Back row left to right: Mitchell Lau, Dr. Zeev Porat, Muhammad Haroon, Ritchie Ngompe, Dr. Shweta Sharma. Front row left to right: Kaz Nakao, Dr. Chris Wirth, KangJin Lee
Christopher Wirth, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Case School of EngineeringEmail: wirth@case.edu
Phone: 216.645.3023
Learn more about Dr. Christopher Wirth: Dr. Chris Wirth CV
What we expect if you work with us: Wirth Lab Expectations
Postdoctoral Fellow
Shweta Sharma
Shweta is working on on synthesizing and testing novel additives for coatings and its effect on skinning in paints using non-invasive techniques like Optical Coherence tomography.
KangJin Lee
KangJin is working on modeling the complex fluid in flow batteries and testing different surfactants for flow battery applications.
Doctoral Students
Muhammad Haroon
Haroon is investigating dynamics of catalytically active Janus particles near a boundary and analyzing the mechanism of their motion using Scattering Morphology Resolved- Total Internal Reflection Microscopy (SMR-TIRM).
Undergraduate Students
Mitchell Lau
Mitchell is studying the impact of particle preparation methods and surface properties on velocities of active Janus particles using microscopy tools.
Ritchie Ngompe
Studying the flow dynamics of carbon black slurries in flow battery systems while testing surfactants to enhance stability and performance.
Kazutada Nakao
Kaz is working on clustering of active particles near boundaries.
Group Alumni
PhDs
KangJin Lee (Spring 2025)
Hairou Yu (Spring 2025)
Marola Issa (Spring 2024)
Jiarui (Gary) Yan (Summer 2023)
Aidin Rashidi (Spring 2020)
Postdocs
Prateek Dwivedi (Spring 2026)
Sithara Vinood (Spring 2025)
Mohan Das (Fall 2023)
Aidin Rashidi (Fall 2020)
Sergio Dominguez-Medina (Fall 2020)
Masters
Lily Gould (Spring 2021)
Mingji Li (Spring 2021)
Mike March (Spring 2020)
Jiarui (Gary) Yan (Summer 2018)
Sri Harsha Nuthalapati (Spring 2018)
Selwin Varghese (Fall 2017)
Mehul Gamara (Fall 2017)
Cornelius Obasanjo (Fall 2016)
Venkateswara Rao Kode (Spring 2017)
Will Tuttle (Spring 2017)
Nick Turner (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates
High School Students
Adam Caroscio (Spring 2020)
Samuel Baugh (Spring 2020)
Graduations
John Juchnowski, Spring 2017 Graduation — May 13th, 2017. BS in Chemical Engineering
Cornelius Obasanjo, Fall 2016 Graduation — Dec 18th, 2016. MS in Chemical Engineering
Defenses
Marola Issa, Doctoral Defense, February 2024
Aidin Rashidi, Doctoral Defense, April 2020
Jiarui Yan, Doctoral Candidacy Exam, March 2020
Sarah Bouchahine, Honors Thesis, May 2019
Jiarui Yan, MS Thesis Defense, August 2018
Payton Lewis, Honors Thesis, May 2018
Mehul Gamara, MS Project Presentation, December 2017
Selwin Varghese, MS Thesis Defense, December 2017
Will Ivancic, MS Thesis Defense, December 2017
Aidin Rashidi, Doctoral Candidacy Exam, November 2017
Will Tuttle, MS Project, April 2017
Venkateswara Rao Kode, MS Project, April 2017
Will Ivancic Honors Thesis, May 2016
Nick Turner MS Project, December 2015
Old Group Photos
Undergraduates Poster Session — August 2021. Left to Right: Oliver Lee, Matthew Pitell, Jin Nettles, John Mays, and Marola Issa.
Left to Right: Aidin Rashidi, Alison Kennedy, Mandy Huynh, Marola Issa, Hairou Yu, Mingji Li, Jiarui Yan, Sergio Dominguez-Medina, Chris Wirth
Wirth Lab — February 2020. Left to Right: Mandy Huynh, Marola Issa, Mohammed Kalil, Hairou Yu, Jiarui Yan, Sergio Dominguez-Medina, Aidin Rashidi, Chris Wirth. Not Pictured: Alison Kennedy, Mingji Li, Selwin Varghese
Wirth Lab Protocol Day — December 2019. Left to Right: Mohammed Kalil, Aidin Rashidi, Jiarui Yan, Marola Issa, Alison Kennedy, Chris Wirth, Sergio Dominguez-Medina
Wirth Lab — June 2019. Left to Right: Tyler Leibengood, Selwin Varghese, Chris Wirth, Steven Bengele, Mohammed Kalil, Peter Howard, Alison Kennedy, Samuel Baugh, Jiaru Yan. Not Pictured: Aidin Rashidi, Mike March, Lily Gould, Adam Caroscio, Kevin Gardella
Wirth Lab — June 2018. Left to Right: Chris Wirth, Jiarui Yan, Selwin Varghese, Ken Gregg, Aidin Rashidi, Marola Issa, Marissa Trivisonno, Naik Yusufi, Mohammed Kalil. Not Pictured: Dan Stralka, Marissa Kostandaras
Wirth Lab — July 2018. Not Pictured: Dan Stralka, Marissa Kostandaras, Mohammed Kalil
Wirth Lab, 'C' is for Colloid (Cleveland Indians Game, 12-0 Win, June 2018). Left to Right: Marissa Trivisonno, Jiarui Yan, Marissa Kostandaras, Ken Gregg, Marola Issa. Not Pictured: Dan Stralka, Naik Yusufi, Mohammed Kalil, Chris Wirth, Aidin Rashidi, Selwin Varghese
Wirth Lab — January 2018. Left to Right: Aidin Rashidi, Jiarui Yan, Will Ivancic (Emeritus), Chris Wirth, Selwin Varghese, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, Payton Lewis. Not Pictured: Nandini Padaraju
Wirth Lab (Cleveland Indians Game, 2-1 Win, July 2017). Left to Right: Jiarui Yan, TJ Markiezwicz, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, Chris Wirth, Aidin Rashidi, Selwin Varghese. Not Pictured: William Ivancic, Nandini Padaraju
ACS CSSS 2017, CCNY, New York City, NY. Left to Right: Aidin Rashidi, Chris Wirth, William Ivancic, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, Selwin Varghese
Wirth Lab (Cleveland Monsters Game, 4-2 Win, December 2016). Left to right: John Juchnowski, Will Ivancic, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, Chris Wirth, Aidin Rashidi
Wirth Lab at Washkewicz College of Engineering Research Day, November 18th, 2016 Left to Right: Chris Wirth, Selwin Varghese, John Juchnowski, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, William Ivancic, Aidin Rashidi. Not Pictured: Cornelius Obasanjo, Venkateswara Rao Kode, Mehul Gamara
Wirth Lab (Bowling Night in the Afternoon, April 2016) Left to Right: Selwin Varghese, Cornelius Obasanjo, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, Aidin Rashidi, Venkateswara Rao Kode, Chris Wirth. Not Pictured: William Ivancic
Wirth Lab August 2015 Left to Right: Chris Wirth, Aidin Rashidi, William Ivancic, Richard Schmitt, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, Jason Wolf, Nick Turner, and Cornelius Obasanjo. Not Pictured: Ian Burns
Wirth Lab (Cleveland Indians Game 4-1 Loss, July 2016) Left to Right: Aidin Rashidi, John Juchnowski, Will Ivancic, Chris Wirth, Sri Harsha Nuthalapati, Selwin Varghese. Not Pictured: Cornelius Obasanjo, Venkateswara Rao Kode