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