iCOUP Leadership
Executive Committee

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

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

Tao Li
Argonne National Lab
taoli@anl.gov
Postdoctoral Researchers

Chang-Il Ahn
Ames National Lab
ciahn@iastate.edu

Alejandra Arroyave
Argonne National Lab
arroyavea@anl.gov

Ryan Hackler
Argonne National Lab
rhackler@anl.gov

Robert Kennedy
Northwestern University
robert.kennedy@northwestern.edu

Praveen Kumar
Ames National Lab
kumarp@ameslab.gov

Jessica Lamb
Argonne National Lab
lambjv@anl.gov

Katie McCullough
Argonne National Lab
mcculloughk@anl.gov

Jessica Rodriguez
Ames National Lab
jer1@IASTATE.EDU

Yunpu Zhao
Ames National Lab
tyzhao@ameslab.gov
Graduate Students

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

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

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

Ziqiu Chen
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
ziqiuc2@illinois.edu

Shilin Cui
Cornell University
sc2938@cornell.edu

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

Iqtidar Hussain
Ames National Lab
ihussain@iastate.edu

Thomas Johnson
Ames National Lab
tommyj@iastate.edu

Yu-Hsuan Lee
University of California
Santa Barbara
y_lee476@ucsb.edu

Longji Li
Ames National Lab
longjil@iastate.edu

Jacqueline Lopez
Cornell University
jcl422@cornell.edu

Xingyi Lyu
Argonne National Lab
Z1909024@students.
niu.edu

Max Meirow
Northwestern University
meirow@
u.northwestern.edu

Minghui Niu
Ames National Lab
minghui@iastate.edu

Ian Peczak
Northwestern
University
ianpeczak2023@
u.northwestern.edu

Jiakai Sun
University of California
Santa Barbara
jiakai@ucsb.edu

Akalanka Tennakoon
Ames National Lab
akalanka@iastate.edu

Kajol Tonk
Ames National Lab
tonk03@iastate.edu

Xun Wu
Ames National Lab
xunw@iastate.edu

Ryan Yappert
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
yappert2@illinois.edu

Jiahui Yang
Northwestern
University
jiahuiyang2021@u.northwestern.edu

Danny Zeng
University of California
Santa Barbara
mzeng@ucsb.edu
Undergraduate Students

Theresa Crawford
Ames National Lab
trcraw@iastate.edu

Alexandra Fresh
Ames National Lab
afresh@iastate.edu

Marissa Pina
Argonne National Lab
mpina@anl.gov

Jarod Willmon
Ames National Lab
jwillmon@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
Alumni
Shaojang Chen, Ames National Laboratory
Matthew Crab, Ames National Laboratory
Fenghua Ding, Northwestern University
Michaela Esveld, Ames National Laboratory
Uddhav Kanbur, Ames National Laboratory
Andrew Kocen, Cornell University
Marijke Nielsen, Ames National Laboratory
Sarah Parke, Cornell University
Alexander Paterson, Ames National Laboratory
Jacqueline Rohrer, University of California Santa Barbara
Mohammad Saleheen, University of South Carolina
Kyung-Eun You, University of South Carolina
Armin Shayesteh Zadeh, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Fan Zhang, University of California Santa Barbara