Peer Reviewed Publications
Haas C.P., Lübbesmeyer M., Jin E.H., McDonald M.A., Koscher B.A., Guimond N., et al., “Open- Source Chromatographic Data Analysis for Reaction Optimization and Screening,” ChemRxiv. Submitted to ACS Cent. Sci. (2022) (link)
McDonald M.A., Sharma A., Rose H.B., Chernoff Y.O., Behrens S.H., Bommarius A. S., “Modeling Amyloid Aggregation Kinetics: A Case Study with Sup35NM,” J. Phys. Chem. B 2021, 125, 19, 4955–4963 (link)
McDonald M.A., Salami H., Harris P.R., Lagerman C.E., Yang X., Bommarius A.S., Grover M.A., Rousseau R.W., “Reactive Crystallization: A Review,” React. Chem. Eng., 2021, 6, 364-400 (link)
Salami H., McDonald M.A., Bommarius A.S., Rousseau R.W., Grover M.A., “In Situ Imaging Combined with Deep Learning for Crystallization Process Monitoring: Application to Cephalexin Production,” Org. Process Res. Dev. 2021, 25, 7, 1670–1679 (link)
Salami H.; Lagerman C.E., Harris P.R., McDonald M.A., Bommarius A.S., Rousseau R.W., Grover M.A., “Model development for enzymatic reactive crystallization of β-lactam antibiotics: a reaction– diffusion-crystallization approach,” React. Chem. Eng., 2020,5, 2064-2080 (link)
McDonald M.A., Marshall G.D., Bommarius A.S., Grover M.A., Rousseau R.W., “Crystallization kinetics of cephalexin monohydrate in the presence of cephalexin precursors,” Cryst. Growth Des. 2019, 19, 9, 5065–5074 (link)
McDonald M.A., Bommarius A.S., Grover M.A., Rousseau R.W., “Direct observation of growth rate dispersion in the reactive crystallization of ampicillin,” Processes 2019, 7 (6), 390 (link)
McDonald M.A., Bommarius A.S., Grover M.A., Rousseau R.W., “Continuous reactive crystallization of β-lactam antibiotics catalyzed by penicillin G acylase. Part II: Case study on ampicillin and product purity,” Comput. Chem. Eng. 2019, 126, 332-341 (link)
McDonald M.A., Bommarius A.S., Rousseau R.W., Grover M.A., “Continuous reactive crystallization of β-lactam antibiotics catalyzed by penicillin G acylase. Part I: Model development,” Comput. Chem. Eng. 2019, 123, 331-343 (link)
McDonald M.A., Bromig L., Grover M.A., Rousseau R.W., Bommarius A.S., “Kinetic model discrimination of Penicillin G Acylase thermal deactivation by non-isothermal continuous activity assay,” Chem. Eng. Sci. 2018, 187, 79–86 (link)
McDonald M.A., Bommarius A.S., Rousseau R.W., “Enzymatic reactive crystallization for improving ampicillin synthesis,” Chemical Engineering Science, 165, 81-88 (link)
Education and Experience
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Postdoc project: Accelerating Molecular Discovery
Advised by Klavs Jensen
Georgia Institute of Technology
PhD Dissertation: Continuous Manufacturing of beta-Lactam Antibiotics by Enzymatic Reactive Crystallization
Advised by Andreas Bommarius, Martha Grover, and Ronald Rousseau
Princeton University
Undergraduate Thesis: Electrically Conductive Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Reinfornced Graphene Aerogels
Advised by Ilhan Aksay
Teaching, Mentorship, and Professional Service
Teaching Assistant Classes (at Georgia Tech)
- Kinetics and Reactor Design, 2019
- Process Control Laboratory, 2018
- Unit Operations Laboratory, 2017
Students Mentored
- Supriya Lall, 2022 (MIT)
- Rabab Alrufayi, 2021-2022 (MIT)
- Grant Marshall, 2018-2020 (Georgia Tech, now Emory Law)
- Long Nguyen, 2017-2018 (Georgia Tech)
- Jonathan Bentata Benezry (Georgia Tech, now at Gravyty)
- Tunde Hambulo (Georgia Tech, now at BP)
Professional Service
- Gordon Research Seminar Chair, 2020, 2022, Biocatalysis
- AIChE Annual Meeting Session Chair, 2022, 676-PAT and Crystallization
- MIT Science Policy Review Contributor, 2022-present, topics including Automation in Manufacturing
- Klavs Jensen Group Safety Manager, 2021-present
Honors and Awards
Biocatalysis Gordon Research Conference poster award, 2022
Georgia Tech Sigma Xi Best PhD Thesis Award, 2021
Schmidt Science Fellows Georgia Tech Finalist, 2020
AIChE Separations Division Graduate Student Research Award in Crystallization and Evaporation, 2020
Crystal Growth and Assembly Gordon Research Conference poster award, 2019
Georgia Tech Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Symposium presentation award, 2019
Chih Foundation Graduate Student Research Publication Award, 2018
Air Products Best Undergraduate Thesis Award, Princeton University, 2015