Bjarne Kreitz

Portrait of Bjarne Kreitz
bkreitz3@gatech.edu

Bjarne Kreitz is an incoming Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering at Georgia Tech. Kreitz received a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Clausthal University of Technology (Germany). He obtained his Dr.-Ing. in Chemical Engineering from Clausthal University of Technology under the supervision of Prof. Thomas Turek, working on the microkinetic investigation of the transient methanation with experiments and multiscale modeling. 

Kreitz conducted postdoctoral work at Brown University with Prof. Franklin Goldsmith with a Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Before joining Brown, he worked briefly as a postdoc at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) in the group of Prof. Olaf Deutschmann.

Assistant Professor
IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Research Community
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas
Energy
  • Fuels
  • Energy and National Security

Julia Yang

Portrait of Julia Yang
jhyang@gatech.edu

Julia Yang, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her research has enabled fundamental understanding of battery materials by advancing computational approaches to resolve transport in disordered electrodes and explain reactivity in organic electrolytes. She is a co-author on more than 14 publications and four patents, a recipient of the Harvard University Center for the Environment Fellowship (2022-2024), and a NextProf Nexus alum (2023). She is deeply committed to educating the next generation of diverse minds by prioritizing equity, inclusivity, and belonging, starting from within the classroom and beyond. 

Prof. Yang received her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, with an additional major in Physics, from Carnegie Mellon University and her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from U.C. Berkeley as an NDSEG Fellow under the guidance of Prof. Gerbrand Ceder. During her graduate studies, she was an AI Resident with X, the Moonshot Factory. She led postdoctoral work at Harvard University as an Environmental Fellow working with Prof. Boris Kozinsky and collaborating with Prof. Ah-Hyung Alissa Park. 

Assistant Professor
Office
Bunger-Henry 303
IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Research Community
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas
Energy
  • Energy Storage
  • AI Energy Nexus
  • Critical Minerals
  • Electric Vehicles

Corey Wilson

Corey Wilson
corey.wilson@chbe.gatech.edu

Biography
Research Interests

Previously an associate professor of chemical & environmental engineering, biomedical engineering, and molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University, Wilson joined Georgia Tech in 2016.   His research group focuses on establishing an integrated experimental and computational framework to translate our understanding of the fundamental principles of biophysics and biochemistry (i.e., the physicochemical properties that confer function) into useful processes, devices, therapies, and diagnostics that will benefit society.
Education
PhD, Rice University

Love Family Professor
Phone
(404) 385-5397
Office
EBB 5014
IRI/Group and Role
Bioengineering and Bioscience > Faculty
Bioengineering and Bioscience
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Krista Walton

Krista Walton
krista.walton@chbe.gatech.edu

Krista S. Walton is the Associate Dean for Research & Innovation in the College of Engineering and Professor and Robert "Bud" Moeller Faculty Fellow in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Georgia Tech. She received her B.S.E. in chemical engineering from the University of Alabama-Huntsville in 2000 and obtained her Ph.D. in chemical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 2005, working with Prof. M. Douglas LeVan. Prof. Walton completed an ACS PRF Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University in 2006 under the direction of Prof. Randall Snurr.

Her research program focuses on the design, synthesis, and characterization of functional porous materials for use in adsorption applications including carbon dioxide capture and air purification. She has published > 80 peer-reviewed articles and presented dozens of plenary lectures and invited seminars. Prof. Walton currently serves as an Associate Editor for the ACS Journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, and is the Director and Lead PI of Georgia Tech’s DOE Energy Frontier Research Center, UNCAGE-ME. Prof. Walton’s accomplishments have been recognized by many prestigious awards including the inaugural International Adsorption Society Award for Excellence in Publications by a Young Member of the Society (2013) and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (2008).

Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Robert "Bud" Moeller Faculty Fellow, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Associate Dean for Research and Innovation, College of Engineering
Phone
404.894.5254
Office
Bunger-Henry 421
Additional Research

CO2 Capture; Climate Change Mitigation; Metal-Organic Frameworks; Separation Membranes; Biofuels; Carbon Capture; Catalysis; Separations Technology; Environmental Processes; Energy & Water; Separation Technologies; Aerogels & Hydrogels; Biochemicals

IRI/Group and Role
Energy > Research Community
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Zhaohui (Julene) Tong

Zhaohui (Julene) Tong
zt7@gatech.edu

The Tong Lab tackles challenges in the interdisciplinary areas of bioresource engineering and sustainable chemistry. We develop innovative technologies for producing chemicals, materials, energy, and fuels from renewable resources.

Current research interests include:

  • Functional biomaterials for high-efficiency circular economy
  • Platform chemicals and hydrocarbon fuels from renewable resources
  • Sustainable process control and modeling
  • Nano-biomaterial synthesis and self-assembling
  • Polymer degradation and recycling

Disciplines:

  • Materials and Nanotechnology

  • Energy and Sustainability

Associate Professor
RBI Lead: Waste Valorization in Food-Energy-Water
Phone
404.894.3098
Office
ES&T 2226
IRI/Group and Role
Sustainable Systems > Fellow
Renewable Bioproducts > Faculty
Renewable Bioproducts > Leadership
Energy > Research Community
Sustainable Systems
Renewable Bioproducts
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas
Sustainable Systems
  • Resource and Materials Use

Mark Styczynski

Mark Styczynski
mark.styczynski@chbe.gatech.edu

Mark Styczynski is an Associate Professor in the School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), doing research at the interface of synthetic and systems biology as applied to metabolic systems. His synthetic biology work focuses on the development of low-cost, minimal-equipment biosensors for the diagnosis of nutritional deficiencies in the developing world. His systems biology work uses computational and experimental methods to characterize metabolic dynamics and regulation using metabolomics data. He has received young investigator awards from the NSF, DARPA, and ORAU. He has won multiple department-and institute-level teaching awards at Georgia Tech. He founded and was the first president of the Metabolomics Association of North America (MANA), and is a Council Member in the Engineering BiologyResearch Consortium.

