Principal Investigator

Dr. Tackett
Dr. Brian M. Tackett
Assistant Professor of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

Google Scholar   Email: tackett24@pitt.edu
Joined Pitt in 2026
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University (2021-2026)
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, NIST (2019-2021)
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Columbia University (2019)
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Pittsburgh (2013)

Graduate Students

Sai Palaparty
3rd Year Ph.D. Student, Pitt ChE
Current work: ....
Email: SAP448@pitt.edu
Eunsoo Shim
1st Year Ph.D. Student, Pitt ChE
Current work: ....
Email: eunsoo.shim@pitt.edu
Sehan Yu
1st Year Ph.D. Student, Pitt ChE
Current work: ....
Email: SEY105@pitt.edu


Po-Chun (Casper) Huang
5th Year Ph.D. Student, Purdue ChE
Current work: ynthesizing materials for solid-oxide cells targeting shale gas valorization (CISTAR NSF center). Previously earned M.S. at Rice University.
M.S. Chemical Engineering, Rice University (2022)
Email: huan1916@purdue.edu
Esin Aydemir
5th Year Ph.D. Student, Purdue ChE
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Bogazici University (2022)
Email: eaydemir@purdue.edu
Samantha Jernigan
4th Year Ph.D. Student, Purdue ChE
(Co-advised by Prof. Stephen Beaudoin) Researching electrochemical flow chemistry of energetic materials. At OSU, synthesized & characterized cuprous oxide photocatalysts for oxidative homocoupling. Hobbies: reading, national parks, D&D, apartment gardening.
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Oklahoma State University (2023)
Email: jernigan@purdue.edu
Enes Akyildiz
4th Year Ph.D. Student, Purdue ChE
(Co-advised by Prof. Bryan Boudouris) Research on next-generation gas diffusion electrodes for CO2RR flow cell applications. In free time: plays reed flute, watches films, enjoys nature walks.
M.S. (2023) & B.S. (2020), Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University
Email: eakyild@purdue.edu
Daecheol Jeoung
4th Year Ph.D. Student, Purdue ChE
(Co-advised by Prof. Vilas Pol) Researching anodes for low-temperature battery applications.
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Seoul University
Email: jeong210@purdue.edu
Piyush Sharma
3rd Year Ph.D. Student, Purdue ChE
(Co-advised by Prof. Can Li) Developing optimization methods for controlling multiple steady states & electrochemical production of carbon-neutral fuels. Previously worked on NLP models for flue gas separations with nanoporous graphene.
M.Tech. Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore (2023)
B.S. & B.E. Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani (2020)
Email: sharm984@purdue.edu
Jyotisman Rath
3rd Year Ph.D. Student, Purdue ChE
Research focuses on electrochemical dehydrogenation of propane in flow-cell conditions. Previously worked on laser-based fabrication of TMOs for water splitting & aqueous batteries. Outside work: photography, music, poetry, traveling.
B.Tech & M.Tech Chemical Engineering, ICT Mumbai (2019-2024)
Email: rath8@purdue.edu

Alumni

Dr. Ashmita Biswas (Ph.D. Institute of Nano Science and Technology-Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India)
Dr. Adriano Braga (Ph.D. University of Sao Paulo)
Ashutosh Bhadouria (Ph.D. ChE 2026, Purdue University)
Matthew Conlon (M.S. ChE 2026, Purdue University)
Hwiyoon Noh (Ph.D. ChE 2025, Purdue University)
Chloe Arana (M.S. ChE 2025, Purdue University)
Michael Ricci (M.S. ChE 2021, Purdue University)
Chunge Li (B.S. ChE 2025, Purdue University)
Matthew Schiavone (B.S. ChE 2024, Purdue University)
Hannah Oberg (B.S. ChE 2024, Purdue University)
Yoonsun Park (B.S. ChE 2023, Purdue University)
Alexandra Earle (B.S. ChE 2025, Purdue University)
Paige Rich (B.S. ChE 2023, Purdue University)
Karen Dayana Gonzalez Morales (2025, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota)
Daniel Alejandro Zea Villa (2025, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin)
Tatiana Giraldo Gomez (2024, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Medellin)
Christopher Barber (REU 2023)
Kelly Lige (REU 2023)
Brynne Massey (REU 2023)
Rebecca Hurwitz (REU 2022)
Logan Maddox (REM 2022)
Nelanne Bolima (REM 2021)
Lauren Oleksy (REM 2021)