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, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2023)
  • Rakesh Sarma, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2023)
  • Dhruvi Patel, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2023)
  • Rajashekhar Marthi, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2022)
  • Sohaib Mohammed, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2021)
  • Hassnain Asgar, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2022)
  • Aditi Chatterjee, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since 2023)

 Past

  • Zihao Li, Currently at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (since 2022)
  • Ruyi Zheng, Currently at Los Alamos National Laboratory (since 2023)

 Ph.D. Students:

Current

  • Prince Ochonma, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2019) – Recipient of the Link Energy Fellowship
  • Sri Vishnu Pusarapu, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022) – Recipient of the McMullen Fellowship
  • Prarabdh Jain, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Peilong Lu, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2021) – Recipient of the Cornell CEE Graduate Student Fellowship
  • Xun Gao, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2019)
  • Yang Xia, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Akanksh Mamidala, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Demola Ogunnaike, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Shardul Prabhu, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Prashik Manwatkar, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (Fall 2023)

 Past 

  • Meishen Liu, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2021)
  • Sohaib Mohammed, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2021)
  • Hassnain Asgar, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2022) 

M.S. Students

Current

  • Sherman Zhi, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Prakhar Sharma, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022)
  • Tony Nugroho, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Fall 2022) 

Past

  • Minkyeong Kim, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2023)
  • Monika Skadborg, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University joint with Denmark Technical University (DTU) (graduated in 2023)
  • Ruiyi Zhang, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2023)
  • Yang Jia, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2022)
  • Akanksh Mamidala, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2022)
  • Jinglin Li, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (graduated in 2022) 

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

Current

  • Amy Wu, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Summer 2023)
  • Trent Donaldson, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (since Summer 2023)
  • Mayra Miranda, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (since Spring 2023) 

Past

 

  • Sahil Patel, College of Arts and Sciences, Cornell University (Summer 2023)
  • Akanksha Srivastava, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (Summer 2021 – Spring 2023)
  • Allison Hohenshil, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (Summer 2020 – Fall 2021)
  • Ajay Krishna Sunkara, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University (Spring 2021 – Summer 2021)
  • Erin Huang, Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022)
  • Claire Blaudeau, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (Fall 2020)
  • Xavier Jiang, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University (Spring 2021)
  • Alicia Wagner, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (Summer 2021)
  • Casey Walike, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (Spring 2021)
  • Nina Blahut, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University (Fall 2019)