Professor
Phone
404-894-2825
Office
EBB 4013
Additional Research
Modelling and controlling metabolic dynamics and regulation (metabolic engineering). Biofuels. Systems biology-based experimental and bioinformatics analysis of metabolism Synthetic biology for the development of biosensors and diagnostics The main focus of theStyczynski groupis the experimental and computational study of the dynamics and regulation of metabolism, with ultIMaTe applications in metabolic engineering, biotechnology, and biosensors/diagnostics.
IRI/Group and Role
Bioengineering and Bioscience > Faculty
Energy > Research Community
Bioengineering and Bioscience
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Patricia Stathatou

patricia@gatech.edu
Assistant Professor
Office
Renewable Bioproducts Institute, Room 423
Additional Research

Environmental remediation, Renewable energy sources, Lifecycle Impact Assessment & Techno-economic Assessment of Sustainable Technologies, Processes & Products

IRI/Group and Role
Renewable Bioproducts > Faculty
Energy > Faculty
Energy > Research Community
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas
Energy
  • Fuels
  • Energy Economics, Policy, and Public Health
  • Sustainable Communities
  • Water, Wind, and Solar
  • Supply Chain

Carsten Sievers

Carsten Sievers
carsten.sievers@chbe.gatech.edu

Sievers’ research interests are in heterogeneous catalysis, reactor design, applied spectroscopy, and characterization and synthesis of solid materials. Combining these interests he seeks to develop processes for the production of fuels and chemicals. His research program combines fundamental and applied research.

In fundamental studies, a suite of analytical and spectroscopic techniques (e.g. IR, NMR) is used to gain knowledge on structure-reactivity relationships of heterogeneous catalysts. Moreover, surface reactions are studied on a molecular level to identify reaction pathways over different catalysts. Information obtained from these studies provides the foundation for designing innovative catalysts.

Applied studies focus specific catalytic processes. For these projects, continuously operated flow reactor systems are designed. Different catalysts are tested for reactivity, selectivity and stability and the influence of the operating conditions is investigated. Catalyst deactivation is studied in detail to develop suitable regeneration methods or to avoid deactivation entirely by improved catalyst design. Specific projects include hydrodeoxygenation of pyrolysis oils, selective hydration of polyols, conversion of sugars into lactic acid and ethylene glycol, and selective oxidation of methane.

An important goal of Sievers’ research is to enable technology for utilization of alternative resources in order to reduce the current dependence of oil. Among these biomass is a particularly promising candidate because it is renewable and can be produced CO2 neutral.

Sievers has contributed to 80 peer reviewed publications on heterogeneous catalysis in petroleum refining (isobutane/2-butene alkylation, fluid catalytic cracking, hydrotreating), alkane activation, supported ionic liquid as catalysts for fine chemical synthesis, and biomass processing.  He is Director and Past President of the Southeastern Catalysis Society, former Program Chair and Director of the ACS Division of Catalysis Technology & Engineering, former Director of the AIChE Division of Catalysis and Reaction Engineering, and Editor of Applied Catalysis A: General.

Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
RBI Initiative Lead: Maximizing the Value of Products from Plastics Upcycling
Phone
404.385.7685
Office
ES&T 2218
Additional Research

Biomass; Biofuels; Catalysis; Advanced Characterization; Gasification; Biorefining; Lignin Upgrading; Catalysis; Energy & Water; Separation Technologies; Chemical Feedstocks; Sugars; Lignin & Hemicellulose

IRI/Group and Role
Renewable Bioproducts > Faculty
Renewable Bioproducts > Leadership
Energy > Hydrogen Group
Energy > Research Community
Sustainable Systems
Renewable Bioproducts
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Research Areas
Sustainable Systems
  • Resource and Materials Use

David S. Sholl

David S.  Sholl
david.sholl@chbe.gatech.edu

Sholl’s research focuses on materials whose macroscopic dynamic and thermodynamic properties are strongly influenced by their atomic-scale structure. Much of this research involves applying computational techniques such as molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo simulations and quantum chemistry methods to materials of interest. Although the group's work is centered on computational methods, it involves extensive collaboration with experimental groups and industrial partners.

Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Phone
404.894.2822
Office
ES&T 2214
Additional Research

Metal-Organic Frameworks; Separation Membranes; Separations Technology; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen; SMART Manufacturing; Sustainable Manufacturing; Biochemicals

IRI/Group and Role
Data Engineering and Science > Faculty
Energy > Research Community
Data Engineering and Science
Energy
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Joseph Scott

Joseph Scott
jscott319@gatech.edu

Joseph K. Scott is an associate professor in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his BS from Wayne State Univ. and his MS and PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), all in chemical engineering. His honors include the 2012 Best Paper Award from the Journal of Global Optimization, the 2016 W. David Smith, Jr. Award from the Computing and Systems Technology Div. of AIChE, the 2014–2016 Automatica Paper Prize from the International Federation of Automatic Control, and the 2016 Air Force Young Investigator Research Program Award. His research interests include process modeling and simulation, dynamic systems, process control, and optimization theory and algorithms.

Associate Professor
Additional Research
Optimization theory and algorithms (global, dynamic, stochastic, etc.), control theory and algorithms (MPC, set-based estimation, reachability analysis, fault detection), and process modeling and simulation. Current applications include pressure swing adsorption, membrane reactors, renewable energy systems, AC power flow, aircraft flight dynamics, and robot motion planning.
IRI/Group and Role
Renewable Bioproducts > Faculty
Renewable Bioproducts
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology > College of Engineering > School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering