iCOUP Leadership
Executive Committee

Baron Peters
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
baronp@illinois.edu
Early Careers Committee

Jiankai Ge
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign jiankai2@illinois.edu

Alexandra Heuston
University of California Santa Barbara
aheuston@ucsb.edu

Sam Hunt
Argonne National Laboratory
shunt@anl.gov

Kajol Tonk
Ames National Laboratory
tonk03@iastate.edu
Senior Investigators

Mahdi Abu-Omar
University of California
Santa Barbara
mabuomar@ucsb.edu

Russell Bowers
University of Florida
bowers@chem.ufl.edu

Megan Fieser
University of Southern California
fieser@usc.edu

Anne McNeil
University of Michigan
ajmcneil@umich.edu

Baron Peters
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
baronp@illinois.edu

Susannah Scott
University of California
Santa Barbara
sscott@ucsb.edu
Researchers

Salai Ammal
University of South Carolina
ammal@cec.sc.edu

Marek Pruski
iCOUP Advisor
mpruski@iastate.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers

Carly Byron
Argonne National Laboratory byron@anl.gov

Sam Hunt
Argonne National Laboratory
shunt@anl.gov

Changhae Kim
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
cakim2@illinois.edu

Chao Meng
Ames National Laboratory cmeng@iastate.edu

Bertrand Neyhouse
University of Michigan
neyhouse@umich.edu

Xuchun Wang
Argonne National Laboratory xuchunwang@anl.gov

Mehdi Zane
University of South Carolina
MZARE@email.sc.edu
Graduate Students

Rasaq Adams
University of Florida
r.adams@chem.ufl.edu

Olajide Bamidele
University of South Carolina
bamidele@email.sc.edu

Anggon Barua
Ames National Laboratory
angbarua@iastate.edu

Mubarak Bello
University of South Carolina
mabello@email.sc.edu

Danielle Burns
University of California
Santa Barbara
danielleburns@umail.ucsb.edu

Yuhang Cai
Ames National Laboratory
yhcai@iastate.edu

Ruoyu Cui
Ames National Laboratory
rycui@iastate.edu

Shilin Cui
Cornell University
sc2938@cornell.edu

Emmanuel Ejiogu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
eejiogu2@illinois.edu

Rudan Feng
University of California Santa Barbara
feng787@ucsb.edu

Jiankai Ge
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign jiankai2@illinois.edu

Alexandra Heuston
University of California Santa Barbara
aheuston@ucsb.edu

Sebastian Huerta-Romo Picazo
Ames National Laboratory
shromo@iastate.edu

Iqtidar Hussain
Ames National Lab
ihussain@iastate.edu

Wei-Shan Huynh
Northwestern University
Wei-shanHuynh2029@
u.northwestern.edu

Rahul Jha
University of Michigan
rkjha@umich.edu

Andrew Lamkins
Ames National Laboratory
alamkins@iastate.edu

Anna Law
Ames National Laboratory
amlaw@iastate.edu

Longji Li
Ames National Lab
longjil@iastate.edu

Jacqueline Lopez
Cornell University
jcl422@cornell.edu

Lela Manis
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lmanis2@illinois.edu

Royall McMahon Ward
Northwestern University
RoyallMcmahonWard2024@
u.northwestern.edu

Max Meirow
Northwestern University
meirow@
u.northwestern.edu

Minghui Niu
Ames National Lab
minghui@iastate.edu

Tyeshia Sapp
University of Southern California
tmsapp@usc.edu

Simin Sun
Ames National Laboratory
simins@iastate.edu

Kajol Tonk
Ames National Laboratory
tonk03@iastate.edu

Vikas Verma
Ames National Laboratory vikasv@iastate.edu

Yi-Yu Wang
Ames National Laboratory
yiyuwang@iastate.edu

Isabel Willis
University of Southern California
iwillis@usc.edu

Yiheng Yan
University of Florida
yan.yiheng@chem.ufl.edu

Ruoxi Zhang
Ames National Laboratory
rxzhang@iastate.edu
Undergraduate Students

Chris Fretag
Ames National Laboratory
cfretag@iastate.edu

Michael Hurtado
Ames National Laboratory
hurt539@iastate.edu
Advisory Board

Phillip Hustad
Geminatio

Cynthia Jenks
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory

Malika Jeffries-EL
Boston University

Jerzy Klosin
Dow Chemical Company

Alceo Macchioni
University of Perugia

Michael Reynolds
Shell USA

Aaron Sattler
ExxonMobil
Alumni
Chang-Il Ahn, Ames National Laboratory
Alejandra Arroyave, Argonne National Laboratory
Ranjan Behera, Ames National Laboratory
Marie Burns, University of South Carolina
Eunice Castro, University of Southern California
Shaojang Chen, Ames National Laboratory
Ziqiu Chen, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Matthew Crab, Ames National Laboratory
Theresa Crawford, Ames National Laboratory
Fenghua Ding, Northwestern University
Michaela Esveld, Ames National Laboratory
Emma Fetters, Ames National Laboratory
Alexandra Fresh, Ames National Laboratory
Ryan Hackler, Argonne National Laboratory
Arjan Hijlkema, University of California Santa Barbara
Daniel Howell, Ames National Laboratory
Thomas Johnson, Ames National Laboratory
Uddhav Kanbur, Ames National Laboratory
Robert Kennedy, Northwestern University
Andrew Kocen, Cornell University
Sofiia Kucher, Argonne National Laboratory
Praveen Kumar, Ames National Laboratory
Jessica Lamb, Argonne National Laboratory
Michelle Lapak, University of Florida
Yu-Hsuan Lee, University of California Santa Barbara
Tao Li, Argonne National Laboratory
Xingyi Lyu, Argonne National Laboratory
Katie Mccullough, Argonne National Laboratory
Marijke Nielsen, Ames National Laboratory
Sarah Parke, Cornell University
Alexander Paterson, Ames National Laboratory
Ian Peczak, Northwestern University
Jenesis Perez, Argonne National Laboratory
Marissa Pina, Argonne National Laboratory
Jessica Rodriguez, Ames National Laboratory
Jacqueline Rohrer, University of California Santa Barbara
Mohammad Saleheen, University of South Carolina
Kristen Sjoberg, University of California Santa Barbara
Chenyue Sun, Cornell University
Jiakai Sun, University of California Santa Barbara
Akalanka Tennakoon, Ames National Laboratory
Ritesh Uppuluri, Northwestern University
Jarod Willmon, Ames National Laboratory
Zach Wood, University of Southern California
Xun Wu, Ames National Laboratory
Jiahui Yang, Northwestern University
Ryan Yappert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Kyung-Eun You, University of South Carolina
Armin Shayesteh Zadeh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Danny Zeng, University of California Santa Barbara
Yunpu Zhao, Ames National Laboratory
Fan Zhang, University of California Santa Barbara