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Grit Kupgan
Grit received his B.S. and M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Oklahoma State University. During his undergraduate studies, he was involved in surface science research and studied peroxide reaction on tungsten hydrogen bronze surfaces for thin film sensor applications. During his M.S., his research focused on improving a gene delivery system using a genetically modified adenovirus in combination with synthetic materials. His M.S. research also involved studying pH effects and excipients screening to stabilize modified viral vectors for pharmaceutical use.
Grit joined Dr. Coray Colina's group at Penn State as a Ph.D. student in chemical engineering during the fall of 2014 (co-advised by Dr. Scott Milner). He is currently working on developing novel nanoporous materials using molecular simulation with focuses on hypercrosslink polymers. The ability to accurately predict the structure-property relationship of these polymeric materials from molecular simulations will have a tremendous impact on the energy industry (gas storage and separation).
