Principal Investigator
Joaquin Resasco
Assistant Professor
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2012
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2018
Postdoctoral Fellow University of California, Santa Barbara 2018-2020
Joaquin Resasco was born in Mar del Plata, Argentina. He completed his B.S. at the University of Oklahoma, and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley under the guidance of Prof. Alex Bell. At Berkeley, he was an NSF and UC Chancellor’s Fellow. Following his Ph.D. Joaquin was a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Santa Barbara with Prof. Phil Christopher. As of January 2021, Joaquin is an Assistant Professor in the McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. Joaquin is the recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Young Investigator Award, the ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, ACS Materials Au Rising Star in Materials Science, the Forbes 30 Under 30, and AIChE’s 35 under 35.
resasco[at]utexas.edu (he/him/his) | Google Scholar | LinkedIn
Graduate Students
Jay Bender
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Co-advised with Prof. Delia Milliron
B.S. Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, 2020
jay.bender[at]utexas.edu (he/him/his) | Google Scholar | CV | LinkedIn
Shashwati Da Cunha
PhD Candidate
B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2021
shashwatidc[at]utexas.edu (she/her/hers) | Google Scholar | LinkedIn
JIWON KIM
Graduate Research Assistant
B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University, 2023
jiwonkim458[at]utexas.edu (she/her/hers)
Harrison Lippie
Phd Candidate
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2021
harrison.lippie[at]utexas.edu (he/him/his) | LinkedIn
Jon-Marc McGregor
ExxonMobil PhD Scholar and UT McNair Fellow
Co-advised with Prof. Joan Brennecke
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2021
jon-marc.mcgregor[at]utexas.edu (he/him/his) | LinkedIn
Akshat Singh
PhD Candidate
Co-advised with Prof. Delia Milliron
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, 2021
akshat1799[at]utexas.edu (he/him/his) | LinkedIn
Undergraduate Students
PAULA ALEXANDER
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2027
(she/her/hers)
YASEMIN DUNDAR
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2026
(she/her/hers)
Arya balasubramanian
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2026
(she/her/hers)
ALYSSA UVODICH
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2027
(she/her/hers)
ANGEL VALLES
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2026
(he/him/his)
Nicolas Bueno Ponce (NSF PREM REU) (LinkedIn)
Zachary Reihl (LinkedIn)