PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

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

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

Varad Joshi

University of Mumbai
Favorite molecule: Fluoroantimonic Acid
Favorite movie: Batman Trilogy

Email: vvjoshi2@cougarnet.uh.edu

Joseph Lane

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Favorite sports team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird

Email: jplane@CougarNet.UH.EDU

Meghana Idamakanti

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Favorite molecule: Benzene
Favorite book: The Alchemist

Email: midamaka@CougarNet.UH.EDU

Suchetana Samanta (co-advised with Jeffrey Rimer)

Jadavpur University
Favorite molecule: Furan
Favorite book: The Kite Runner

Email: ssamant2@CougarNet.UH.EDU

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Kevin Fleming

University of Houston
Favorite molecule: Luciferin
Favorite book: Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll

GROUP ALUMNI

Jiakang Chen

Ph.D., 2023
Current position: Engineer at BASF

Mengying Li

Ph.D., 2023
Current position:

Xiaohui Zhao

Ph.D., 2022
Current position: Process engineer at Micron

Sadia Afrin

Ph.D., 2022
Current position: Process engineer at Lilac Solution

Jacklyn Hall

Ph.D., 2022
Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Argonne National Laboratory

Juanny Nunez

City University of New York

NSF REU student (summer 2019)