PEOPLE
Matt Kanan
Professor, Department of Chemistry
Co-Director, TomKat Center for Sustainable Energy
Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy
Graduate Students
Ben Charnay (he/him)
B.S. The Ohio State University, 2021
Research interests:
CO2 removal/Electrochemical Acid/BaseCo-generation
Kesha Tamakuwala (she/her)
B-Tech & M-Tech IIT Bombay, 2020
Research interests:
Developing catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation
Lucas Sanchez (he/him)
B.S. Brown University, 2021
Research interests:
Developing polymers from CO2 and biomass
Gage Wright (he/him)
B.S. Kansas State University, 2021
Research interests:
Electrochemical Acid/Base Co-generation, Stack Engineering, and C-C Coupling
Robert Kennedy (he/him)
B.A. Harvard, 2022
Research interests:
Developing catalysts for CO2 hydrogenation and materials for CO2 removal
Jason Misleh (he/him)
B.S. Harvey Mudd, 2022
Research interests:
Carbon dioxide removal and Electrochemical Acid/Base Co-generation
Past Postdocs
Tyler Porter
Ph.D. UC San Diego, 2019
B.S. Arizona State University, 2014
Aanindeeta Banerjee
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2018
M.S. IIT Kanpur, 2009
B.S. Presidency College, 2007
Dianne Xiao
Ph.D. UC Berkeley, 2016
B.S. Harvard, 2011
Thomas Veltman
Ph.D. Stanford University (Kanan lab), 2016
B.S. Haverford College, 2007
Changhoon Lee
Ph.D. MIT, 2011
M.S. KAIST, 2000
B.S. KAIST, 1998
Xiaofeng Feng
Ph.D. UC Berkeley, 2013
M.S. Tsinghua University, 2009
B.S. Peking University, 2007
Past Visiting Scholars
Tatsuhiko Yoshino
Ph.D. The University of Tokyo, 2014
M.S. The University of Tokyo, 2011
B.S. The University of Tokyo, 2009
Arnau Verdaguer
Ph.D. TU Denmark, 2015
M.S. TU Denmark, 2012
B.S. University of Barcelona, 2010
Past Graduate Students
Cris Woroch
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2024
B.A. Pomona College, 2019
Kyle Disselkoen
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2023
B.S.E. Calvin College, 2017
Chastity Li
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2023
B.A. Harvard, 2018
Josh Rabinowitz
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2022
B.S. Arizona State University, 2017
Emma Chant
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2022
B.S. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017
Matt Huang
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2022
B.S. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2016
Amy Frankhouser
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2021
B.A. Cornell, 2015
Andrew Lankenau
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2020
B.S. University of Virginia, 2015
Rain Mariano
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2020
B.S. UT Dallas, 2014
Donald Ripatti
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2019
B.S. UC San Diego, 2014
Allison Yau
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2018
B.S. Penn State, 2012 (Double Degree)
Graham Dick
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2017
B.S. UIUC, 2010
Xiaoquan Min
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2016
B.S. Peking University, 2011
Vivian Lau
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2016
B.S. Univ. of British Columbia, 2010
Christina Li
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2015
A.B. Harvard University, 2009
Eugene Beh
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2015
A.B. & A.M. Harvard University, 2009
Craig Gorin
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2014
A.B. Harvard University, 2009
Yihong Chen
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2013
B.S. Peking University, 2008
Emily Wang
M.S. Stanford University, 2012
B.A. Vanderbilt University, 2010
Koyel Bhattacharyya
M.S. Stanford University, 2013
B.S. MIT, 2009
Past Undergraduate Students
India Cox
B.S. Stanford University, 2022
Linyi Gao
M.S. Stanford University, 2014
B.S. Stanford University, 2014
Dylan Barber
B.A. Williams College, 2015
MATT KANAN
mkanan (at) stanford (dot) edu
650-725-3451
MAILING ADDRESS
Stanford University
Department of Chemistry
337 Campus Drive
Lorry I. Lokey Laboratory
Stanford, CA 94305-4401