
DC-MUSE TEAM
DC-MUSE convenes a highly-diverse team of experts in chemical engineering, chemistry, electrical engineering, materials science, operations research, computer science, business, law, and social sciences to decarbonize chemical manufacturing via electrification.
CENTER LEADERSHIP

ANDRÉ TAYLOR
Center Director
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University

ELIZABETH BIDDINGER
Center Deputy Director
Department of Chemical Engineering
The City College of New York, CUNY

SIMON MASHALA
Center Managing Director
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering New York University

ERAY AYDIL
Operations Director
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University
Research Co-Director
Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Civil and Systems Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

MIGUEL MODESTINO
Research Co-Director
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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University
RESEARCH TEAM
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

DHARIK MALLAPRAGADA
Thrust Co-Lead​
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University

KYRI BAKER
Thrust Co-Lead​
Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department
University of Colorado, Boulder

YURY DVORKIN
Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department of Civil and Systems Engineering
Johns Hopkins University

BRI-MATTHIAS HODGE
Department of Electrical, Computer, and Energy Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder

ALEX CATTRY
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University
ELECTROCHEMICAL MANUFACTURING

DANIEL ESPOSITO
Thrust Lead​
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University

ERAY AYDIL
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University

ELIZABETH BIDDINGER
Department of Chemical Engineering
City College of New York, CUNY

GERARDINE (GERRI) BOTTE
Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas Tech University

SANAT KUMAR
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University

STEPHANIE LEE
Department of Chemistry
New York University

KARTHISH MANTHIRAM
Caltech's Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

MIGUEL MODESTINO
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University

AYASH SAHU
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University

WILSON SMITH
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
University of Colorado, Boulder

MAUREEN TANG
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Drexel University

ANDRÉ TAYLOR
Department of Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
New York University

YUSHAN YAN
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Delaware
OANA LUCA
Department of Chemistry
University of Colorado Boulder

JULIANA SILVA ALVES CARNEIRO
Department of Chemical Engineering
Columbia University in the City of New York

JUSTIN BUI
Chemical and
Biomolecular Engineering
Caltech
PLASMA MANUFACTURING

RYAN HARTMAN
Thrust Lead​
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University

LARS GRABOW
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Houston

MIKE HAROLD
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Houston

VINCENT DONNELLY
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Houston
MODELLING AND CHARACTERIZATION

ROBERT MESSINGER
Department of Chemical Engineering
City College of New York, CUNY

CHARLES MUSGRAVE
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Colorado University, Boulder

NAV NIDHI RAJPUT
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University

ESTHER TAKEUCHI
Department of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering
Stony Brook University