Our People

 

 

Dr. Somenath Mitra
Executive Director
Otto York Center for Environmental Engineering & Science

 

 

 

Dr. Sagar Roy

Senior Research Assosiate

 

Dr. Zhiqian Wang

Research Associate

 

Emine Karaman

Research Assistant

 

Mohammad Saiful Islam

Research Associate

 

Indrani Gupta

Research Assistant



 

 

Mitun Chandra Bhoumick

Research Associate

 

Sumona Paul

Research Assistant

                                               


Past Students

Name Research Title Currtent Position Graduated Year
Samar Azizighannad Controlled Reduction of Graphene Oxide
and Graphene Oxide-Carbon nanotube
Hybrids and their Applications
Scientist, Biosurgery R&D at Ethicon Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering (2021)
Oindrila Gupta Development of Novel Membranes for Nanocarbon Enhanced Separation with
Application in Biofuels and Solvent Recovery
Currenyly Postdoctoral associate at Oak Ridge Natinal Lab, Tennessee Ph.D. Environmental Science (2020)
Worawit Intrchom   Currently Chief of Working Group for Student Affairs and Head of Environmental Health and Occupational Health Division, Naresuan University Ph.D.Chemistry (2020)
Madihah Humoud

Reduction in sald depostion on carbon nanotube immoiblized membrane during desalination via membrane distillation  

  Ph.D. Chemistry (2019)
Xianyang Meng Development of  Ni based flexible batteries​

Currently Adjunct Instructor at New Jersey Institute of Technology

Ph.D. Chemistry (2018)
Chen Kun Functionalized carbon nanotubes for drug delivery​   Ph.D. Chemistry (2018)
Zhiqian Wang​ Development of flexible batteries​ Currently Post doc in Dr. Mitra’s Group​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2015)
Zheqiong Wu Processing and purification of nanoncarbons and their applications​ Currently at Bristol Myers Squibb​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2016)
Megha Thakkar Various applications of Nanosilica from Cultured Diatoms​ Currently Kashiv Pharma​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2016)
Smruti Ragunath Carbon nanotube immobilized membranes for membrane distillation​ Currently Kashiv Pharma​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2016)
Madhuleena Bhadra  Nanocarbon immobilized membranes for analytical and desalination applications​ Currently at Colgate Palmolive​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2014)
Xinbo Cui Nanocarbons as charge carriers in organic solar cells Currently at Mensana Research, Newark, NJ​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2013)
Chintal Desai Dispersibility of diverse nanoparticles Currently at Merck,  Sommerville, NJ​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2013)
Susana Addo Ntim Dispersibility of and adsorption on functionalized carbon nanotubes Currently at Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2012)
Xiangxin Meng Anti-solvent precipitation and subsequent film formation for drug delivery Currently at Merck Corp. Kennilworth, NJ​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2011)
Kenneth Gethard Enhanced membrane distillation: analytical and deionization applications Currently Senior Manager at Merck Corp. Kennilworth, NJ​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2011)
Ornthida Sae-Khow Novels membrane structures Currently a Senior Scientist at Thailand Cement​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2010)
Yuhong Chen Carbon nanotube functionalization and applications Currently at National Institute of Health, Arlington, VA​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2009)
Chaudhery M Hussain Carbon nanotubes as sorbents for gas phase sorption Currently Academic coordinator at New Jersey Inst. of Technology​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2008)
Kamilah Hylton Micro-scale membrane extraction for monitoring trace water pollutants Currently an Asst. Professor at  University of Jamaica​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2008)
Edmond Bishop Approaches to novel analytical extraction and concentration using hollow fiber membranes Currently at Celgene Corp​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2006)
Mahesh Karwa Gas chromatography on self assembled single walled carbon nanotubes Currently at Johnson and Johnson​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2005)
Chutarat Saridara Novel approaches to real-time monitoring of volatile organic compounds Currently Asst. Professor at Rajamangala Institute of Technology, Thailand​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2005)
Xiaoyan Wang Development of micro-scale and automated membrane extraction systems for water analysis Currently at Long island Laboratories​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2005)
Dawen Kou Development of membrane extraction techniques for water quality analysis Currently at Amgen, California​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2002)
Roman Brukh Experimental and Modeling Studies of Formation of Products of Incomplete Combustion and Chlorocarbon Incineration Currently Research Engineer, Chemistry Department, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2002)
Min Hee Kim A microfabricated micro concentrator for sensor and chromatography Currently at USDA​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2002)
Qin Xiang Development of analytical system and monitoring of VOCs ​ Currently Associate Director at Axovant Sceinces Ph.D. Enviromental Sceinces (2002)​
Chaohua Feng Applications of a microtrap for on-line monitoring of volatile organics Currently at Merryl Lynch​ Ph.D. Chemistry (2001)
Xuemei Guo Development of membrane extraction system for measuring trace level organic compounds in water Currently at Pfizer Corp​ Ph.D. Chemistry (1998)
Nainhong Zhu Sampling and analysis of trace level volatile organic compounds from air via membrane permeation. Currently a business woman​ Ph.D. Chemistry (1997)
Yang Hua Xu Continuous monitoring of volatile organic compounds using microtrap based gas chromatographic systems Currently at Sun Chemicals​ Ph.D. Chemistry (1996)