People

Principal Investigator

Dr. Greeshma Gadikota

Research Interests: Developing clean methods for producing clean energy carriers such as hydrogen,  while at the same time capturing and converting the carbon dioxide created into a useful and environmentally harmless solid. One thread of her research involves using X-ray scattering, tomography and spectroscopy techniques to observe chemical reactions as they happen, possible allowing researchers to develop a method of producing hydrogen without creating greenhouse gases. More broadly, Gadikota would like to develop a method for observing the reaction environments for any solid-liquid-gas system. Gadikota is also studying the feasibility of pulling acid gases from dilute and heterogeneous gas streams and understanding how reactive fluids and solids behave in extreme subsurface and engineered environments.

Postdoctoral Research Associates:

Current

  • Divya Prasad, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2023)
  • Amrita Preetham, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2024)
  • Dhruvi Patel, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2023)
  • Aditi Chatterjee, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2023)
  • Rituparna Hazra, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (to begin in 2024)
  • Kamran Aghaee, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (2023)
  • Mahadeo Mahadik, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (to begin in 2024)
  • Pushpraj Patel, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (2023)

  Ph.D. Students:

Current

  • Sri Vishnu Pusarapu, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Prarabdh Jain, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Peilong Lu, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2021) 
  • Yang Xia, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Akanksh Mamidala, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Shardul Prabhu, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Prashik Manwatkar, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Dhruv Mehta, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Porus Jadhav, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Sarthak Sahu, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Vaibhav Upadhayay, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Mpho Ratsuma, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Aparna Choudhary, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 

 M.S. Students

Current

  • Prakhar Sharma, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Chaeyeon Kang, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University 

Undergraduate Research Students (see awards section for undergraduate students support):

Current

  • Ronan Ford, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Avantika Vaish, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Samantha Liao, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University 
  • Leo Huntington, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Cornell University