People

Our Principal Investigator

Dr. Jeffrey J. Richards

Assistant Professor of Chemical & Biological Engineering

jeffrey.richards@northwestern.edu

Hometown: Akron, Ohio

NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST Center for Neutron Research – 2015-2018
Postdoctoral Scholar, University of Delaware – 2014-2015
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Washington – 2014
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Washington – 2011
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University – 2008

Our Current Post-docs

Dr. Alina Arslanova

alina.arslanova@northwestern.edu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Hometown: UFA, Russia

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, KU Leuven (Belgium) – 2022
B.S. + M.S. Fundamental Physical and Chemical Engineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russia) – 2017

Our Current Graduate Students

	Paolo Ramos pramos@u.northwestern.edu Ph.D. Candidate Hometown: Beaumont, California Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2024 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Irvine – 2017
	Matthew Brucks matthewbrucks2025@u.northwestern.edu NSF Graduate Research Fellow Hometown: Chicago, Illinois Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2025 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – 2020
	Qingsong (Borges) Liu qingsongliu2025@u.northwestern.edu Ph.D. Candidate Hometown: Sichuan, China Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2025 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison – 2020
	Kush Patel kushpatel2026@u.northwestern.edu Graduate Research Assistant Hometown: Glendale Heights, Illinois Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2026 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign – 2020
	Xi Wan xiwan2027@u.northwestern.edu Graduate Research Assistant Hometown: Jiangxi, China Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2027 M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University – 2022 B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology – 2020
	Lucas Pham lucaspham2027@u.northwestern.edu Graduate Research Assistant Hometown: Eden Prairie, Minnesota Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2027 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota – 2022
	Yoshita Gupta yoshitagupta2024@u.northwestern.edu Graduate Research Assistant Hometown: Agra, India M.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2024 B.S. Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Bhopal – 2016

Our Current Undergraduate Students

	Kaua’i Wu Hometown: Mountain View, California B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2023
	Ria Gokarn Hometown: Jakarta, Indonesia B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2023
	Nicolas Byrne Hometown: Boise, Idaho B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2023
	Stevan Ma Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2023
	Anna Grejtak Hometown: Monroe, Michigan B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2024
	Carrie Smith Hometown: Arlington Heights, Illinois B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2025
	Luke Fahrney Hometown: Northbrook, Illinois B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2025
	Owen O’Brien Hometown: Naperville, Illinois B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2025
	Ryan Ngo Hometown: La Crescenta, California B.S. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University – Anticipated 2025