People
Dr. Yuan Yao
Director of Sustainability Systems Analysis Lab. Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science and Engineering. Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA, 2016. B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, Northeastern University, China, 2011. Management for Scientists and Engineers, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, 2015
Graduate Students
Kai Lan
Ph.D. student (2017 Fall -). B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. M.S in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Mochen Liao
Ph.D. student (2017 Fall – ) B.S. Applied Chemistry, South China University of Technology
Darlene Echeverria
Ph.D. student (2018 Fall – ). M.S. Forest Biomaterials, NCSU, 2018. B.S. Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Maria Herrera Diaz (co-advised with Dr. Steve Kelley)
Ph.D. student. B.S. Chemical Engineering, Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
Zhenzhen Zhang (co-advised with Dr. Katherine Martin and Dr. Kathryn Stevenson)
Ph.D. student (2017 Fall – ). Bachelor of Agriculture, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, China. M.S. in Environmental Informatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Rodrigo Buitrago Tello
Ph.D. student (2018 Fall – ). M.S. in Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Master in Chemical Process Engineering and Sustainable Development, Universidad del País Vasco, Spain. B.S. Chemical Engineering, Fundación Universidad de América, Colombia
Boyu Wang
Ph.D. student (2019 Fall-). M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Maryland, 2019. B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 2017
Postdoctoral Fellow
Adam Scouse, PhD
Postdoctoral Research Scholar (2018 Fall – ). PhD in Forest Biomaterials, North Carolina State University, 2018. MS in Wood Science & Engineering, Oregon State University, 2012. BS in Wood Science & Forest Products, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 2009
Alumni
Kristen Tomberlin
- M.S. in Forest Biomaterials (2017-2019)
- Research Project – Life Cycle Carbon Analysis of U.S. Pulp and Paper Grades Using Self-Reported Mill Data
Sara Johnson – Adidas.
- M.S. in Textile Engineering (2018-2019)
- Research Project – Supply Chain Analysis of Waste Cotton and End-of-Life Applications
Alec Nabinger – bioMASON Inc.
- B.S. in Sustainable Materials and Technology (2017-2019)
- Research Project – Data-Driven Approach to Unveil Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensities of Different Pulp and Paper Products