Expertise
  • Polymers in Membrane Separations and Surface Science

Current Research Areas

  • CO2 recovery from flue gas via enzymatic catalysis and electrodialysis
  • Study of fermentation based biofuels
  • Minimum water consumption of bio-ethanol from corn
  • Reducing the CO2 footprint and energy demand of bio-ethanol
  • Recovery of organic carbon from sea water by electrodialysis and reverse osmosis
  • Fumed silica activation of enzymes for catalysis in solvents
  • Fermentation to produce the porin MSP A
  • Low trans fatty acid membrane-based hydrogenation of soybean oil
  • Virus filtration using membranes
Past Affiliations

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kansas State University

Research Engineer, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Stuttgart)

Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft (Stuttgart)

Associate Professor, Chemical Recovery

Assistant Professor, Chemical Recovery

Research Assistant, University of Texas at Austin

Research Scientist, Membrane Technology and Research, Inc.

Research Scientist, Pharmetrix Corp.

Communities
Chemical Engineering
Degrees
PhD, University of Texas at Austin, Chemical Engineering, 1994
MS, University of Stuttgart , Germany, Process Engineering, 1985
Keywords
chemical engineering membranes electrochemistry polymer science surface science
Languages
English, French, German
Honors

Scientific Excellence Award, National Textile Center, 2002

Associations
American Chemical Society
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
North American Membrane Society