Washington State University

^{The Gene and Linda Voiland School of} _{Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering}

Faculty & Staff

Interim Director

Name	Email	Research Focus
Alla Kostyukova Interim Director & 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

Regents Professors

Name	Email	Research Focus
Yong Wang Regents Professor 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	Email	Research Focus
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	Electrochemistry for human health and environment, electrochemical bandage, electrochemical signals in soil and envirochemical engineering.
Su Ha Professor / Director, O.H. Reaugh Laboratory for Oil and Gas Research	suha@wsu.edu	Energy generations from alternative fuels
James Petersen Professor	jn_petersen@wsu.edu	Bioremediation of contaminated aqueous systems, modeling of biological processing operations and on-line optimization of biological processes
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	Email	Research Focus
Wen-ji Dong Associate Professor	dongwenji@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 & Associate Director for Administration and Undergraduate Research	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	Email	Research Focus
David Thiessen Assistant Professor (Career Track)	thiessen@wsu.edu	Fluid mechanics of drops, bubbles, and capillary channels, applications in microgravity
Dmitri Tolkatchev Assistant Professor (Career Track)	dmitri.tolkatchev@wsu.edu	Protein chemistry and structure, protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions; protein engineering; protein NMR
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

Emeritus Faculty

Name	Email	Research Focus
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
Cornelius F. Ivory Emeritus Professor	cfivory@wsu.edu	Electrofocusing, forensic microelectrophoresis, nanochannel separations, diagnostic microfluidic devices, microchannel sample preparation
Norbert Kruse Emeritus Professor	norbert.kruse@wsu.edu	Heterogeneous catalysis: from fundamentals to industrial applications
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	Email	Research Focus
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

Affiliate Faculty

Name	Email
Arda Gozen	arda.gozen@wsu.edu
Aurora Clark	auclark@wsu.edu
Bert Tanner	bertrand.tanner@wsu.edu
Louis Scudiero	scudiero@wsu.edu
Manuel Garcia-Perez	mgarcia-perez@wsu.edu
Yuehe Lin	yuehe.lin@wsu.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Name	Email
Aaron Wright	aaron.wright@pnnl.gov
David Heldebrant	david.heldebrant@pnnl.gov
Huamin Wang	Huamin.wang@pnnl.gov
Jerome Babauta	jbabauta@gamry.com
Jian Zhi Hu	jianzhi.hu@pnnl.gov
Karthi Ramasamy	karthi@pnnl.gov
Mike Thorson	michael.thorson@pnnl.gov
Olga A. Marina	olga.marina@pnnl.gov
Ryan Renslow	ryan.renslow@pnnl.gov
Venky Prabhakaran	venky@pnnl.gov
Zdenek Dohnalek	zdenek.dohnalek@wsu.edu

Staff

Name	Email	Phone	Office
Billy Schmuck Laboratory Coordinator	bschmuck@wsu.edu	509-335-4776	147 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	107N 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	105D 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	Email	Research Focus
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
Weixin Huang	weixin.huang@wsu.edu