iCOUP Leadership
Executive Committee
Megan Fieser
University of Southern California
fieser@usc.edu
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
Kajol Tonk
Ames National Laboratory
tonk03@iastate.edu
John Russell
Argonne National Laboratory
russellj@anl.gov
Senior Investigators
Mahdi Abu-Omar
University of California Santa Barbara
mabuomar@ucsb.edu
Megan Fieser
University of Southern California
fieser@usc.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
Benjamin Atterberry
University of Florida
batterberry@ufl.edu
Maximillian Baur
University of California Santa Barbara
maximilianbaur@ucsb.edu
Carly Byron
Argonne National Laboratory
byron@anl.gov
Carl Fleischer
Ames National Laboratory
carlf@ameslab.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
John Russell
Argonne National Laboratory
russellj@anl.gov
Xuchun Wang
Argonne National Laboratory
xuchunwang@anl.gov
Zefeng Wei
Northwestern University
zefeng.wei@northwestern.edu
Mehdi Zare
University of South Carolina
MZARE@email.sc.edu
Graduate Students
Rasaq Adams
University of Florida
r.adams@chem.ufl.edu
Lawal Afeez
University of South Carolina
Lawala@email.sc.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
Martina Morello
Argonne National Laboratory
mmorello@anl.gov
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
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
Ronald Abbott
LyondellBasell
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
Mary Choy, Argonne National Laboratory
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
Elena Granzeier, Argonne National Laboratory
Ryan Hackler, Argonne National Laboratory
Arjan Hijlkema, University of California Santa Barbara
Daniel Howell, Ames National Laboratory
Thomas Johnson, Ames National Laboratory
Kiara Jones, 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
Max Meirow, Northwestern University
Bertrand Neyhouse, University of Michigan
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
Lily Thatcher, Ames National Laboratory
Ritesh Uppuluri, Northwestern University
Yi-Yu Wang, Ames National Laboratory
Jarod Willmon, Ames National Laboratory
Zach Wood, University of Southern California
Xun Wu, Ames National Laboratory
Ryan Yappert, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Merielle Yin, Ames National Laboratory
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
