
PEOPLE
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PROF. BENJAMIN (KEITH) KEITZ
Associate Professor, McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, UT Austin
Ph.D. Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, 2013
B.S. Chemical Engineering, UT Austin, 2007
POSTDOCTORAL SCHOLARS
DR. YANG GAO
Ph.D. SUNY at Binghamton, 2020
B.S. Sichuan University, 2011
yanggao[at]utexas.edu
DR. VIDHIKA DAMANI
Ph.D. University of Delaware, 2025
B.Tech Institute of Chemical Technology, 2019
vdamani[at]utexas.edu
+Rosales
GRADUATE STUDENTS
BAILEY TIBBETT
B.S. University of Utah, 2020
btibbett[at]utexas.edu
ZIHAN YU
B.S. Dalian University of Tech., 2022
yuzihan[at]utexas.edu
ADAM VARGHESE
Class of 2026
a_varghese1[at]outlook.com
ALEXIS HOLWERDA
B.S. University of South Carolina, 2021
aholwerda[at]utexas.edu
EMILY MILLER
B.S. University of Florida, 2022
emilyjmiller[at]utexas.edu
+ Saracho
MARCUS BENYAMIN
B.S. University of Maryland
marcusbenyamin[at]outlook.com
+ Kumar
DR. ISMAR MINIEL
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin, 2025
B.S. University of Georgia, 2019
ismarminiel[at]utexas.edu
ERIC SZMUC
B.S. East Tennessee State University, 2017
eszmuc[at]utexas.edu
+ Ellington
STEVEN ZILKO
B.S. University of Maryland, 2019
sjzilko[at]utexas.edu
+ Ellington
DANYAL KHEYROOLLA
Class of 2027
dmkheyroolla[at]utexas.edu
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
MINA KIMBLE
Class of 2026
minakimble[at]utexas.edu
MARCEL LOPEZ REED
B.S. UC Santa Cruz, 2023
marcel.lr[at]utexas.edu