Green Research Group
Meet our team!
Matthew Green
Professor
School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy
- [email protected]
- 480/965-8051
- ENGRC 277 Tempe AZ 85287-6106
Green is the Director of the Center for Negative Carbon Emissions. His research focuses on polymers for use in applications such as water purification, carbon dioxide capture, and nanocomposites.
Postdoctoral Researchers
Marlene Velazco Medel
Member since Fall 2022
Ph.D. in Chemistry (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2022) M.S. in Organic Chemistry (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 2017) B.S. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry (Universidad de Colima, 2013) Marlene designs and
Kacie Niimoto
Member Since 2020
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (ASU, 2025) M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (University of Hawaii at Mānoa, 2020) B.S. in Biological Engineering (University of Hawaii at Mānoa, 2018) Kacie investigates the chemistry and transpor
Ph.D. Students
Romina Keshavarz
Graduate Service Assistant
Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing
Anusha Richelle Henry Raj
Materials Science and Engineering
Member since Spring 2024
B.Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering (Anna University, 2023) Anusha develops and evaluates the performance of poly(zwitterionic) thermo-responsive hydrogels for atmospheric water harvesting (AWH) and direct air carbon
Shahanaz Munnir
Graduate Research Associate, Fulton Scholar
Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing
- [email protected]
- Biodesign Institute Building C 797 E Tyler St Tempe AZ 85281
Marcellinus Ugwu
Graduate Research Associate
Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing
Ramesh Babu Komma
Graduate Research Associate
Biodesign Center for Sustainable Macromolecular Materials and Manufacturing
Undergraduate Students
Weiyu Wu
Environmental Chemistry
Member Since Fall 2023
He is designing amino acid-based sorbents for Direct Air Capture (DAC) and optimizing both lifetime and energy input for regeneration of DAC sorbents. He loves watching movies, reading novels, playing billiards and video game
Sarina Roy-Moder
Electrical Engineering & Minor in Materials Science & Engineering
Member since Spring 2024
She is working with composite materials (carbon nanotubes) and cross-linked polymers to enhance material properties and performance. She investigates structure property relationship to optimize material properties. Outside th
Sriya Sridhar
Chemical Engineering
Member since Summer 2024
Sriya fabricates and tests electro spun poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) fibers to create hyper cross-linked, high-surface-area sorbents with tailored structure and chemistry for stronger water-mediated interactions. This work adva
High School Student
Sarah Bendok
High School Student
Member since Spring 2025
Under the mentorship of Dr. Marlene Velazco-Medel at ASU’s Center for Negative Carbon Emissions, Sarah synthesizes hydrogel sorbents for carbon capture, evaluating CO₂ adsorption, thermal stability, and material properties th
Alumni
- Taysha Telenar (Ph.D. 2025) – Postdoc at Lind Lab, ASU
- Lindsey Hamblin (Ph.D. 2025) – Postdoc at Green Research Lab
- Kacie Niimoto (Ph.D. 2025) – Postdoc at Green Research Lab
- Husain Mithaiwala (Ph.D. 2024) – Dupont, Virginia
- Hoda Shokrollahzadeh Behbahani (Ph.D. 2024)
- Brad Grim (Ph.D. 2024)
- Cameron Morgan (B.S.E. 2024)
- Emmie Bernard (M.S. 2024)
- Adarsh Bakkireddy (M.S. 2023) – Intel
- Zahra Khademmodaresi (Postdoc. 2023)
- Jae Sang Lee (Ph.D. 2023) – Applied Materials
- Mani Modayil Korah (Ph.D. 2023) – Postdoc at Arizona State University
- Salma Ly (B. S.E 2023) – Boeing
- Jasmine Chase (B. S.E 2023)
- Yuta Kaneko (Ph.D. 2023)
- Adam Martin (M.S. 2022) – NXP semiconductors
- Monique Weber (M.S. 2022) – Intel
- Rahul Rakesh Saini (M.S. 2022)
- Douglas Pivonka (B.S.E 2021)
- Alexis Hocken (B.S.E 2021) – Ph.D. student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Tejaswi Nori (M.S. 2021) – Ph.D. student at University of Maryland
- Kari Trimble (M.S. 2020) – Intel
- Michael Tran (M.S. 2020)
- Meng Wang (Ph.D. 2020) – Postdoc at Lehigh University
- Yi Yang (Ph.D., Postdoc. 2020) – Intel
- Dhruv Dholaria (M.S. 2019)
- Daniel Rivera (B.S.E. 2019) – Ph.D. student at Arizona State University
- Zach Tronstad (B.S.E. 2019) – Ph.D. student at University of California, Berkeley
- Nick Silva (B.S.E. 2019)
- Usamma Amjad (M.S. 2018) – Intel
- Katelyn Kline (M.S. 2018) – WL Gore
- Srishti Gupta (M.S. 2018) – Ph.D. student at Arizona State University
- Tyler Piper (M.S. 2018) – Olin Corporation
- Jack Felmly (M.S. 2017)
- Varun P. Kelkar (M.S. 2017)
- Jeffrey Quinn (M.S. 2017) – Sandia National Laboratory
- Kristen Brown (M.S. 2017) – Boston Scientific
- Ana Nelson (B.S.E. 2017)
- Madeline Lent (B.S.E. 2017)
- Alexander Bridge (B.S.E. 2017) – Pursuing a Ph.D. at University of Texas at Austin
- Justin Easa (B.S.E. 2017) – Pursuing a Ph.D. at Notre Dame
- Rama Srinivasan (M.S. 2016)
- Pummy Singh (M.S. 2016) – Intel
- Joe Gaustad (B.S.E. 2016) – IM Flash
- Felicia Romero (B.S.E. 2016) – Stellana
- Anna Moe (B.S.E. 2016) – Pursuing a JD at Cornell Law School
- HeeRan Hong (M.S. 2015)
- Mohammed Altraiki (M.S. 2015) – Schlumberger