The Gene and Linda Voiland School of
Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
Faculty & Staff
Director
Name | Research Focus | |
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James Petersen Director & Professor | jn_petersen@wsu.edu | Bioremediation of contaminated aqueous systems, modeling of biological processing operations and on-line optimization of biological processes |
Named Professors
Name | Research Focus | |
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Alla Kostyukova The Paul Hohenschuh Distinguished Professor in Chemical Engineering | alla.kostyukova@wsu.edu | Regulation of actin dynamics by actin-binding proteins, protein structure and protein-protein interactions, protein engineering, circular dichroism |
Norbert Kruse Voiland Distinguished Professor | norbert.kruse@wsu.edu | Heterogeneous catalysis: from fundamentals to industrial applications |
Yong Wang Voiland Distinguished Professor | yong.wang@pnnl.gov | Development of novel catalytic materials and reaction engineering for the conversion of fossil and biomass feedstocks to fuels and chemicals |
Professors
Name | Research Focus | |
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Birgitte Ahring Professor Bioproduct Sciences & Engineering Laboratory (BSEL) | bka@wsu.edu | Microbiology, biomass conversion to biofuels and high-value bioproducts |
Haluk Beyenal Professor | beyenal@wsu.edu | Biofilms |
Su Ha Professor / Director, O.H. Reaugh Laboratory for Oil and Gas Research | suha@wsu.edu | Energy generations from alternative fuels |
Cornelius F. Ivory Professor | cfivory@wsu.edu | Electrofocusing, forensic microelectrophoresis, nanochannel separations, diagnostic microfluidic devices, microchannel sample preparation |
Marc Levin Career Track Professor | marc.levin@wsu.edu | Process/technical safety, catalysis, plant design, upstream technology |
Peter Pfromm Professor | peter.pfromm@wsu.edu | Advancing engineering research in fundamental and applied aspects |
Mary Rezac Professor, Dean of the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture | mary.rezac@wsu.edu | Molecular-level fundamentals of new separation processes; integration of this knowledge with industrial scale processes |
Kirk Schulz Professor, President of Washington State University | PresidentsOffice@wsu.edu | Catalysis, surface science, materials science |
Bernard Van Wie Professor | bvanwie@wsu.edu | Biotechnology including biosensors and bioanalytical devices, cell and tissue culture, engineering education research |
Associate Professors
Name | Research Focus | |
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Wen-ji Dong Associate Professor | wdong@vetmed.wsu.edu | Cardiac muscle biology and mechanics, protein chemistry and engineering, fluorescence techniques, computer modeling, nanoscale biosensor design and engineering |
David Lin Associate Professor | davidlin@wsu.edu | Integrated mechanical properties of skeletal muscle and spinal reflexes |
Hongfei Lin Associate Professor | hongfei.lin@wsu.edu | Catalyst synthesis and application; catalytic conversion of biomass; CO2 reduction; renewable hydrogen production; fuel cell electrocatalysis; advanced functional nanomaterials; photocatalysis |
Jean-Sabin McEwen Associate Professor | js.mcewen AT wsu.edu | Atomistic modeling of catalytic processes for energy applications |
Steven R. Saunders Associate Professor | steven.r.saunders@wsu.edu | Nanotechnology for novel catalytic systems, sustainable solvent technologies |
Anita Vasavada Associate Professor | vasavada@wsu.edu | Biomechanics and neural control of the musculoskeletal system, focusing on the human head and neck system |
Xiao Zhang Associate Professor | x.zhang@wsu.edu | Biomass chemistry, biomass conversion to bioproducts and bioenergy |
Assistant Professors
Name | Research Focus | |
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David Thiessen Clinical Assistant Professor | thiessen@wsu.edu | Fluid mechanics of drops, bubbles, and capillary channels, applications in microgravity |
Di Wu Assistant Professor & Founding Director of Alexandra Navrotsky Institute for Experimental Thermodynamics | d.wu@wsu.edu | Heterogeneous catalysis, porous materials, surface science, materials chemistry, thermodynamics, nanogeoscience and nanotechnology |
Xianglong Wang Scholarly Assistant Professor | xianglong.wang@wsu.edu | Computer-Aided Detection and Diagnostics with Machine Learning |
Emeritus Faculty
Name | Research Focus | |
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Denny Davis Emeritus Professor | dennycdavis73@gmail.com | Engineering education, design education and assessment, engineering entrepreneurship, engineering for K–12 education, pedagogies for innovation and professional development |
Howard Davis Emeritus Professor | davish@wsu.edu | Engineering and entrepreneurship pedagogy, technology development and clinical applications of biomedical instrumentation |
KNona Liddell Emeritus Professor | liddell@wsu.edu | Electrochemical kinetics and reactor design; Applications to environmental problems and materials processing |
R. Mahalingam Emeritus Professor | mahalingam@wsu.edu | |
Reid Miller Emeritus Professor | millerrc@moscow.com | |
William J. Thomson Emeritus Professor | privprof@yahoo.com | |
Richard Zollars Emeritus Professor | rzollars@wsu.edu | Colloidal phenomena/interfacial phenomena, multiphase heat transfer, engineering education |
Research Professors
Name | Research Focus | |
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Junming Sun Assistant Research Professor | junming.sun@wsu.edu | Bio-mass conversion, catalytic bio-oil upgrading, hydrogen and fuel production by ethanol steam reforming, nano-catalysis, and synthesis of nano-metal/metal oxide |
Dmitri Tolkatchev Assistant Research Professor | dmitri.tolkatchev@wsu.edu | Protein chemistry and structure, protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions; protein engineering; protein NMR |
Oscar Marin-Flores Assistant Research Professor | omarinflores@wsu.edu | Biomass conversion, hydrogen production for fuel cells applications via reforming of liquid fuels, direct solid oxide fuel cells, mathematical modeling of fuel cell systems, photocatalytic/electrochemical processes for CO2 mitigation |
Adjunct Faculty
Name | Research Focus | |
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Murali Chandra | murali@vetmed.wsu.edu | Understanding the molecular mechanisms responsible for regulation of the contractile machinery of heart muscle cells, and how myofilament remodeling is linked to pathogenesis of heart diseases |
Zdenek Dohnalek | zdenek.dohnalek@wsu.edu | Experimental studies of fundamental model systems that are necessary to understand complex processes that take place in heterogeneous catalysis and environment |
Manuel Garcia-Perez | mgarcia-perez@wsu.edu | Biomass thermochemical conversion (torrefaction, pyrolysis, gasification and combustion); development and testing of new bio-oil refineries to produce advanced bio-fuels and bio-chemicals; environmental impact of thermochemical processes |
David Heldebrant | david.heldebrant@pnnl.gov | Design and development of switchable ionic liquids that chemically capture acid gases such as carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide from power plant gas emissions; Amine Boranes as potential high energy density fuels for hydrogen fuel cells |
Olga A. Marina | Olga.Marina@pnnl.gov | |
M. Grant Norton | mg_norton@wsu.edu | Ceramic materials, nanotechnology, and clean technology |
Ryan Renslow | ryan.renslow@pnnl.gov | |
Louis Scudiero | scudiero@wsu.edu | Model layered bimetallic materials and core-shell and alloy nanoparticles for formic acid oxidation for portable fuel cells (DFAFCs) |
Bert Tanner | bertrand.tanner@wsu.edu | Normal, mutated, and diseased proteins that influence muscle contraction and relaxation |
Venky Prabhakaran | venky@pnnl.gov | Predictive design of electrochemical interfaces in ion separation, energy storage, electrochemical energy conversion, and corrosion science |
Aaron Wright | aaron.wright@pnnl.gov | Activity-based protein profiling of microbes and microbial communities involved in biofuel production and drug metabolism |
Staff
Name | Phone | Office | |
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Billy Schmuck Laboratory Coordinator | bschmuck@wsu.edu | 509-335-4776 | 107N Wegner Hall |
Kate Konen IT System Administrator | kate.konen@wsu.edu | 509-335-8039 | 249 Wegner Hall |
Lael Gray Administrative Manager | l.gray@wsu.edu | 509-335-4731 | 105G Wegner Hall |
Malena Braatne-Millstein Administrative Assistant 1 | m.braatne@wsu.edu | 509-335-3151 | 105D Wegner Hall |
Maria Greaney Curry Academic (Undergraduate) Coordinator | mgreaney@wsu.edu | 509-335-1041 | 105B Wegner Hall |
Nicole Leavitt Fiscal Analyst 1 | nicole.leavitt@wsu.edu | 509-335-3205 | 105 Wegner Hall |
Samantha Bailey Academic (Graduate) Coordinator | samantha.bailey@wsu.edu | 509-335-4001 | 105E Wegner Hall |
Tucson Smith Fiscal Analyst 3 | smitht@wsu.edu | 509-335-3811 | 105H Wegner Hall |
Postdoctoral Research Associates
Name | Research Focus | |
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Abdul Mohamed | a.mohamed@wsu.edu | |
Benjamin (Jamie) Kee | benjamin.kee@wsu.edu | |
Dezhou Gao | dezhou.guo@wsu.edu | |
Dong Jiang | dong.jiang@wsu.edu | Low-temperature catalytic combustion; Single-atom catalysts (SACs), Ammonia (NH3) synthesis, Mayenite (C12A7) compounds (oxide, electride, and hydride) |
Junrui Li | junrui.li@wsu.edu | |
Kristin Bryant | kristin.bryant@wsu.edu | |
Shaoqu Xie | shaoqu.xie@wsu.edu | Extraction, thermodynamics, biomass to biofuels and chemicals, biphasic catalysis, CO2 capture and conversion |
Weixin Huang | weixin.huang@wsu.edu | |
Yixiao Li | yixiao.li@wsu.edu | Heterogenous catalysis and reaction engineering study for efficient glucose transformation |
Visiting Scholars
Name | Working with | Visiting |
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Wanli Zhang Chemical Engineering, College of Chemical Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, China University of Petroleum-Beijing, China | Hongfei Lin | September 1, 2018 through March 2021 |