Malmali Reaction and Separations Laboratory
People
Principal Investigator
Mahdi Malmali, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas Tech University
807 Canton Ave
Lubbock, TX 79409-3121
Ph: 806-834-8706
Fax: 806-742-3552
Email: mahdi.malmali@ttu.edu
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Postdoctoral Researcher
Amit Kumar Thakur, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar, 2019 - present
Email: amit.thakur@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 211A
Ph.D., Chemistry, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India, 2016
M.Sc., Chemistry, Jai Prakash University, India 2009
B.Sc., Jai Prakash University, India, 2007
Research Focus: Treating Produced Water with Membrane Distillation
Graduate Students
I-Min Hsieh
Ph.D. Student - 2017
Email: i-min.hsieh@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 211A
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2014
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 2011
Research Focus: Treating Produced Water with Membrane Ditillation
Fouzia Nowrin
Ph.D. Student - 2019
Email: fouzia.h.nowrin@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 215B
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2014
Research Focus: Composite Catalyst For Ammonia Synthesis
Bosong Lin
Ph.D. Student - 2017
Email: bosong.lin@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 215B
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 2016
Research Focus: Unraveling Membrane Distillation Fouling Mechanism through Experimentation and Computation
Md Hasib Al Mahbub
Ph.D. Student - 2020
Email: hasib.mahbub@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 215B
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2015
Research Focus: Mechanical Vaport Compression - Membrane Distillation
Tanveer Mahtab
Ph.D. Student - 2021
Email: smahtab@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 211A
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, 2018
Research Focus: Integrated Reaction and Absorption
Justin Rosenthal
B.S./M.Sc. Student - 2018
Email: Justin.Rosenthal@ttu.edu
M. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2021
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2020
Research Focus: Laser-induced Graphene Membranes
Yanick Fosta
M.Sc. Student - 2018
Email: yanick.fotsa@ttu.edu
M. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, 2021
B. Sc., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Douala, 2015
Research Focus: Reaction-Absorption for Ammonia Synthesis
Tanya Srivastava
M.Sc. Student - 2020-
Email: tasrivas@ttu.edu
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, Gujarat, 2017
Research Focus: Organic Solvent Nanofiltration
Daniel Hrtus
Visiting M.Sc. Student
Email: Daniel.Hrtus@ttu.edu
Office: MERC 215B
B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, 2018
Research Focus: Intensified Ammonia Production
Undergraduate Students
John Lance
B. Sc. Student - Summer 2019 - present
Email: john.Lance@ttu.edu
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Expected 2020
Research Focus: Electrospun Janus Membranes
Austin Lomas
B. Sc. Student - Fall 2018 - present
Email: Austin.Lomas@ttu.edu
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Expected 2022
Research Focus: Desorbing Ammonia from Metal Halides
Virgillio Garcia
B. Sc. Student - Summer 2019 - present
Email: virgilio.garcia@ttu.edu
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Expected 2021
Research Focus: Pretreating (DAF and Flocculation) Produced Water
Aditya Dimri
B. Sc. Student - Summer 2019 - present
Email: aditya.dimri@ttu.edu
B. Sc., Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Expected 2021
Research Focus: Fit-for-Purpose Pretreatment of Produced Water
Group Alumni
Christopher Adebunmi (UG)
*UG: Undergraduate
*G: Graduate
Malmali Group - Fall 2019
Malmali Group - Fall 2019
Malmali Group - Summer 2018
