![headshot of Varun Awasthi](https://www.colorado.edu/lab/holewinski/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/people/varun_awasthi.jpg?itok=6nhK0lqy)
1st Year PhD Student • Co-advised with Charles Musgrave
Varun's research is focused on experimental and theoretical characterization of the effect of cathodic corrosion on the mechanism of reduction of biomass-derived compounds like levulinic acid, and the electrochemical reduction of carboxylic acids in strongly acidic, non-aqueous media.