Texas Tech University

Members

Principal Investigator 

casey o;brien

Dr. Casey O'Brien

Email: casobrie@ttu.edu

Google Scholar

Education

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2011

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University (since 2025)

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2017-2025)

Postdoc, Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, U.S. Army Research Laboratory (2014-2017)

Postdoc, Chemical Physics Department, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society (2011-2014)

Current Graduate Students 

Judama Choudhury

Judama Choudhury 

 

 

 

MD Golam Shahriar Maruf

MD Golam Shahriar Maruf

 

Osborn Otu

Osborn Otu

 

Simeon Eze

Simeon Eze

 

Youngsuk Ko

Youngsuk Ko

 

Alumni

anna luce

Anna Luce

Email: aokeefe2@nd.edu 

2022-present

Expected graduation: May, 2027

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Calvin College,  2022

Alejandro Planell
Alejandro Chapero-Planell

2021-2025

Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2026

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez,  2020

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2025

Bo wei
Bo Wei Cynthia Chen

2020-2025

Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2025

Education

M.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2016

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2025

Garam Lee
Garam Lee

2019-2024

Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2024

Education

M.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 2017

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2024

Sarah Pate
Sarah Pate

2018-2023

Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2023

Education

B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama, 2018

B.S. Mathematics, University of Alabama, 2018

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2023

Hui Xu
Hui Xu

2020-2023

Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2023

Education

M.S. Polymer Science, University of Akron, 2017

B.S. Material Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2015

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2023

Justin Easa
Justin Easa

2017-2022

Graduated with Ph.D. in May, 2022

Currently UOP Honeywell

Education

B.S. Chemical Engineering and Technology, Arizona State University, 2017

Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 2022

Renxi Jin
Dr. Renxi Jin

2018-2021

Currently at Seagate Technologies, Inc. 

Education

Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, 2016

B.Eng. Chemical Engineering and Technology, Changchun University of Science and Technology, 2011

Professional Experience

Postdoc, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (2018-present)

Postdoc, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University (2016-2018)

Aubrey Jeffries
Aubrey Jeffries

2018-2021

Graduated with M.S. 2022

Education

B.S. Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, 2018

Undergraduate Students Former Undergraduate Students 

Austin Booth
Austin Booth

2019-2022

Currently a Ph.D. student at Princeton University

Education

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (expected graduation 2022)

Kevin Hansen
Kevin Hansen

2018-2020

Education

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (graduated 2020)

Mark Mang
Mark Mang

2019

Education

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame (expected graduation 2021)

Jingruil Wei
Jingrui Wei

Summer 2018 (iSURE program)

Education

Bachelor of Material Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (2019)

Currently a Ph.D. student at University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Haozhe Lu
Haozhe Lu

Summer 2019 (iSURE program)

Education

Bachelor of Material Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University (graduated 2020)

O'Brien Research Group