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Madani A Khan

PhD student

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Email: madani.khan@stonybrook.edu

Madani received his Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from the City College of New York. His current project involves functionalization of cellulose-based membranes to remove arsenic (III), arsenic (V) and other hard metals from drinking water.

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Grenalynn C. Ilacas

PhD student

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Email: grenalynn.ilacas@stonybrook.edu

 

Grenalynn received both her Bachelor's degree (California State University, San Bernardino) and Master's degree (California State University, Los Angeles) in chemistry with an emphasis in biochemistry. She is currently focused on understanding the chemical and physical aspects of locally sourced biochar, as well as characterizing these samples before and after chemical activation via the nitro-oxidation process.

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Duning Li

PhD student

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duning.li@stonybrook.edu

Duning received his bachelor degree in Southern University of Science and Technology in 2019. His research field is focusing on using bio-adsorbents based on cellulose and chitin to treat PFAS compounds in drinking water.

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Jiajun Tian

PhD student

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Email: jiajun.tian.1@stonybrook.edu

Jiajun received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Beijing University of Chemical Technology. His research is focusing on the characterization of nanoparticle-functionalized nanocellulose composite systems by X-ray sc scattering texhniques.

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Kaushanie Gunarathne

PhD student

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Email: kaushanie.gunarathne@stonybrook.edu

Kaushanie received her bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. 
Her current research is focussing on developing new bio-inspired construction materials using nanocellulose for extreme cold weathers.

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Mahdi Rezaei

PhD student

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Email: mahdi.rezaei@stonybrook.edu

Mahdi received his bachelor's degree in pure chemistry from Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, and his master's degree in polymer chemistry from University of Tehran, Iran.
His current research is focussing on developing new materials using nanocellulose for phosphate recovery from water.
 

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Andrew Wright

PhD student

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Email: andrew.wright@stonybrook.edu

Andrew received his Bachelor's degree in chemistry from Truman State University, Missouri, USA. His current research focuses on structural characterization of the PFAS monolayer to develop innovative removal methods from water sources.  

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Noel Womack

PhD student

 

Email: noel.womack@stonybrook.edu

Noel received his Bachelor's degree from Southern Connecticut State University and his Master's Degree from Stony Brook University. Noel has a background in organic synthesis and polymer chemistry. His current project involves determination and utilization of nutrients, extracted from biomass feedstocks via the nitro-oxidation process, for liquid fertilizers. 

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Shengyu Yu

PhD Student

 

Email: shengyu.yu@stonybrook.edu

 

Shengyu received his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Laurentian. (Sudbury, Ontario) His research focused on the application of nanoparticles to water purification using cellulose-based scaffolds.

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Damian Amiruddin

PhD student

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Email: damian.amiruddin@stonybrook.edu

Damian received both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Chemistry. His current research focuses on the development of polymer membranes for both desalination and hydrogen gas production. 

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