Our team

  • Manas Sarkar, PH.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Fall 2021-to-present)

    Education

    • M.Sc., Physics, Jadavpur University, India, 2010
    • Ph.D., Science, Jadavpur University, India, 2016

    Research Topics

    • CO2 mineralization in cementitious composites
  • Swarali V. Ghodkhande

    Graduate Student Researcher, (Fall 2021-to-present)

    Education

    • B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (2016-2020)
    • Joint Masters Degree in Aerosols Science and Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis and IIT, Bombay (2020-21)
    • Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (2021- Present)

    Research Topics

    • Carbon Capture technologies
    • Process Engineering

    Awards

    • Dean’s Select PhD Fellowship – Washington University in St. Louis
    • McDonnell International Scholar
  • Mahmud R. Siamizade, PH.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Fall 2021-to-present)

    Education

    • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, 2020.
    • M.S., Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011.
    • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tehran Polytechnic (Amir Kabir University of Technology), 2000.

    Research Topics

    • Process Simulation and Optimization for CO2 Mineralization Plant
    • Techno-Economic Analysis of CO2 Concrete Project
    • Sustainability & Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for CO2 Concrete Project
  • Adriano Leão

    Graduate Student Researcher, (Fall 2021-to-present)

    Education

    • B.Sc., Civil Engineering, Feira de Santana State University, 2017, with joint exchange program, Colorado State University and University of California, Davis, 2015.
    • M.Sc., Industrial Management & Technology, SENAI CIMATEC University Center, 2020.
    • Ph.D., Civil Engineering Materials, University of California, Los Angeles, expected 2025.

    Research Topics

    • Low-temperature portlandite production: precipitation induced by sonication-pH swing.
    • Low-carbon cementitious and concrete materials.
  • Othman AlShareedah, PH.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Winter 2021-to-present)

    Education

    • B.Eng., Civil Engineering, Sohar University, 2014
    • M.Sc., Civil Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, 2016
    • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Washington State University, 2020

    Research Topics

    • Developing sustainable construction materials
    • CO2 mineralization in cement-based materials
    • Process optimization of carbon-cured precast concrete
  • Jenny Arabit

    Graduate Student Researcher, (Fall 2020-to-present)

    Education

    • B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2020
    • PH.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles (In progress)

    Research Topics

    • Kinetic Modelling
    • Low temperature carbonation of Ca(OH)2
  • Arnaud Bouissonnié, PH.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Summer 2021-to-present)

    Education

    • Bachelor’s degree, Earth and planetary sciences, Université Paris Diderot Paris 7, 2014
    • Master degree, Geophysics, Université Paris Diderot Paris 7 / Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP), 2016
    • PH.D., Geochemistry, Université de Strasbourg, 2019

    Research Topics

    • Mineral reactivity
    • Geochemical process at the water/mineral interface
    • Effect of irradiation on mineral reactivity
  • Sina Shahrezaei, PH.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (Summer 2021-to-present)

    Education

    • B.S., Nanoscale Engineering, The State University of New York at Albany, 2014
    • PH.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Riverside, 2019

    Research Topics

    • Irradiation assisted stress corrosion cracking
    • Corrosion electrochemistry
    • Radiation materials science
  • Boya Ouyang

    Graduate Student Researcher, (April 2019-to-present)

    Education

    • Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, UCLA, in progress.
    • M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, 2017.
    • B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Central South University, China, 2015.

    Research Topics

    • Concrete strength prediction based on machine learning models
    • Concrete mixtures optimization in order to minimize cost and embodied CO2 impact while satisfying imposed target strength
  • Marie Collin, Ph.D.

    Postdoctoral Research Fellow, (September 2019-to-present)

    Education

    • License degree in Chemistry, 2012, Université de Lorraine (France)
    • Master’s degree in Chemistry, 2014, Université d’Artois (France)
    • Doctorate in Materials Science, Nanogeochemistry applied to Nuclear glasses, 2018, Université de Montpellier (France)

    Research Topics

    • Glass and silicate alteration/dissolution
    • Molecular dynamics simulations
    • Water diffusion in nanoporous materials