Komala Krishnaswamy
Komala has a M.Sc. in chemistry from I.I.T.Madras (1987) and a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Colorado State University (1994). She served as a research assistant at Indian Institute of Science (1988-1989) and as a postdoctoral fellow at Colorado State University (1994-1995) and California Institute of Technology (1995-1996). She has taught chemistry at California State University Los Angeles (1996), University of Houston (1997) and Houston Community College (1997-present date). She is currently professor of chemistry at Houston Community College.
Dr. Sunder Ramachandran
Sunder has a M.Sc. in chemical engineering from I.I.T.Madras (1987), a Ph.D. in Chemical engineering from I.I.T. Madras (1991) and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Colorado State University (1994). He served as a postdoctoral fellow at California Institute of Technology (1994-1996). Sunder has worked in the oil industry from 1996 to 2026. He worked at Baker Hughes from 1996 to 2014. He worked for Aramco Services Company from 2014 to 2015. He worked at Baker Hughes from 2016 till 2026. Sunder developed corrosion inhibitors, surfactants and hydrogen sulfide scavengers for the oil industry. He has patents on chemicals that make it more economical to sequester carbon dioxide. Sunder received the Distinguished Service Award from NACE in 2019. He received the Technical Service Achievement Award from NACE in 2020. He also received the Lifetime Technical Achievement Award from Baker Hughes in 2022. Sunder has over 100 publications and conference papers. He has 36 US patents in his name.
Arathi Ramachandran
Arathi has a B.S. in Materials Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2012). She was awarded a C.P.G.S from the Department of Materials Science at University of Cambridge (2014). Her Ph.D. from the same department is expected soon. She has worked as a research intern at St. Gobain Glass in Thourotte, France (2012 June – 2012 September) and as a research staff (April 2017-June 2018) at Korea Institute of Material Science in Changwon, South Korea.
Neela Srinivasan
Neela Srinivasan has a M.Sc. in Physics from I.I.T.Madras and a M.S. in Computer Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her work experience has been varied. She has worked in the software industry, taught math in elementary and middle schools as a volunteer, did data analysis in the environmental science department at De Anza College, and she has been teaching environmental science at De Anza since 2011. She loves being out in nature. She has taught field and lecture classes in the Wildlife Science Technician Program as well as the introductory Environmental Science course.