People
Prof. Jean-Philippe Tessonnier
Richard C. Seagrave Professor in Chemical & Biological Engineering
Email : tesso@iastate.edu
Graduate Student Researchers
Koushik Achanta
M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.
B.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Md Mosaddek Hossen
M.S., University of New Mexico
B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Abbas Elhambakhsh
M.S., Shiraz University
B.S., Payame Noor University
Devanshi Mistry
M.Tech., Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
B.E., University of Mumbai
Mehdi Mosayebi
M.S., University of Tehran
B.S., Isfahan University of Technology
Jugal Patel
B.Tech., Nirma University, Ahmedabad
Shayanee Mandal
B.Tech., Delhi Technological University
Alumni
Prathmesh Prabhu (Ph.D. ‘25)
To be announced soon
Awards & Activities
Judson. M . Harper Gradute Fellowship
Best Oral Presentation, Great Plains Catalysis Society
Joseph Hadel (Ph.D. ‘23)
Process Engineer, IBM
Daniel Vincent Sahayaraj (Ph.D. ‘22)
Process Engineer, Intel Corporation
Awards & Activities
ACS CATL – ChemCatBio Graduate Student Award
Vice President, Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Organization
Senator, Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS)
Hamed Bateni (Ph.D. ‘22)
Senior Engineer, Vaxcyte
Awards & Activities
Kokes Award, North American Catalysis Society
Teaching Excellence Award, ISU Graduate College
Teaching Award, ISU Graduate and Professional Students Senate
Young Scientist Award, 17th International Congress on Catalysis, IACS
Engineering Fellow, NSF Trinect program
Prerana (Pri) Carter (Ph.D. ‘22)
New Business Development Manager, BASF
Awards & Activities
ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Symposium
Teaching Excellence Award, Graduate College, ISU
Marco Dell’Anna (Ph.D. ‘21)
Advanced Engineer, Honeywell UOP
Mathew Laureano (M.S. ‘20)
Research Technologist, U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory
Elspeth M. Petersen (M.S. ‘19)
Project Engineer & project Manager, NASA Johnson Space Center
Awards & Activities
NASA Harriett G. Jenkins Graduate Fellowship
Sanaz (Sani) Abdolmohammadi (Ph.D. ‘19)
Technical Service Manager, J.M. Huber Corporation
Awards & Activities
ACS Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research Award
Radhika G. Rao (Ph.D. ‘18)
Global Technical Marketing Manager Custom Catalysts
Awards & Activities
McNair Graduate Student Mentor of the Year Award
Brown Graduate Fellowship, ISU Office of the Vice President for Research
Kokes Award, North American Catalysis Society
Teaching Excellence Award, ISU Graduate College
President of the Graduate Society of Women Engineers (GradSWE)
Season Si Chen (Fulbright Visiting Scholar ‘18)
Assistant Professor, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen International Graduate School, Environment and Ecology
Awards & Activities
Hong Kong RGC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Fulbright Visiting Scholar
Thomas C. Hoff (Ph.D. ‘17)
Research Engineer, Intel Corporation
Awards & Activities
James Katzer Energy Graduate Fellow
John E. Matthiesen (Ph.D. ‘17)
Technology Development Manager, Intel Corporation
Awards & Activities
Research Excellence Award, ISU Graduate College
Kokes Award, North American Catalysis Society
Reginald R. and Jameson A. Baxter Graduate Fellow
Jack M. Carraher (Postdoc ‘17)
Senior Laboratory Director Green Compass, Inc.
Alex Liu (M.Eng. ‘16)
Chemical Engineering Lead, Jacobs