Post-doctoral fellows

Carolina Tristan

Carolina Tristan

  • Joined in Jan 2024.
  • Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Cantabria, 2023.

Research topics: Superstructure Optimization, Generalized Disjunctive Programming, Process System Engineering.

Hamta Bardool

Hamta Bardool

  • Joined in Summer 2024.
  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Purdue University/Shiraz University, 2023.

Research topics: Reactor and catalysis modeling, simulation, and optimization.

Doctoral students

Albert Lee

Albert Lee

  • Joined in Fall 2022.
  • B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Korea University, 2021.

Research topics: Superstructure Optimization, Generalized Disjunctive Programming.

Anurag Ramesh

Anurag Ramesh

  • Joined in Fall 2023
  • B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, 2023.

Research topics: Benchmarking Classical and Quantum Algorithms for Optimization and Computational Chemistry.

Yirang Park

Yirang Park

  • Joined in Fall 2023
  • B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2015.
  • Professional M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 2019.

Research topics: Pharmaceutical Process Synthesis and Optimization.

Pedro Maciel Xavier

Pedro Maciel Xavier

  • Joined in Fall 2024. Visiting Scholar during Fall 2023.
  • B.Eng. Computer & Information Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2022.
  • B.Sc. Mathematics, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, 2022.

Research topics: Operations Research, Quantum Optimization

Sergey Gusev

Sergey Gusev

  • Joined in Fall 2024
  • B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Gubkin University, Moscow, 2016.
  • MSEng, Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, 2019.

Research topics: Hybrid Quantum Algorithms for Structured Optimization Problems in Process Systems Engineering.

Andres F. Cabeza

Andres F. Cabeza

  • Joined in Fall 2024
  • B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, 2017.
  • M.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, 2023.

Research topics: Optimization-aided process synthesis and operations

Visiting scholars

Mateo Huertas Marulanda

Mateo Huertas Marulanda

  • Joined in Spring 2025.
  • B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, National University of Colombia, 2025.

Research topics: Process Control, Machine Learning and Optimization.

Daniel Anoruo

Daniel Anoruo

  • Joined in Summer 2025.
  • B.Sc. Computer Science, Towson University, expected 2026.

Research topics: Federated Learning, Machine Learning, Quantum Computing

Undergraduates

Alexander (AJ) Collins

Alexander (AJ) Collins

  • Joined in Spring 2025.
  • B.Sc. Integrated Business and Engineering, Purdue University, expected May 2027.

Research topics: Marketing and Business Analytics.

Ben Murray

Ben Murray

  • Joined in Spring 2024.
  • B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, expected May 2025.

Research topics: Optimization of reliability design.

Akshay Mahajan

Akshay Mahajan

  • Joined in Spring 2025.
  • B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, expected May 2026.

Research topics: Process Systems Machine Learning.

Sai Karthik

Sai Karthik

  • Joined in Spring 2025.
  • B.Sc. Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, expected December 2026.

Research topics: Pharmaceutical Process Synthesis and Optimization.

Alan Yi

Alan Yi

  • Joined in Summer 2025.
  • B.Sc. Computer Science, Purdue University, expected May 2027.

Research topics: Quantum Federated Learning for Biomedical Applications.

Azain Khalid

Azain Khalid

  • Joined in Summer 2025.
  • B.Sc. Computer Science, Purdue University, expected May 2028.

Research topics: Quantum Integer Programming and Machine Learning

Principal Investigator

David Bernal Neira

David E. Bernal Neira

Alumni

Postdoctoral fellows

  • 2024. Amandeep Singh Bhatia. North Carolina State University. LinkedIn GitHub

Visiting scholars

  • 2024. Iago Leal de Freitas. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. GitHub LinkedIn
  • 2024. Juan S. Rodríguez F. AgroParisTech Université Paris-Saclay. GitHub ORCID

Undergraduates

Our Members' Locations

Location

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480 Stadium Mall Drive
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
USA