Accepting applications for Ph.D. researchers for Fall 2024 
​at the University of Southern California
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Professor Kandis Leslie Gilliard-AbdulAziz
Principal Investigator
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering                 
​Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Email: KLAbdulAziz@engr.ucr.edu

Graduate Students​

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​    Somchate Wasantiwut
    CEE Ph.D. student
    Fulbright Fellow
    Email swasa001@ucr.edu
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​     Tu Nguyen
     CEE Ph.D. student
     GAANN Fellow
     Email tnguy363@ucr.edu
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    Seongbin Jo
    CEE Ph.D. student
    ​Email sjo016@ucr.edu
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Naharin Jannath
MSE Ph.D. student
Email ​njann003@ucr.edu

POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS

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   Musa Najimu, Ph.D. 
   ​Email: musan@ucr.edu
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Bruno H. Arpini, Ph.D.
Email: ​brunohenrique.arpini@ucr.edu

Undergraduate Students

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​Waniya Hassan
MACREU
Undergraduate institution: University of Southern California

Research topic: Atomic Layer Deposition of Plasmonic Nanoparticles

Mentor: Naharin Jannath
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​Leonardo Bautista
MACREU
​Undergraduate institution: University of Southern California

Research topic: Carbon Capture and Utilization

Mentor: Seongbin Jo and Dr. Bruno Rapini

Ph.D. and PostDoctoral
​Group Alumni

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​      Dr. Soham Shah
     Former CEE Ph.D. student (Graduated Fall 2022)

     Currently employed: Packaging Engineer, Intel Inc. 
      
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           Dr. Luz Cruz 
           Former MSE Ph.D. student (Graduated Spring 2022)
           GAANN Fellow 

           Currently employed: Module and Integration Yield Engineer, Intel Inc. 

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          Dr. Mark Gale
          Former CEE Ph.D. student (Graduated Spring 2022)

           Currently employed: Visiting Lecturer Harvey Mudd College

Undergraduate GROUP ALUMNI

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           Annette Phan
           B.S. Material Science and Engineering
           Spring/Summer 2021 - 2022
         
​            Research: Carbon Capture and Utilization

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            Peter Nguyen (UC LEADS)
            B.S. Material Science and Engineering 
            Summer 2021

            Research: Biomass Valorization
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              Jacob Graves, B.S. Material Science and Engineering
             (Summer 2021 MACREU)
             Tommy Hao Hui Xu
             (Summer 2021 MACREU)
             Oge Ogbechie, B.S. Chemical & Environmental     
             (Summer 2021)
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           Marissa Moreno
            MacREU student (Summer and Fall 2019)
         
​            Research: Biomass valorization strategies
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           Mariyah Bandukwala
            B.S. student, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
          

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           Thanvarath Pinyochon
            B.S. student, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
            Email: tpiny001@ucr.edu
         
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            Samuel Sayono
            B.S. Material Science and Engineering
            Current: EAG Laboratories, Failure Analysis Engineer
        
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           Ryan Pan
            B.S. student, Chemical and Environmental Engineering
           
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         Zhaoxi Yang
          B.S., Chemical and Environmental Engineering (UCR GPP)
         
​         Currently employed: Ph.D. student, UC Riverside 
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       Jenna Ynzunza
        B.S. student, Chemical and Environmental Engineering


       Currently employed: Ph.D. student, UC Irvine
       
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           Monica Fajardo
            B.S. student, Material Science and Engineering