Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Institute of Chemical Technology, 2008
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013
Postdoctoral, Chemical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2017
Contact information
Phone: 713-743-6786
Email: ppbollini@uh.edu
Praveen Bollini specializes in the synthesis, characterization, and mechanistic investigation of catalyst and adsorbent materials of interest to the chemical industry. He obtained his Ph.D. degree from Georgia Tech in 2013 under the advisement of Christopher Jones, and completed a postdoctoral appointment under Aditya Bhan at the University of Minnesota in 2017 following a brief stint conducting heterogeneous catalysis research at The Dow Chemical Company. Since the Fall of 2017 he has been an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Houston, where he leads a research group focused on developing a molecular-level understanding of diffusion, adsorption, and reaction phenomena occurring in nanoporous materials.
GRADUATE STUDENTS
Sadia Afrin
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Favorite book: White Fang
Favorite movie: Lord of the Rings
Email: safrin2@uh.edu
Jacklyn Hall
Purdue University
Favorite book: The Hobbit
Favorite molecule: fructose
Email: jacklynhall171@gmail.com
Xiaohui Zhao (co-advised with Jeffrey Rimer)
East China University of Science and Technology
Favorite athlete: Kimi Raikkonen
Favorite molecule: caffeine
Email: maggiezhao1212@gmail.com
Jiakang Chen (co-advised with Vemuri Balakotaiah)
East China University of Science and Technology
Favorite team: Houston Rockets
Spirit animal: kitten
Email: chenjiakang1229@outlook.com
Mengying Li
Penn State
Favorite book: Harry Potter
Spirit animal: puppy
Email: limengying95@gmail.com
Yikang Peng
University of Connecticut
Favorite sports team: Liverpool Football Club
Favorite athlete: Tim Duncan
Email: yk94622@gmail.com
Xiaowei Wu (co-advised with Ramanan Krishnamoorti)
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Favorite molecule: acetone
Favorite book: A Man Called Ove
Email: xwu26@CougarNet.UH.EDU
Austin Morales (co-advised with Michael P. Harold)
University of California, Santa Barbara
Favorite athlete: Pedro Barros
Favorite movie: Whiplash
Email: austin7117@gmail.com
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
Kevin Fleming
University of Houston
Favorite molecule: Luciferin
Favorite book: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll
GROUP ALUMNI
Juanny Nunez
City University of New York
NSF REU student (Summer 2019)