Research Scientists

Yuvaraj Sivalingam

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Nanomaterials synthesis, gas sensor arrays, biosensors applications, nanogenerators, photodetector devices, organic field effect transistors

Gopalsamy Karuppasamy

Research Scientist

Research Interests: metal-organic frameworks, Density functional Theory, grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation, Force field development

Simil Thomas

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Density functional Theory, First-principles methods, singlet-fission, metal-organic interfaces

Rafael Canevesi

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Gas and liquid adsorption, Process simulation and optimization, CO2 Capture, Atmospheric water harvesting, Hybrid Processes

Mickaele Bonneau

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), gas sorption, Gas separation, Gas storage, CO2 Capture, thin films, membranes

Javeed Mahmood

Senior Research Scientist

Research Interests: Covalent Organic Frameworks, Hydrogen evolution reactions, Oxygen evolution reactions, Electrochemical Water splitting, Porous polymers

Arijit Mallick

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Metal-Organic Framework, Gas adsorption, ​Chemical sensing materials

Thien Nguyen

​Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Porous organic materials synthesis and characterization, Gas Capture, CO2 conversion, Organic Synthesis

Lukman Alimi, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Design1, preparation and charcterisation of smart materials

Li Cao, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: 2D materials, membranes, Ion conduction

Rifan Hardian, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Organic Solvent nanofiltration (OSN), Mixed matrix membranes, Metal-Organic Framework, Composite membrane

Ruicong Wei, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: MOF1, zeolite, Crystals, Membrane, Gas separation, Electrochemistry, Catalysis

Zhen Li, Ph.D.

Research Scientists

Research Interests: Membrane, polyelectrolyte, nanostructured, Electrochemical

Xiaowei Liu, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: MOFs, COFs, Porous membranes1, adsorption, separation, Molecular simulations

Lakshmeesha Upadhyaya, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Membrane technology1, Nanocomposite membranes1, Mass transport, Polymer science & Engineering

Zain Ali, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Thin-film composites, Interfacial polymerization, Desalination, Gas separation, Hydrogen separation, Membrane science1

Hao Jiang, Ph.D.

Research Scientists

Research Interests: ​Metal-organic Framworks, Gas adsorption and separation, materials structure simulation, topology analysis, Catalysis

Tiara Puspasari, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Polymeric Membranes, Thin Film Composite, Biopolymer, Nanofiltration, Gas separation

Cailing Chen, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: nanomaterial

Sharath Kandambeth, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Porous materials, Crystals, Electro-chemical Science

Qiong Lei, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Electrochemical catalysis, Organic Synthesis, Nanomaterials

Gengwu Zhang, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Supramolecular Organic Research

Roshni Thankamony, Ph.D.

​Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Porous membranes, Mixed matrix membranes, Ultra filtration, Nanofiltration, Gas separation

Osama Shekhah, Ph.D.

Principal ​Research Scientist

Research Interests: MOFs, thin films, Catalysis, sensing

Wojciech Ogieglo, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Composite membranes, membrane technology, Gas separation, ultra-thin polymer films, physics of glasses, swelling phenomena

Basem Moosa , Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Bader Ghanem, Ph.D.

​Senior Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Polymers of intrinsic microporosity, triptycene, membrane gas separation, gas sorption, polyimides, ladder polymers

Vincent Guillerm, Ph.D.

Senior ​Research Scientist

Research Interests: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Covalent-organic frameworks (COFs), Reticular chemistry, Materials design, Porous materials, topology, Crystallography, Sorption/separation processes

Veerappan Mani, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Biosensors, Nanomaterials, Flexible electrodes, Electroanalysis & Bioelectroanalysis, Clinical diagnostics, Real-time in-situ sensors, Deep learning