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People

 

People (left to right, top row): Si Li, Ati Esfandiari, Zijie Zheng, Anthony Matar, Emma Palmer, Duncan Shih; (bottom row): Shenyi Dai, Dayna Cline, Claire Baldus, Charlie Werth, Kuan-Lin (Eric) Lee, Girish Kumar

 

Ph.D. and M.S. Students, and Post-Docs

Claire Baldus

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Rare earth element recovery from wastewater using 3D Printable Bioreactors.

 

Carolyn Brady

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Novel nanoparticle alloy catalyst synthesis for oxyanion reduction in drinking water.

 

Shenyi Dai

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: CVOC diffusion and abiotic reaction in low permeability clay aquitards.

 

Dayna Cline

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: PFAS sorption to particulate activated carbon.

 

Atefeh Esfandiari

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Biogeochemical reactions affecting subsurface hydrogen storage.

 

Girish Kumar

Post-doc at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Reactive transport modeling of CVOC transport and abiotic reaction.

 

Si Li

Visiting Graduate Student (from Tongji) at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Electrochemical treatment of pharmaceuticals.

 

Anthony Matar

Graduate Research Assistant the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Field-site monitoring of PFAS concentration and flux in groundwater.

 

Eric (Kuan-Lin) Lee

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin
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Research: Electrocatalytic reduction of oxyanions in drinking and waste water.

 

 

Emma Palmer

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: The role of electron shuttles in iron reduction in natural systems.

 

Duncan Shih

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Reactive transport of CVOCs and PFAS in low permeability clays.

 

Zijie Zheng

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin

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Research: Reactive transport of PFAS in PCA amended groundwater.

 

Former PhD  Students

 

David Kyungtae Kim

David (Kyungtae) Kim

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin
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Research: effect of surfactant adsorption on Eagle ford shale reactivity with CO2 and Brine.

Somayeh G Esfahani

Somayeh G Esfahani

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin
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Research: modeling biodegradation of TCE in porous media under aerobic/anaerobic conditions.

Jacob P Troutman

Jacob P Troutman

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin
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Research: use of metal alloy catalysts in the hydrogen gas facilitated reduction of nitrogen species in wastewater.

Chenxu Yan

Jerry (Chenxu) Yan

Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Texas at Austin
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Research: nitrate removal with resource recovery from drinking water throught electrolytic hydrogen production using novel materials.
Lang Zhou

Dr. Lang Zhou, PhD U. Texas, 2021

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Samantha J Fuchs

Samantha J Fuchs, PhD U. Texas 2021

Engineer, Geosyntec Inc.
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Cameron Oden

Cameron Oden, PhD U. Texas 2020

Assistant Professor at University of New Haven
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Reinaldo E Alcalde

Reinaldo E Alcalde, PhD U. Texas 2020

Post-doc at Caltech
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Erin Berns

Erin Berns, PhD U. Texas 2020

Assistant Professor at University of Wisconsin Green Bay
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Justin Hutchison

Justin Hutchison, PhD UIUC 2018

Assistant Professor at University of Kansas
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Kyle Michelson

Kyle Michelson, PhD UIUC 2018

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Spurti U Akki

Spurti U Akki, PhD UIUC 2018

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2018
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Victoria Boyd

Victoria Boyd, PhD UIUC 2017

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017
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Allison M Bergquist

Allison M Bergquist, PhD UIUC 2016

Environmental Engineer at ExxonMobil Research & Engineering
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Jinyong Liu, PhD UIUC 2014

Assistant Professor University of California Riverside
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Jong Kwon Choe

Jong Kwon Choe, PhD UIUC 2013

Associate Professor at Seoul National University
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SNU Sustainable Environmental Technology Lab
Brian P Chaplin

Brian P Chaplin, PhD UIUC 2007

Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago
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Thomas Willingham, PhD UIUC 2006

Senior Scientist at ExxonMobil
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Changyong Zhang, PhD UIUC 2005

Senior Scientist at ExxonMobil
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Hongkyu Yoon, PhD UIUC 2005

Scientist at Sandia National Laboratory
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Chad Knutson, PhD UIUC 2004

Engineer at 84codes
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Sangjo Jeong, PhD UIUC 2004

Professor at Korean Military Academy
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Cheema Chomsurin, PhD UIUC 2003

Professor at Kasetsart University (Thailand)
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Jun Li, PhD UIUC 2002

Environmental Engineer at Sandia National Laboratory
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Former Post-Docs