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Principal Investigator

Tyler R. Josephson, Ph.D.

Professor Josephson’s academic career has included discovering reaction mechanisms in biomass catalysis, predicting multicomponent liquid-phase adsorption in nanoporous materials, and developing and applying interpretable machine learning techniques for chemistry. He is passionate about sustainability, equity, and science communication. During his downtime, he loves learning new things, thinking about deep topics (like science and philosophy), and playing the piano (his favorite pianist being Franz Liszt).

Research Assistants

Samiha Sharlin

Dr. Sharlin received her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering where she developed Monte Carlo simulation methods for modeling water pollutants and evaluated large language models to advance automated scientific discovery. She is currently working to integrate computational methods with AI for molecular science. In her free time, she enjoys exploring nature and listening to spiritual podcasts.

Alexander Haibel

Alexander Haibel is a 2025 graduate from UMBC (Biochemistry major, Math minor) who is staying on as he finishes up projects and applies for graduate school in the coming cycle. He currently works at the intersection of AI and computational chemistry, but is always happy to go down a new rabbithole. Outside of the lab, he is a four-time Brazilian national champion and World Championship participant in League of Legends, and an AEC conference champion / career MVP in swimming.

Graduate Students

Ejike David Ugwuanyi

Ejike David Ugwuanyi received his M.S in Chemical Engineering from Nigeria at Ahmadu Bello University where he worked on the Production of Antimicrobial Soap from a blend of Moringa Oleifera and Castor oil and also determined the activity of the soap against some selected pathogens such as E.coli, S. aureus, and C. albicans. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. at the University of Maryland Baltimore County with a research focus on formalizing chemical theories using the Lean theorem prover. Other areas of interest include using HPC to advance energy equity and environmental sustainability. In his free time, he enjoys watching football and interacting with folks.

Faezeh Shahmoradi
  • Faezeh Shahmoradi (she/her)
  • PhD Student, CBEE
  • fshahmo2 [at] umbc.edu

Faezeh’s journey started in chemical engineering, where she earned her bachelor’s degree, and later she added an MBA to her toolkit. Now, as a Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering, she’s investigating how analogical reasoning could be used to predict material properties. Outside of research, she enjoys being in nature and hiking.

Undergraduate Students

Colin Jones

Colin is majoring in chemical engineering student at UMBC. He values opportunities to work with others and learn new ideas. In his free time, he enjoys exercising, playing chess, and reading science news.

Fariha Agbere

Fariha is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. She values the opportunity to meet people with similar interests or those with different perspectives. She finds meeting new people and being expose to diverse things academically is the way to finding what we are passionate about. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, TV shows (mostly anime) or drawing.

Kevin Ishimwe
  • Kevin Ishimwe (he/him)
  • Undergraduate Student, CSEE
  • kevini1 [at] umbc.edu
  • Kevin-ishimwe
Muhammad Usman
  • Muhammad Usman (he/him)
  • Junior, CBEE
  • musman3 [at] umbc.edu

Muhammad is majoring in Chemical Engineering on the Bioengineering track with a minor in Computer Science. He is particularly interested in the intersection of chemical engineering and computational methods, especially in areas like process and bioengineering. In his free time, he enjoys programming, playing and talking about cricket, and learning about history. A fun fact about him is that he was born and raised in Dubai.

Oscar Matemb
  • Oscar Matemb (he/him)
  • Junior, CSEE
  • od95178 [at] umbc.edu
  • oscar-matemb

Oscar is majoring in Computer Sciene and Mathematics. He joined the lab to help in Lean Theorem proving in August 2023. He enjoys reading, playing sports in spare time and also working towards his private pilote license.

Shashane Anderson

Shashane is pursuing a degree in chemical engineering on the bio track. Her passion for problem-solving serves as her motivation to learn more each day. She engages in activities such as painting, gaming, and listening to music during her spare time.

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Alumni

Undergrads
  • Neil Tran (he/him) - BS CBEE, Fall 2021
  • 2020 - 2021
    Subsequently: PhD Student @ UIUC
  • trannghia
  • Sophia Hamer (she/her) - BS CSEE, Fall 2022
  • 2021 - 2022
    Subsequently: MS Student @ UMBC CSEE
Masters
  • Charlie Fox (he/him) - MS CSEE, Summer 2022
  • 2021 - 2022
    Subsequently: Machine Learning Engineer @ CoVar
  • charlesfoxml
Visiting Students