Our research focuses on developing an advanced understanding of chemo-morphological coupling in materials at gas-solid, gas-liquid-solid, and liquid-solid interfaces for applications related to the earth, energy, and environment.
Key research themes include
- Chemical and morphological tuning of materials of reaction-driven gas separation and storage, and for the safe disposal of contaminants
- Closing the elemental cycles by integrating the enhanced recovery of essential fuels and resources with safe and permanent intercalation or storage of environmentally hazardous gases and materials
Application areas of interest: natural and engineered materials for carbon dioxide storage and methane recovery; novel integrated pathways for carbon dioxide capture, utilization and storage; advanced carbonate and clay chemistry and morphology; tracers for fluid migration; natural and engineered colloidal systems as drilling fluids; valorization of industrial residues; metal cycling in the environment; and functionalization of materials for industrial and process water treatment.
The Sustainable Energy and Resource Recovery Group is led by Assistant Professor, Greeshma Gadikota at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is a faculty member in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, the Environmental Chemistry & Technology Program, and the Geological Engineering Program. She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering (2014), MS degrees in Chemical Engineering (2011) and Operations Research (2008) from Columbia University and a BS in Chemical Engineering (2007) from Michigan State University. Greeshma was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University and Columbia University and a research associate at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (Gaithersburg, MD) prior to UW-Madison.