Researchers




Edbertho Leal-Quiros, Ph.D.


Plasma gasification analysis and diagnostics.


Graduate students





Congratulations to Hector Gomez and Ziad Nasef


Ph.D. degrees



Sourov Kumar Mondal, Ph.D. program


Biochar optimization for improved natural insulation materials and flame retardant properties



Isaias Teran, Ph.D. program


Biomass gasification and tar removal from liquid



Giya Kuriakose, Ph.D. program


Tar production reduction in biomass gasification


Undergraduate students


Ikenna Emechete

Former graduate students


Hector Gomez, Ph.D. (2025)
Ziad Nasef, Ph.D. (2025)
Viacheslav Plotnikov, Ph.D. (2019)
Andres Munoz Hernandez, Ph.D. (2018)
Van (Vivian) Duong, M.S. (2015)
Neeraj Sharma, Ph.D. (2014)
Sergio Pineda, M.S. (2009), Ph.D. (2013)


Former undergraduate students


Alex Hammer, Melissa Araiza Mendoza, Rachel Yu, Jesse Martinez, Nathan Nugen, Jackeline Rizo, Mark Kim, Lindsey Corder, Verenize Sotelo, Ray Aguilar, Kovin Aghassi Lelham, Jesus Salas Hernandez, Gabriel Lamas, Octavio Carranza, Juan De Dios Mariscal, Uriel Paez Reyes, Genesis Higueros, Jose Rubalcaba-Cruz, Andrew de Los Santos, Keith Saechao (CAMP 2014), Sean Johnson, Paulo Jeremias (Federal University Santa Catarina, Brazil), Christian Castillo (CAMP 2014), Azucena Robles (McNair Scholars Program 2011, UCLEADS 2012), Adam Martin (UCLEADS 2012), Jose Guadarrama (CAMP 2012), Alexandro Perez-Tovar (CAMP 2013), Daniel Linares (CAMP 2013), Steven Telles (UCSC, UCLEADS 2013), David Larson, Israr Hussain (McNair Scholars Program 2011), Angel Cuevas, Jeffrey Wong, Sheena Truong, Hugo Sanchez, Stephen Fleming, Josue Lopez (UCLEADS 2010), David Unruh, Robert Smith, Vaughn Emmerson, Huimin Li.