Education

• B.S., Chemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2018.
• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, expected 2022.

Research Topics

• Membrane treatment for divalent ion separation from industrial waste streams
• Ion exchange processes for CO2 mineralization utilizing industrial waste streams

Publications

• S. J. Bustillos, A. Alturki, D. Prentice, E. C. La Plante, M. Rogers, M. Keller, R. Ragipani, B. Wang, G. Sant, D. Simonetti. “Implementation of Ion Exchange Processes for Carbon Dioxide Mineralization Using Industrial Waste Streams.” Frontiers in Energy Research, 2020, 8, 1-17
• S. Aguilar, S. J. Bustillos, S. Xue, W. H. Mak, C. Ji, E. Rao, B. T. McVerry, E. C. La Plante, D. Simonetti, G. Sant, R. Kaner. “Enhancing Polyvalent Cation Rejection Using Perflourophenylazide-Grafted-Copolymer Membrane Coatins.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 12, 37, 42030-42040

Conference Presentations

• Bustillos, S., Alturki, A., Prentice, D., La Plante, E. C., Sant G., Simonetti, D. Implementation of Ion Exchange Processes for CO2 Mineralization Using Produced Water Streams. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. 2020. Novel Approaches to CO2 Utilization I.