iCOUP Leadership
Executive Committee
![Baron Peters](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/baronp.png%20%281%29.jpg?itok=OEJItQbw)
Baron Peters
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
baronp@illinois.edu
Senior Investigators
![Mahdi Abu-Omar](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/M.%20Omar_web_0.jpg?itok=kPs3BtMZ)
Mahdi Abu-Omar
University of California
Santa Barbara
mabuomar@ucsb.edu
![Russell Bowers](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/russ_bowers_cropped.jpg?itok=RcyQc7dY)
Russell Bowers
University of Florida
bowers@chem.ufl.edu
![Megan Fieser](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/megan_fieser_cropped.jpg?itok=WXFWlXtG)
Megan Fieser
University of Southern California
fieser@usc.edu
![Anne McNeil](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/anne_mcneil_cropped.jpg?itok=Yn6gVsUK)
Anne McNeil
University of Michigan
ajmcneil@umich.edu
![Baron Peters](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/baronp.png%20%281%29.jpg?itok=OEJItQbw)
Baron Peters
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
baronp@illinois.edu
![Susannah Scott](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Susannah%20Scott_web.png?itok=TkHPzTig)
Susannah Scott
University of California
Santa Barbara
sscott@ucsb.edu
Researchers
![Salai Ammal](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/SAmmal_cropped_1_0.jpg?itok=8mKzOD4M)
Salai Ammal
University of South Carolina
ammal@cec.sc.edu
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Marek Pruski
iCOUP Advisor
mpruski@iastate.edu
Postdoctoral Researchers
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Carly Byron
Argonne National Laboratory byron@anl.gov
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Sam Hunt
Argonne National Laboratory
shunt@anl.gov
![Phogo of Changhae Kim](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/changhee_kim_cropped.jpg?itok=BscUOxOi)
Changhae Kim
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
cakim2@illinois.edu
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Praveen Kumar
Ames National Laboratory
kumarp@ameslab.gov
![Photo fo Chao Meng](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/chao_meng_cropped.jpg?itok=xvQMJKYB)
Chao Meng
Ames National Laboratory cmeng@iastate.edu
![Bertrand Neyhouse](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Neyhouse%20Bertrand_cropped_0.jpg?itok=LvcgDxrs)
Bertrand Neyhouse
University of Michigan
neyhouse@umich.edu
![Akalanka Tennakoon](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Tennakoon_cropped.png?itok=EYERwn6U)
Akalanka Tennakoon
Ames National Lab
akalanka@iastate.edu
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Ritesh Uppuluri
Northwestern University
ritesh.uppuluri@northwestern.edu
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Xuchun Wang
Argonne National Laboratory xuchunwang@anl.gov
![Xun Wu](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/XWu_cropped.jpg?itok=8eUJGTYa)
Xun Wu
Ames National Lab
xunw@iastate.edu
![Yunpu Zhao](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Yunpu%20Zhao_cropped_0.jpg?itok=zv5_jFub)
Yunpu Zhao
Ames National Lab
tyzhao@ameslab.gov
Graduate Students
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Rasaq Adams
University of Florida
r.adams@chem.ufl.edu
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Eunice Castro
University of Southern California
eccastro@usc.edu
![Olajide Bamidele](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Bamidele_cropped.jpg?itok=vNQrMobD)
Olajide Bamidele
University of South Carolina
bamidele@email.sc.edu
![Mubarak Bello](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/MBellow_cropped.png?itok=TFp8RAbM)
Mubarak Bello
University of South Carolina
mabello@email.sc.edu
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Marie Burns
University of South Carolina
marieeb@email.sc.edu
![Danielle Burns](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Burns_web.jpg?itok=LgN7qadR)
Danielle Burns
University of California
Santa Barbara
danielleburns@umail.ucsb.edu
![Ziqiu Chen](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/ZChen_cropped_1.jpg?itok=gMdOzRgG)
Ziqiu Chen
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign
ziqiuc2@illinois.edu
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Ruoyu Cui
Ames National Laboratory
rycui@iastate.edu
![Shilin Cui](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Cui_web.jpg?itok=zRjCypeR)
Shilin Cui
Cornell University
sc2938@cornell.edu
![Photo of Emmanuel Ejiogu](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/ejiogu_emmanuel_cropped.jpg?itok=RTvOpF4V)
Emmanuel Ejiogu
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
eejiogu2@illinois.edu
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Rudan Feng
University of California Santa Barbara
feng787@ucsb.edu
![Jiankai Ge](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/JGe_web.jpg?itok=xv8ceuz7)
Jiankai Ge
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign jiankai2@illinois.edu
![Photo of Alexandra Heuston](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/alexandra_heuston_cropped.jpg?itok=omYI_h40)
Alexandra Heuston
University of California Santa Barbara
