Current Lab Members
Bruce Rittmann Ph.D., Regent's Professor and Director of the Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology Rittmann CV 2020
Chen Zhou Ph.D., Asst. Research Professor
Yen-Jung (Sean) Lai Ph.D., Asst. Research Scientist
Everett Eustance Ph.D., Asst. Research Scientist
Min Long PhD, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Sarah Arrowsmith, Research Laboratory Coordinator
Christopher Muse, Instrument TechnicianCarole Flores
, Business Operations Manager
Jie Cheng, Visiting Scholar, PhD student researcher.
Banu Taskan, Visiting Scholar.
Ergin Taskan, Visiting Scholar.
Sahar Saleem, Visiting Scholar.
Maheen Mahmood, Graduate Research Assistant, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Jacqueline Kuo, Graduate Research Assistant, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Ira A Fulton Engineering
Mohammad Abu Talha, Masters Student
Brandon Tipton, REU Summer Researcher.Isaias Peraza
, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Yihao Luo, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Chenwei Zheng
, PhD Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Juliana Levi, PhD Student, Chemical Engineering
Xiangxing Long, PhD Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Anwar Alsanea, PhD Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Ayoub Bounaga, visiting scholar, Ph D student
Tzu-Heng (Alan) Wang, visiting PhD student.
Alireza Rahimi, Ph D student.
Sergio Avalle, Graduate student. Lab Manager Assistant.
Calvin Ray, external collaborator.
Jorja Overbey, Undergraduate, Applied Mathematics
Nabhan Fakrudin, Undergraduate Researcher
Labanya Rahman, undergraduate researcher.
Aaron Greenfield, Undergraduate researcher.
Shree Modukuri, Undergraduate researcher.
Rammy Rayes, Undergraduate reseracher.
Bec Kalfus, undergraduate researcher.Affiliated Members
Andrew Marcus, Ph.D., Asst. Research Professor
Rob Stirling, Techno Economist
Graduate Alumni
Michelle Young, Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Burcu Yavuz, Ph.D.
Diana Calvo Martinez Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Joshua Boltz Ph.D
Justin Flory Ph.D
Matt Scholz Ph.D.
Muthukaruppan (Muthu) Kathiresan, Masters student.
Brian Roman, BS/MS Environmental Engineering in the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, 2021
Caitlyn Hall, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, 2021
Gloria Appiah Nsiah, M.S. Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2021
Neng Iong Chan, Ph.D. Environmental Life Sciences, 2020
Richard Kupferer III, M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2018
Yuanzhe Liu, Ph.D., Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2019
Chenwei Zheng, M.S. Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2019
Tarun Shesh, M.S. Student, Chemical Engineering, 2019
Michelle Young, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2018
Yihao Luo, M.S. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2018
Tengfei Chen, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2018
Levi Straka, Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, 2017
Mohamed Mahmoud, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2016
Binh Nguyen, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2015
Bradley Lusk Ph.D., Biological Design, 2015
Alexander Zevin, Ph.D. Biological Design, 2015
Zhuolin Liu, M.S. Environmental Engineering Technology, 2015
Zhaocheng Wang, M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2015
Husen Zhang, 2014
Aura Ontiveros-Valencia, Ph.D. Sustainability Studies, 2014
Nasser Hamdan Ph.D. Civil Engineering, 2014
Matthew Thompson, M.S., 2014
Anca Delgado, Ph.D. Microbiology, 2013
Youneng Tang, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering/Technology, 2012
Michal Ziv-El, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2012
Chen Zhou, Ph.D. Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering, 2011
Prathap Parameswaran, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering 2010
Andrew Marcus, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 2009
César Torres Ph.D., Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2009
John Schloendorn, Ph.D., 2009
Hyung-Sool Lee, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2009
Jinwook Chung PhD
He-Ping Zhao, Ph.D.
Randhir Deo Ph.D., 2005-2010
Daewook Kang Ph.D., 2009-2014
Yen-Jung Lai Ph.D.
Femina Rauf Ph.D.
Chen Zhou Ph.D., 2014-2016
Professional Staff Alumni
Garrett Montoya, Research Technician, 2017-2018
Daniel Masters, Research Technician, 2013-2015
Megha Patel, Research Technician, 2014-2016
Undergraduate Alumni
Natalie Blum, Undergraduate Researcher
Hannah Collins, Graduate student researcher.
