
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
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering New York University

ERAY AYDIL
Operations Director
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
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
New York University
RESEARCH TEAM
SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

DHARIK MALLAPRAGADA
Thrust Co-Lead
MIT Energy Initiative
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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
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
Department of Chemical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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
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