Professor Christodoulos A. Floudas
Stephen C. Macaleer '63 Professor in Engineering and Applied Science,
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering

Brief Biographical Sketch
Curriculum Vitae

Post-doctoral Associates

Dr. Apostolos Georgiou, December 1988 - July 1990.
Current position : Senior Engineer, ExxonMobil Corporation.

Dr. Vassilios Vassiliadis, October 1993 - October 1994.
Current position : Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Cambridge University, UK.

Dr. Ioannis Androulakis , November 1993 - May 1996.
Current position : Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rutgers University.

Dr. Marianthi Ierapetritou , April 1996 - August 1998.
Current position : Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers University.

Dr. Manos Chajakis, October 1999 - April 2000.
Current position : Merrill Lynch, New Jersey

Dr. Karl Westerberg , September 1997 - July 2002.
Current position : Assistant Professor, Physics Department, City College of San Francisco.

Dr. Stavros Caratzoulas , July 2001 - July 2002.
Current position : Visiting Scholar, University of Delaware.

Dr. John Klepeis , June 2002 - July 2003.
Current position: D.E. Shaw Research and Development, New York, NY.

Dr. Ioannis Akrotirianakis , September 2001 - July 2004.
Current position: SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC.

Dr. Martin Monnigmann , April 2004 - March 2005.
Current position: Professor, University of Bochum, Germany.

Dr. Munawar Shaik Abdul , February 2005 - July 2007.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT, New Delhi, India.

Dr. Yanjie Wei , March 2008 - present.

Dr. Jie Li , January 2009 - present.

Dr. Chrysanthos Gounaris , January 2010 - present.

Dr. Zukui Li , June 2010 - present.

Doctoral Students

Dr. Granville E. Paules IV - April 1990.
Current position: Senior Engineer, Aspen Technology.

Dr. Amy R. Ciric - May 1990.
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Dayton.

Dr. Avanish Aggarwal - October 1990.
Current position: Process Engineering Supervisor, Bechtel International, Inc.

Dr. Antonis C. Kokossis - May 1992.
Current position: Professor, Centre for Process and Information Systems Engineering, University of Surrey, England.

Dr. Polycarpos Psarris - May 1992.
Current position: Financial Consultant, J.P. Morgan, New York, NY.

Dr. Michael L. Luyben - April 1993.
Current position: Senior Engineer, E.I. Du Pont deNemours, Wilmington, DE.

Dr. V. Visweswaran - May 1995.
Current position: VP of Technology, SCA Technologies, LLC, Pittsburgh, PA.

Dr. Conor M. McDonald - May 1995.
Current position: Senior Engineer, Invista, Atlanta, GA.

Dr. Costas D. Maranas - May 1995.
Current position: Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University.

Dr. Claire S. Adjiman - May 1998.
Current position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology, Imperial College, London, England.

Dr. Carl A. Schweiger - May 1999.
Current position: Senior Research Engineer, Pavilion Technologies, Austin, TX.

Dr. Stephen Harding - December 2000.
Current position: Project Engineer, Advanced Process Combinatorics, Inc., Lafayette, IN.

Dr. William "Randy" Esposito - April 2001.
Current position: Staff Scientist, Nalco Company, Naperville, IL.

Dr. John Klepeis - April 2002.
Current position: Research Scientist, D.E. Shaw Research and Development, New York, NY.

Dr. Heather Schafroth - February 2003.
Current position: Harvard Law School, Harvard University.

Dr. Xiaoxia Lin - April 2003.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan.

Dr. Zeynep H. Gumus - April 2003.
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Weill Medical School, Cornell University.

Dr. Clifford Meyer - February 2004.
Current position: Research Fellow, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard University.

Dr. Stacy L. Janak - January 2007.
Current position: Senior Software Developer, Aspen Technology, Inc., Houston, TX.

Dr. Scott R. McAllister - February 2008.
Current position: Senior Engineer, Exxon Mobil, Fairfax, VA.

Dr. Ho Ki Fung - October 2008.
Current position: Research Associate, EPFL, Switzerland.

Dr. Chrysanthos Gounaris - October 2008.
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University.

Dr. Meng Piao Tan - January 2009.
Current position: Associate, Pacific Capital.

Dr. Rohit Rajgaria - May 2009.
Current position: Associate, Citibank.

Dr. Peter DiMaggio - January 2010.
Current position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University.

Peter Verderame - Sixth year doctoral student.

Meghan Bellows - Fifth year doctoral student.

Ashwin Subramani - Fifth year doctoral student.

Rich Baliban - Fourth year doctoral student.

Jitendra Kanodia - Fourth year doctoral student.

Ruth Misener - Fourth year doctoral student.

Josephine Elia - Third year doctoral student.

James Smadbeck - Second year doctoral student.

Eric First - Second year doctoral student.

Research Assistants

A. Rojnuckarin - May 1994.

J. Bossert - May 1996.

N. Nayak - May 1996.

T. Hene - May 1997.

D. Rein - May 1997.

M. Matz - May 1998.

L. Murphree - May 1998.

M. Ow - May 1998.

C. Gaffney - May 1999.

Brian Mickus - August 2000 - May 2003.

Michael Pieja - May 2001.

Milica Folic - July 2001 - August 2001.

Christopher R. Loose - May 2002.

David R. Volk - May 2002.

Jared Jensen - May 2003.

Sasha Rao - May 2004.

Ralph Kleiner - September 2003 - May 2005.

Huan Zheng - September 2002 - May 2005.

Rachel Hoff - May 2005.

Marty Taylor - May 2005.

Paul Reiter - May 2005.

Cole DeForest - May 2006.

Lucy H. Lin - June 2006 - present.

Belinda Slakman - May 2009 - August 2009.

Yuhong Liu - September 2009 - May 2010.

Vivek Pamulapati - September 2009 - May 2010.

Jeff Thompson - September 2009 - present.

Catie Bartlett - June 2010 - present.