests: Bio: JaeSeong Lee 3rd year Graduate Student dlwotjd11994@utexas.edu Research Interests: Ionic liquids for rare earth elements separation. Bio: B.S., Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2018) Mariam Balogun 3rd year Graduate Student balogunmby@utexas.edu Research Interests: I am interested in the application of CO2 capture using Ionic Liquids. 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 Research Interests: Bio: B.S. Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2021 Pranav J. Thacker 2nd year Graduate Student pjt692@utexas.edu Research Interests: 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 Research Interests: 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 Research Interests: 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 Research Interests: 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 Research Interests: 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 Dissertation title: Edwin Torres Cuevas 2022 Graduate edwinstorres@utexas.edu Dissertation title: 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
