Cody听Ritt

  • Assistant Professor
  • CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
Cody Ritt in a dark suit and tie with a building blurred in the background

Cody Ritt will join the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at 桃色视频 in Spring 2026.听

Education

  • PhD, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University (2022)
  • MS, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University (2019)
  • BS, Civil and Environmental Engineering, North Dakota State University (2016)

Selected awards and honors

  • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Dissertation Award (2023)
  • Schmidt Science Fellowship Finalist (2022)
  • ACS C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Award (2021)
  • NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2016)
  • North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute (NDWRRI) Fellowship (2016)
  • Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship (2015)

Selected publications听

  1. C.L. Ritt鈥*, M.G. Barsukov鈥, I.V. Barsukov, E.M. Syth, M. Elimelech, 鈥淚nfluence of graphite geography on the yield of mechanically exfoliated few-layer graphene,鈥 Carbon, 208, 355-364 (2023)
  2. C.L. Ritt, J.P. de Souz, M.G. Barsukov, S. Yosinski, M.Z. Bazant, M.A. Reed, M. Elimelech, 鈥淭hermodynamics of charge regulation during ion transport through silica nanochannels,鈥 ACS Nano听16, 15249-15260 (2022)
  3. C.L. Ritt鈥, M. Nami鈥, M. Elimelech, 鈥淟aser interferometry for precise measurement of ultralow flow rates from permeable materials,鈥 Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 9, 233-238 (2022)
  4. C.L. Ritt, M. Liu, T.A. Pham, R. Epsztein, H.J. Kulik, M. Elimelech, 鈥淢achine learning reveals key ion selectivity mechanisms in polymeric membranes with subnanometer pores,鈥 Sci. Adv. 8, 2, eabl5771 (2022)
  5. C.L. Ritt鈥, T. Stassin鈥, D.M. Davenport, R.M. DuChanois, I. Nulens, Z. Yang, N. Segev-Mark, A. Ben-Zvi, M. Elimelech, C.Y. Tang, G.Z. Ramon, I.F.J. Vankelecom, R. Verbeke, 鈥淭he Open Membrane Database: Synthesis鈥搒tructure鈥損erformance relationships of reverse osmosis membranes,鈥 J. Membr. Sci.听641, 119927 (2022)
  6. C. Lu, C. Hu, C.L. Ritt, X. Hua, J. Sun, H. Xia, Y. Liu, D. Li, B. Ma, M. Elimelech, J. Qu, 鈥淚n situ characterization of dehydration during ion transport in polymeric nanochannels,鈥 J. Am. Chem. Soc.听143, 14242-14252 (2021)
  7. W.-H. Zhang, M.-J. Yin, Q. Zhao, C.-G. Jin, N. Wang, S. Ji, C.L. Ritt, M. Elimelech, Q.-F. An, 鈥淕raphene oxide membranes with stable porous structure for ultrafast water transport,鈥 Nat. Nanotechnol.听16, 337-343 (2021)
  8. C.L. Ritt, J.R. Werber, M. Wang, Z. Yang, Y. Zhao, H.J. Kulik, M. Elimelech, 鈥淚onization behavior of nanoporous polyamide membranes,鈥 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.听117, 30191-30200 (2020)
  9. R. Epsztein, R.M. DuChanois, C.L. Ritt, A. Noy, M. Elimelech, 鈥淭owards single-species selectivity of membranes with subnanometre pores,鈥 Nat. Nanotechnol.听15, 426-436 (2020)
  10. C.L. Ritt鈥, S.K. Patel鈥, A. Deshmukh, Z. Wang, M. Qin, R. Epsztein, M. Elimelech, 鈥淭he relative insignificance of advanced materials in enhancing the energy efficiency of desalination technologies,鈥 Energy Environ. Sci.听13, 1694-1710 (2020)
  11. C.L. Ritt鈥, J.R. Werber鈥, A. Deshmukh, M. Elimelech, 鈥淢onte Carlo simulations of framework defects in layered two-dimensional desalination membranes: Implications for permeability and selectivity,鈥 Environ. Sci. Technol.听53, 6214-6224 (2019)
(* = corresponding, 鈥 = co-first)


Research Interests

Escalating populations and industrialization of global communities have imposed unprecedented pressures on Earth's natural resources鈥攚ith expanding water and energy demands at the heart of these pressures. Advancing selective separations, particularly those dictated by membranes, is critical for tackling challenges at this water鈥揺nergy nexus. The increased complexity of new-age water resources that were once considered waste, but are now necessary targets of valorization (e.g., industrial brine), demands materials that are selective, modular, and resilient. However, designing the next generation of membranes and other selective nanoporous materials is currently limited by the empirical approaches and conventional materials used to drive innovation.
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By integrating precision nanofluidic platforms听throughout the design process for novel nanoporous materials, the Ritt Lab, also known as the Nanofluidic Separations (NanoSep) Lab, will develop synthesis鈥搒tructure鈥損erformance relationships that translate from the molecular to the macroscopic scale and enable sustainable separations for water and energy applications. Our goal is to engineer bottom-up solutions to complicated separation problems.
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Applications of interest include, but are not limited to, water purification and reuse, recovery of critical energy minerals, organic solvent nanofiltration, electrochemical energy generation/storage, and plant nanobionics.

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