Our Team
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Education
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Columbia School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
• B.S. Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Tsinghua University
• Design and Development of Functional Materials for Carbon Capture and Utilization
• Catalytic Reaction Engineering for Sustainable Energy Systems
• In Situ and Ex Situ Characterization of Catalytic Materials
Education
- M.S. Carbon Management, Columbia School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
B.A. Energy & Environment System Engineering, Zhejiang University
Research Interest
- Optimization for Direct air capture sorbent and characterization
- Catalytic hydrogenation improvement for capture sorbent
Education
- M. Eng. Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
- B. Eng. Chemical Engineering, The Cooper Union
Research Interest
- Direct air capture (DAC) and desorption at low temperature
Education
- M.S. in Carbon Management, Earth & Environmental Engineering, Columbia University
- B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Villanova University
Research Interest
- Optimization of integrated CO2 capture and in-situ catalytic methanation via the Sabatier reaction across solid sorbent-catalyst materials.
Professional
- Environmental Consultant for large-scale CERCLA remediation sites.
Ph.D Student
Earth and Environmental Engineering
Education
- M. Eng. Environmental Engineering, Ajou University
- B. Eng. Environmental Engineering, Ajou University
Research Interest
- Improved adsorption CO2 with minimum desorption of unreacted CO2 during heat up.
- Direct Air Capture and Desorption at low temperature
Education:
B.S. in Earth & Environmental Engineering
Research Interest:
Optimizing catalyst pretreatment for enhanced CO2 adsorption in Direct Air Capture (DAC)
Farrauto focuses on technical applications directed toward solving environmental problems. His research is both applied and fundamental and is focused on world needs. His research, sponsored by the agencies within the Department of Energy with collaborating industries, allows his students to see selective adsorption and catalysis applied to problem-solving. His focus is now exclusively on engineering solutions to climate change via direct air capture of CO2 and optionally, catalytic conversion to useful products.
Farrauto received his BS in chemistry from Manhattan College in 1964, and his PhD in chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1968. He spent 44 years in the catalytic industry (1968-2012) and has developed a number of commercial products. He holds 60 U.S. patents and his research has appeared in 141 peer-reviewed publications. After retiring from BASF as a Vice President of Research, he has been a Professor of Professional Practice in the Department of Earth and Environmental Engineering at Columbia Engineering in the City of New York since 2012. He is the 2016 recipient of the Columbia Alumni Teaching Award based on graduate and undergraduate teaching. He is a senior member of the National Academy of Inventors and has received numerous awards in catalysis.
Prof. Melis Duyar, Senior Lecturer, University of Surrey
Prof. Amanda Simson, Associate Prof. Cooper Union University
Education:
M.S. Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia Engineering
B.A. Environmental Science, Skidmore College
Research Interests:
Optimizing catalyst pretreatment for enhanced CO2 adsorption for Direct Air Capture (DAC)
Education
• MS in Earth and Environmental Engineering
• B.S. Environmental Geoscience, University College London
Research Interest
• Techno-economic analysis of CO2 capture and conversion
Education
• M.S. Environmental Engineering, Columbia School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
• B.S. Environmental Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Research Interest
• Enhance carbon dioxide adsorption and desorption rates through the novel application of catalystsProfessor, University of Science and Technology
Beijing, ChinaNational Institute of Technology Brazil
Dr. Shuoxun Wang, Research Engineer, Boehringer-Ingelheim Post-Doctorate USA
Dr. Qinghe (Angela) Zheng, Senior research engineer, Johnson Matthey
Johnson Matthey
Dr. Martha Arellano Trevino, Research Engineer, NREL
Professor, University of Bavaria- Germany
PhD- Senior Research Engineer- BASF/USA
Professor Kunming University of Science and Technology,
Kunming, ChinaEntegris Inc USA
Fuel Cell Energy
Dr. Christiane Janke, BASF
Dr. Chae Jeong Potter, Postdoc NREL
Dr. Anas Alkhani, Director of Engineering, Aramco
Education
• MS. Chemical Engineering, Columbia School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
• MS. Corporate Strategy, Sciences Po Paris
• B.S. Applied Economics at PSL University and Physics at Sorbonne University
Awards
• Award-winning article on Quantum Physics, Sciences Po Paris
Research Interest
• Improved adsorption CO2 with minimum desorption of unreacted CO2 during heat up
• Direct Air Capture and Desorption at low temperatureEducation
- M. Eng. Environmental Engineering, Columbia School of Engineering & Applied Sciences
- B.A. Applied Mathematics & Sustainable Development, Columbia College
Awards
- U.S. Department of Energy, Mickey Leland Energy Fellow 2025
- New York Water & Environmental Association, STEM Scholar Award 2024
Research Interest
- Catalytic conversion of CO2 into green chemical products and sustainable fuels
- Direct Air Capture sorbent and carrier material optimization
- Techno-Economic Analysis of CO2 products and CDR projects