Background

Education

• Purdue University, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2025 – Present)
• West Virginia University, B.S. Chemical Engineering (2025)

Experience

• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Oishi Sanyal Lab, West Virginia University: (2024 – 2025)
• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Madelyn Ball Lab, West Virginia University: (2022 – 2024)

Project Description

Studying solvent effects in porous environments on catalytic reactions.

Publications

• Abir, M. A.; Kulkarni, M.; Phillips, R. E.; Harrah, J. Z. M.; Ball, M. R. Spectroscopic Investigation of the Influence of Ni Particle Size in CO2 Methanation. Nanoscale 2026
• Abir, M. A.; Phillips, R. E.; Klug, J.; Monte, G.; Harrah, J.; Schreiber, K.; Ball, M. R. Gadolinium-Modified Nickel Catalysts for Enhanced CO2 Methanation. ACS Catal. 2025, 15 (24), 20472–20484.
• Abir, M. A.; Phillips, R. E.; Harrah, J. Z. M.; Ball, M. R. Investigation of Titania and Ceria Support Effects in Nickel Catalyzed CO 2 Methanation. Catal. Sci. Technol. 2024, 14 (16), 4506–4521.