Our Team

AIRCRAFT converges expertise across 10+ technical disciplines and integrates collaboration across academia, government, communities, and industry. Core institutions include the University of Tennessee, the University of Arkansas, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Tennessee State University (TSU). Additional institutional partners include Alabama A&M, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Florida, University of Central Florida, Mississippi State University, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory with joint faculty at UT.

Team members beside the Center for Renewable Carbon sign

Leadership

Niki Labbe Profile Page
Niki Labbe
University of Tennessee
Role: Center Director
Nour Abdoulmoumine Profile Page
Nour Abdoulmoumine
University of Tennessee
Role: Co-Deputy Director | Site Leader
Charles McCurry Profile Page
Charles McCurry
Tennessee State University
Role: Co-Deputy Director | Site Leader
Meisha Shofner Profile Page
Meisha Shofner
Georgia Tech
Role: Co-Deputy Director | Site Leader
Maria Carreon Profile Page
Maria Carreon
University of Arkansas
Role: Co-Deputy Director | Site Leader
Courtney Siegert Profile Page
Courtney Siegert
Mississippi State University
Role: Co-Deputy Director | Site Leader

Team Members

Vinayak Agarwal Profile Page
Vinayak Agarwal
Georgia Tech
Catherine Ka Armwood-Gordon Profile Page
Catherine Ka Armwood-Gordon
Tennessee State University
Chetan Badgujar Profile Page
Chetan Badgujar
University of Tennessee
Stefan Anthon France Profile Page
Stefan Anthon France
Georgia Tech
Andrea Gardiner Profile Page
Andrea Gardiner
Tennessee State University
Sagnika Ghosh Profile Page
Sagnika Ghosh
Tennessee State University
Will Gutekunst Profile Page
Will Gutekunst
Georgia Tech
David Paul Harper Profile Page
David Paul Harper
University of Tennessee
Mingzhou Jin Profile Page
Mingzhou Jin
University of Tennessee
Michelle Kidder Profile Page
Michelle Kidder
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jeremy Cameron Kirk Profile Page
Jeremy Cameron Kirk
University of Tennessee
Xianyan Kuang Profile Page
Xianyan Kuang
Alabama A&M University
Fangxing Li Profile Page
Fangxing Li
University of Tennessee
Samar Manad Profile Page
Samar Manad
Tennessee State University
Jean Mohammadi-Aragh Profile Page
Jean Mohammadi-Aragh
Mississippi State University
Amit Kumar Naskar Profile Page
Amit Kumar Naskar
University of Tennessee | Center for Renewable Carbon
Jessica Osborne Profile Page
Jessica Osborne
University of Mississippe
Oluwafemi Oyedeji Profile Page
Oluwafemi Oyedeji
Instructor
Emily Ann Paskewitz Profile Page
Emily Ann Paskewitz
University of Tennessee
Deborah Andrea Penchoff Profile Page
Deborah Andrea Penchoff
University of Central Florida
Heidi Renninger Profile Page
Heidi Renninger
Mississippi State University
Erik Sacks Profile Page
Erik Sacks
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Sathish Samiappan Profile Page
Sathish Samiappan
University of Tennessee
Cynthia Sides Profile Page
Cynthia Sides
Alexei P Sokolov Profile Page
Alexei P Sokolov
University of Tennessee
Geoboo Song Profile Page
Geoboo Song
University of Arkansas
Andrew David Sutton Profile Page
Andrew David Sutton
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Kankshita Swaminathan Profile Page
Kankshita Swaminathan
HudsonAlpha
Anthony Trieu Profile Page
Anthony Trieu
HudsonAlpha
Wilfred Vermerris Profile Page
Wilfred Vermerris
University of Florida
Keisha Walters Profile Page
Keisha Walters
University of Arkansas
David J. Weston Profile Page
David J. Weston
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Damon P Williams Profile Page
Damon P Williams
Georgia Tech
Feng Yuan Zhang Profile Page
Feng Yuan Zhang
University of Tennessee