Principal Investigator
Matthias J. Young, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia,
2010
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado-Boulder,
2015
NSF-GRFP Fellow, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2013-2015
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Standards and
Technology, 2015-2017
Postdoctoral Appointee, Argonne National Laboratory,
2017-2018
Awards and Honors
Richard Wallace Faculty Incentive Grant Recipient (2018)AVS Thin Film Division Paul H. Holloway Young Investigator Award (2020)
ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator Award Recipient (2022)
NSF CAREER Award Recipient (2023)
Outstanding Junior Faculty Researcher Award in College of Engineering (2025)
Students’ Choice Outstanding Professor in Chemical Engineering (2025)
Graduate Students
Shima Mehregan
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Inspection Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran, 2014
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran, 2016
Mahya Mehregan
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran, 2015
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Petroleum University of Technology, Abadan, Khuzestan, Iran, 2019
Amit Datta
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry, University of Dhaka, 2019
Azeez Musa
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemistry
B. Tech. Chemistry, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria, 2015
M.S. Chemistry, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2020
M.S. Chemistry, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 2022
Sabu Adhikari
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2018
M.S. Chemistry Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2023
Colin Gopaul
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Chemistry, Lyon College, Batesville, AR, 2023
Nazifa Khan
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemistry
B.S. Applied Chemistry, University of Dhaka, 2018
M.S. Applied Chemistry, University of Dhaka, 2020
Erick Gutierrez
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, 2024
Campbell Sweet
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2023
NSF GRFP Recipient, 2024
Lucas Kuehnel
Ph.D. Student
Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2023
NSF GRFP Recipient, 2023
Undergraduate Students
Will Murphy
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Expected Graduation: May 2024
Anthony Khoury
Major: Electrical Engineering
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Former Group Members
Xiang Lei Li
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2019
Department of Chemical Engineering
Chandler McCoy
B.S. Chemistry, Lyon College, Batesville, AR, 2018
Hired by Future Fuel, May 2019
Lauren Baratta
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 2021
Hired by Burns & McDonnell, May 2021
Katy Whitledge
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 2021
Pursuing a PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at University of Missouri-Columbia
Drake Sivils
Major: Chemical Engineering and Physics
Quinton Wyatt
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 2022
B.S. Chemistry, Evangel University, 2016
M.S. Chemistry, Missouri State University, 2018
Hired by Brewer Science, December 2022
Gabe Luebbert
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 2022
Hired by Black & Veatch, December 2022
Katrina Brathwaite
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Spring, 2023
Hired by Experitec, Spring 2023
Eric Throm
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Spring, 2023
Hired by Fauske, Fall 2023
Jack Shultz
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, December, 2023
Hired by Burns & McDonnell, Fall 2023
Ryan Gettler
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, May 2024B.S. Chemistry, Columbia College, 2017
Hired by WPC America, Spring 2024
Henry Koenig
B.S. Chemistry University of Missouri-Columbia, May, 2024
Attending Law School at Loyola Law School, Fall 2024
Nikhila Paranamana
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Missouri-Columbia, December 2024
B.S. Chemistry, College of Chemical Sciences, Institute of Chemistry Ceylon-Sri Lanka, 2017
Hired by Intel, Fall 2024
Tawfiq Thabit
B.S.: Chemical Engineering University of Missouri-Columbia, May, 2025
Andreas Werbrouck
MU Materials Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow
B.S. Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, May 2014
Ph.D. in Solid State Sciences, Ghent University, May 2021, Dr. Christophe Detavernier
Postdoctoral Scholar, Stanford University, 2021-2023, Dr. Stacey Bent
MU Materials Science and Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Missouri, 2023-2025, Dr. Matthias J. Young
