Director
Nate Schultheiss, PhD
EOR Lab Director & Director of Unconventional Energy
(765) 494-0226 | nschulth@purdue.edu
Research Interest/Experience:
Team Members
Jeremy Holtsclaw, PhD
Visiting Scholar; Chemist
(812) 494-2817 | jholtscl@purdue.edu
Research Interest/Experience: organic chemistry, hydraulic fracturing and other oil and gas stimulation methods, enhanced oil recovery, polymers, surfactants, complex chemical systems for oil and gas recovery.
Thomas A. Everett, PhD
Analytical Chemist
(765) 496-6671 | everet15@purdue.edu
Research Interest/Experience: Chromatography, Scanning Probe Microscopy, Light Microscopy, Imaging Mass Spectrometry, and Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
Collaborators
Bryan Boudouris, PhD (View Profile)
Robert and Sally Weist Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
(765) 496-6056 | boudouris@purdue.edu
Elias Franses, PhD (View Profile)
Professor of Chemical Engineering
(765) 494-4078 | franses@purdue.edu
Cliff Johnston, PhD (View Profile)
Professor of Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy
(765) 496-1716 | clays@purdue.edu
Hilkka Kenttamaa, PhD (View Profile)
Frank Brown Distinguished Professor — Analytical and Organic Chemistry
(765) 494-0882 | hilkka@purdue.edu
Past Team Members
Jaeyub Chung, PhD
Project: Oil-Water Mixtures and IFT
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Scholar
Tim Henderson, MS
Project: Petroleum geology,
mineralogy, and reservoir characterization
Current Position: National Park Service
Anthony Maquet
Project: Surfactants
Current Position: ADM
Shabrina Nurfitriani, MEng
Project: EOR Surfactant Formulations
Current Position: Unknown
Katherine Wehde, PhD
Project: Miniaturized core flood
system design & testing
Current Position: Covance
Xueming Dong, PhD
Project: Miniaturized core flood
system design & testing
Current Position: NREL
Ben Daum, MEng
Project: SP formulation design
for Kentucky oilfields
Current Position: Engineer at AdvanSix
Andrew Dodd
Project: Miniaturized core flood
surfactant testing
Current Position: Barry-Wehmiller Design Group
Winson Chang
Project: Oil Field Water Treatment
Current Position: Student