Dr. Mahdi Abu-Omar

Principal Investigator

Mellichamp Chair of Green Chemistry and Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara

Courtesy Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara

mabuomar@ucsb.edu

Postdoctoral Researchers

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William Burrato

Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, University of Florida

Research Focus: Inorganic synthesis

wburatto@ucsb.edu

Manasa Perikala

Ph.D. Nanotechnology and Plastic Recycling, Indian Institute of Science

Research Focus: Plastic upcycling

manasap@ucsb.edu

Gurpreet Singh

Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University

Research Focus: Plastic upcycling and catalyst development

gurpreet575@ucsb.edu

Graduate Students

Alexandra Heuston

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Research Focus:

aheuston@ucsb.edu

Jack Hopper

B.S. Chemistry, Louisiana State University

Research Focus: Heterogeneous catalysis of biomass-derived sugar alcohols

jthopper@ucsb.edu

Jack Hopper

B.S. Chemistry, Louisiana State University

Research Focus: Heterogeneous catalysis of biomass-derived sugar alcohols 

jthopper@ucsb.edu

Justin Marlowe

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University

Research Focus: Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass

jmarlowe@ucsb.edu

Melissa Sanchez

B.S. Chemistry, California State University, Fresno

Research Focus: Biomass Conversion

msanchez@chem.ucsb.edu

Yu-Hsuan Lee

B.S. Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Research Focus: Polyolefin upcycling

y_lee476@ucsb.edu

Zach Westman

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona

Research Focus: Chemical Upcycling of Plastics

zwestman@ucsb.edu