Students & Postdocs
Ammar Alali
Ph.D. Student
Sidian Chen
Postdoctoral Researcher
Sidian's current research focuses on pore-scale modeling of multiphase fluid flow, multispecies transport, and thermodynamic phase change behaviors in geological and manufactured porous materials.
Cedric Fraces
Ph.D. Student
Matteo Frigo
Postdoctoral Researcher
Matteo's current research involves numerical modeling of quantum mechanics applied to subsurface fracture and fault interactions, and high-performance computing to develop efficient simulations for mechanics.
Salavat Ishbulatov
Ph.D. Student
Shaunak Joshi
Ph.D. Student
Shaunak's research aims to improve the performance of new battery materials, enhancing battery capacity and understanding the underlying expansion mechanisms.
Taeho Kim
Postdoctoral Scholar
Nik Markus Leuenberger
Ph.D. Student
Nik's current research involves pore-scale modeling of batteries through virtual microscopy and simulations.
Ralph Piazza
Ph.D. Student
Ralph focuses on numerical reservoir simulation in his research, specifically working to enhance nonlinear solvers through domain decomposition techniques.
Yu Qiu
Postdoctoral Scholar
Changgyun Son
Ph.D. Student
Changgyun aims to address the high costs associated with simulating large reservoirs in his research, proposing a method that partitions the reservoir into smaller domains for more cost-effective simulations.
Catherine Spurin
Postdoctoral Scholar
Dimitri Trifunac
Ph.D. Student
Teja Tripuraneni
Ph.D. Student
Teja's research involves modeling groundwater flow and mechanics in the geothermal processes.
Sohail Waziri
Ph.D. Student
In his research, Sohail focuses on enhancing computational efficiency and algorithmic understanding in geothermal simulations.