Fouzia Nowrin, Ph.D. Alumni
Ph.D, Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2024
MS, Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2022
BS, Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2014
Research Focus: Catalyst development for ammonia synthesis
Email: fouzia.h.nowrin@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005
Emily Dowding M.Sc. Student
BS, Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University
Research Focus: Ammonia absorption, absorbent synthesis
Email: emily.a.dowding@ttu.edu
Tzu Yang Tseng (Morgan) Research Assistance, 2021 - present
B.S., University of Colorado Boulder, 2021.
Research Focus: Synthesis of Lithium adsorbent and Ammonia catalyst
Email: tzutseng@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 005
Amit Kumar Thakur, Ph.D. Research Associate, 2019 - present
Current position: Senior Chemist/Senior Scientist, Mojave Energy Systems, USA
Ph.D., Chemistry, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India, 2016
M.Sc., Chemistry, Jai Prakash University, India 2009
B.Sc., Jai Prakash University, India, 2007
Email: amit.thakur@ttu.edu
Kyle Markel Undergraduate student - Fall 2022 to Present
BS in Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2025
Research focus: Sorbents and Electrospun Nanomaterials for Lithium Extraction
Email: kmarkel@ttu.edu
Paige Skeets Undergraduate student - Fall 2022 to Present
BS in Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2023
Research focus: Adsorption
Email: Paige.Skeets@ttu.edu
I-Min Hsieh, Ph.D. Ph.D. Student - 2017
Current position: LTD module integration engineer at Intel Corporation
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2022
M.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2014
B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2011
Research Focus: Mitigation and mechanism of fouling and scaling in membrane distillation (MD) for produced water treatment.
Email: i-min.hsieh@ttu.edu
Bosong Lin, Ph.D. Ph.D. Student - 2016
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at MIT
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University Aug. 2016 – Dec. 2022
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Sept. 2012 – Jun. 2016
Research Focus: Process simulation and modeling and fluid flow studies.
Email: lin.bosong@ttu.edu
Website: bosonglin.mit.edu
Tanya Srivastava M.Sc. Student - 2020-2022
Current position: Scientist at Entegris
M.Sc., CHemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2022
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, 2017
Research Focus: Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
Email: tasrivas@ttu.edu
Justin Rosenthal B.S./M.Sc. Student - 2018
Current position: PhD Student at UT Austin
M. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2021
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2020
Research Focus: Membrane for pervaporation technique.
Email: Justin.Rosenthal@ttu.edu