Zoe Frias, 2021
Brian Roman, 2021
Emma Nelson, 2021
Claire Pishko, 2020
Ken Niimi, 2020
Joshua Atwater, 2020
Aamena Mookadam, 2020
Austin Baker, 2020
Sam Utley, 2020
Veronica Ayala Bojorquez, 2020
Neil Rastogi, 2017-2019
Benjamin Wik, 2016-2018
Omar Arafa, 2016-2018
Debbie Chang 2017-2018
Taylor Rumsey 2017-2018
Brielle Januszewski, 2017-2018
Ben Stryszko, 2018
Savannah Hull, 2017
Sammy Aguiar 2016
Fabiha Alam 2016-2017
Francisco Brown-Munoz 2015-2016
Brendan Cahill 2015-2016
Grant Falvo 2016
Jaime Lopez 2015-2016
Pat Pataranutaporn 2016
Rachel VonGnetchten 2016
Emily Garver 2015
Rebecca Martarella 2015
Sanya Mehta 2014-2015
Annika Faucon 2014-2015
Denton Holzer 2014-2015
Delaney VanWinkle 2015
Noor Lallmamode 2013-2014
Ibrahim Halloum 2013-2014
Amy Umaretiya 2012-2013
Alizee Jenck 2011-2012
Nicole Nebitsi 2012
Aditya Chennojwala 2012-2013
High School Students and Teachers
Allison McCaw, CTE Biotechnology Science Instructor, Mountain View High School, 2016-2018
Joshua Phillips, High School Student, Mountain View High School, 2018
Samihan Dani, High School Student, Hamilton High School, 2018
Sheena Carbaugh, High School Teacher Intern, Girls Leadership Academy
Visiting Scholars
Yuhang Cai, Harbin Engineering University, 2021
Ye Ji, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2020
Dandan Zhou, Ph.D, School of Environment, Northwest Normal University, 2020
Min Long, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 2017-2019
Renata de Bello Solcia Guerrero, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, 2018-2019
Zifang Chi, Key Laboratory of Groundwater Resources and Environment, College of Environment and Resources, Jilin University, 2018-2019
Huai Li, Key Laboratory of Wetland Ecology and Environment, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2018-2019
Kun Zhang Ph.D., College of Power and Energy Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, 2017-2018
Xiong Zheng Ph.D., College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 2017-2018
Nianbing Zhong , Ph.D., College of Optical and Electronic Technology, Chongqing University of Technology, 2017-2018
Rashmi Chandra, Tecnológico de Monterrey, 2017
Jianfang Wang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China 2017
Hua Xu, Shanghai Normal University, 2017
Yun Zhou, Tongji University, 2016-2017
Xin Li 2016
Sen Qiao, Dalian University of Technology, China, 2015
Yue Shi, Harbin Engineering University, China, 2015
Eyasu Shuba, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, 2015
Jianglei Xiong, Southeast University, China, 2015
Xiaoyin Xu, Southeast University, China, 2015
Qi Yang, Hunan University, China 2015
Guowen Wang 2016
Yingying Zhang, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China 2015
Yanguo Zhao, Ocean University of China, 2015
Yanping Hou
Jaehoon Hwang Ph.D. Yonsei University, Korea 2015
Kadmiel Naliel Oliveira Pereira, Brazil, 2015
Qi Yang Ph.D.
Shuangshi Dong Ph.D.
Dandan Zhou Ph.D., Northeast Normal University, China, 2015
Taeho Lee Ph.D., Pusan National University, South Korea, 2015
Qaiser Farid Khan, Quaid-I-Azam University,!Islamabad,!Pakistan, 2014
Collaborators
Wookeun Bae Ph.D., Hanyang University, Korea
John DiBaise M.D., Mayo Clinic, AZ
Shuangshi Dong Ph.D., Jilin University, China
Pat Evans, V.P., CDM Smith, AZ
Fatih Karadagli Ph.D., Sakarya University, Turkey
Shilpi Kushwaha Ph.D., CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
Hyung-Sool Lee Ph.D., University of Waterloo, Canada
Ahmed Librihi Ph.D., University of Mohammad 6 Polytechnic, Morocco
Ryan Lively Ph.D., Georgia Tech., GA
Brooke Mayer Ph.D., Marquette University, WI
Aura Ontiveros-Valencia Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, IN
Prathap Parameswaran Ph.D., Kansas State University, KS
Roberto Parra Ph.D., Intituto Tecnologico Superior De Monterrey,
Sudeep Popat Ph.D., Clemson University, SC
Sen Qiao Ph.D., Dalian University of Technology, China
Sathaa Sathasivan Ph.D., Western Sydney University, Australia
Alex Schwarz Ph.D., University of Concepción, Chile
Yue Shi, Harbin Engineering University, China
Steve Smith M.D., Translational Research Institute for Metabolism and Diabetes, FL
Youneng Tang Ph.D., Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, FL
Yonghong Wu Ph.D., Wuhan University, China
Yongming Zhang Ph.D., Shanghai Normal University, China
He-Ping Zhao Ph.D., Zhejiang University, China
Dandan Zhou Ph.D., Northeast Normal University, China
Siqing Xia Ph.D., Tongji University, China
Jianglei Xiong Ph.D., Southeast University, China