aheuston@ucsb.edu
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Daniel Howell
Ames National Laboratory
dkhowell@iastate.edu
![I. Hussain](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/IHussain_cropped.jpg?itok=7xIWAoke)
Iqtidar Hussain
Ames National Lab
ihussain@iastate.edu
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Rahul Jha
University of Michigan
rkjha@umich.edu
![Thomas Johnson](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/T.%20Johnson_web_0.jpg?itok=OPOKPLsq)
Thomas Johnson
Ames National Lab
tommyj@iastate.edu
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Michelle Lapak
University of Florida
mlapak@ufl.edu
![Y. Lee](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Y_Lee_cropped.png?itok=nX9n63St)
Yu-Hsuan Lee
University of California
Santa Barbara
y_lee476@ucsb.edu
![Longji Li](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Li_web.jpg?itok=EHgDLCF1)
Longji Li
Ames National Lab
longjil@iastate.edu
![Jacqueline Lopez](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/JLopez_cropped.jpg?itok=vRibfBc-)
Jacqueline Lopez
Cornell University
jcl422@cornell.edu
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Lela Manis
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lmanis2@illinois.edu
![Photo of Max Meirow](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/max_meirow_cropped.jpg?itok=s4OVcNCL)
Max Meirow
Northwestern University
meirow@
u.northwestern.edu
![Minghui Niu](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Niu_web.jpg?itok=YRAAfqN9)
Minghui Niu
Ames National Lab
minghui@iastate.edu
![Ian Peczak](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/I.%20Peczak_web_0.jpg?itok=mpAlLCfu)
Ian Peczak
Northwestern
University
ianpeczak2023@
u.northwestern.edu
![Jiakai Sun](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/J_Sun_cropped.jpg?itok=LOrEU_bp)
Jiakai Sun
University of California
Santa Barbara
jiakai@ucsb.edu
![Simin Sun](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/simin_sun_cropped_0.jpg?itok=ngRgf4Tz)
Simin Sun
Ames National Laboratory
simins@iastate.edu
![Kajol Tonk](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Tonk_cropped.jpg?itok=e87yUn1t)
Kajol Tonk
Ames National Lab
tonk03@iastate.edu
![Vikas Verma](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/vikas_verma_cropped.jpg?itok=avhbzcyA)
Vikas Verma
Ames National Laboratory vikasv@iastate.edu
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Yi-Yu Wang
Ames National Laboratory
yiyuwang@iastate.edu
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Zach Wood
University of Southern California
woodz@usc.edu
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Yiheng Yan
University of Florida
yan.yiheng@chem.ufl.edu
![Jiahui Yang](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Yang_cropped.jpg?itok=Qr-AqiWX)
Jiahui Yang
Northwestern
University
jiahuiyang2021@u.northwestern.edu
Undergraduate Students
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Daniel Howell
Ames National Laboratory
dkhowell@iastate.edu
![Jenesis Perez](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Jenesis%20Perez_cropped_0.jpg?itok=CHlsJWrY)
Jenesis Perez
Argonne National Laboratory
jperez@anl.gov
Advisory Board
![Phillip Hustad](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Hustad_web.jpg?itok=4bMLQoy-)
Phillip Hustad
Geminatio
![Cynthia Jenks](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Jenks_web_0.jpg?itok=z0biAbpa)
Cynthia Jenks
Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
![Malika Jeffries-EL](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Jeffries-El_web.png?itok=H-Z341jU)
Malika Jeffries-EL
Boston University
![Jerzy Klosin](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Klosin_web.jpg?itok=yrJsirdf)
Jerzy Klosin
Dow Chemical Company
![Alceo Macchioni](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/Macchioni_cropped.jpg?itok=U6P13gc5)
Alceo Macchioni
University of Perugia
![Michael Reynolds](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/inline-images/M.Reynolds_cropped_0.jpg?itok=MRVMmvIa)
Michael Reynolds
Shell USA
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Aaron Sattler
ExxonMobil
Alumni
Chang-Il Ahn, Ames National Laboratory
Alejandra Arroyave, Argonne National Laboratory
Ranjan Behera, Ames National Laboratory
Shaojang Chen, Ames National Laboratory
Sun Chenyue, Cornell University
Matthew Crab, Ames National Laboratory
Theresa Crawford, Ames National Laboratory
Fenghua Ding, Northwestern University
Michaela Esveld, Ames National Laboratory
Alexandra Fresh, Ames National Laboratory
Ryan Hackler, Argonne National Laboratory
Arjan Hijlkema, University of California Santa Barbara
Uddhav Kanbur, Ames National Laboratory
Robert Kennedy, Northwestern University
Andrew Kocen, Cornell University
Jessica Lamb, Argonne National Laboratory
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
Marissa Pina, Argonne National Laboratory
Jessica Rodriguez, Ames National Laboratory
Jacqueline Rohrer, University of California Santa Barbara
Mohammad Saleheen, University of South Carolina
Jarod Willmon, Ames National Laboratory
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
Fan Zhang, University of California Santa Barbara