People

Current Graduate Students


Teresa Kirschling

Nanomaterial impacts on subsurface geochemistry and microbial communities, bioavailability of polymer nanomaterial coatings.


Rui Ma

Dissolution and transformation of Silver Nanoparticles in the aqueous environment.


Brian Reinsch

Transformation/ageing and characterization of engineered nanomaterial composition and morphology under environmental conditions, synchrotron techniques, and simulated weathering of nanoparticles.


Zhiqiang (Eric) Li

Effect of polymeric and NOM coatings on toxicity of nanoparticles to E. coli.


Stacey Louie

Effect of morphology of polymer/NOM-coated nanoparticles on transport in environmental media.


Djuna Gulliver

Microbial ecology in deep subsurface carbon sequestration sites.


Jee-Eun Song

Effect of stabilizer properties on nanoparticle attachment in chemically hetrogeneous media.

 


Megan Leitch

Assessing the potential for releases of engineered nanomaterials used in polymer nanocomposites.

 

 


Bundhit (Kai) Chucherdwatanasak

Heteroaggregation of engineered nanomaterials in aquatic environments.

 

 


Craig Griffith
Assessment of CO2 leakage potential through seal rock formations at proposed carbon capture and storage sites in the US.

 


Dan Hussain

CO2 Capture and storage at enhanced oil recovery (EOR) sites.

Dan's Companies:
www.apvusa.com
www.american-patent-agency.com
www.insanemath.com
 

   

 

Current Post-Doctoral Researchers


Matt Hotze

Particle surface chemistry and coatings related to transport, reactivity and fate in environment.

 

   

 

Current Undergraduate Researchers


Karen Yu

Transformations of Ag NPs in a simulated wetland ecosystem

 

   

Past Researchers


PhD and Master

Navid Saleh (PhD)
University of South Carolina - Civil & Environmental Engineering

Tanapon (Pom) Phenrat (PhD/Post Doc)
Naresuan University, Thailand - Civil Engineering

Hye-Jin Kim (PhD)

Barbara Kutchko (PhD)
Department of Energy - National Energy Laboratory (NETL)

Sameer Khaitin (PhD)
Cal Trans, Los Angeles, CA

Yueqiang (Alan) Liu (PhD)
Weston Solutions, NH

Joshuah Stolaroff (PhD)
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Julian Fairey (Post Doc)
University of Arkansas, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Kathleen McDonough (Post Doc)
Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati, OH

Paul Murphy (MS)

Kathleen Johnson (MS)
BEC Environmental, Inc., Las Vegas, NV

Ragunuth Kurnool (MS)

Karl Greden (MS)
 

Undergraduate

Lisa Plimpton (BS)

Daniel Schoenfelder (BS)

Meghan Smith (BS)

Dan Caballero (BS)

Mark Olah (BS)

Lee Tharps (BS)