Team

                                              

We strive for a CRISP environment:

C reativity

R espect

I nvestment

S afety

P artnership

 

PI

Lea R. Winter
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
lea.winter@yale.edu

 
 
 
 

PhD Students

Claire Butler
claire.butler@yale.edu
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Transition metal oxynitride catalysts for nitrate reduction and non-thermal plasma activation of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances

 

Cameron Morgan
cameron.morgan@yale.edu
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Plasma-catalytic upgrading of CO2 to value-added chemicals

 

Julia Simon
julia.simon@yale.edu
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Dean’s Emerging Scholars Fellow
Electrified upgrading of waste carbon

 

Kelby Anderson
kelby.anderson@yale.edu
NDSEG Fellow
Plasma-activated CO2 and N2 reduction to value-added chemicals

 

Kerry Chen
kerry.chen@yale.edu
Plasma destruction and conversion of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gas

 

Postdocs

Chaolong Wei
chaolong.wei@yale.edu
Integrated CO2 capture and electrochemical conversion

 

Ji-Yong Kim
ji-yong.kim@yale.edu
Plasma-activated CO2 reduction to value-added chemicals

 

Undergraduates

Eric Chen
eric.chen.ec2226@yale.edu
Electrified processes for carbon dioxide sequestration and conversion to useful hydrocarbons

 
 

Jaime Cha
jungbin.cha@yale.edu
Nitrogen conversion into ammonia using non-thermal plasma

 
 
 
 

Yana Eber
yana.eber@yale.edu
Plasma-activated electrochemical CO2 reduction

 
 
 
                                              Philip Back
                                              philip.back@yale.edu
                                             Plasma HFC destruction
 
                                           Quinn Angell
                                           quinn.angell@yale.edu
                                           Earth-abundant electrocatalysts for nitrate reduction
 
 

Visiting Scholars

 

Alumni

Postdocs

Junyue (Holden) Wang (2024-2025) - Advanced oxidation, greenhouse gas conversion, bacterial and viral inactivation
Current: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maine
 
Yingzheng Fan (2022-2025) - Electrified membranes for nitrate and carbon conversion; Water-energy-environment nexus
Current: Associate Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University

 

Undergraduates

Anna Oehlerking (2023-2025) - Electrified  membranes for nitrate reduction and ammonia recovery
Current: PhD Student at Northwestern University
 
Sherrie Azamatova (2024-2025) - Plasma electrocatalytic CO2 conversion
Current: PhD Student at Northeastern University
 
Jacob Simmons (2024-2025) - Electrical characterization of plasma-water systems
Current: Project Manager, Enyo Renewable Energy
 
Andy Park (2023-2024) - Plasma-activated CO2 reduction
Current: MS Student at Yale
 
Max Saffer-Meng (2022-2024) - Electrified membranes for organic matter degradation, 
Current: PhD Student at UC Boulder
 
Reid Hightower (2022-2023) - Electrified membranes for CO2 reduction in surface waters
 
Saachi Grewal (2022-2023) - Plasma for CO2 activation and upgrading; Plasma for nitrogen reduction, 2022-2023
Current: Scientist at Air Company