Current Lab Members
César I. Torres Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Sarah Arrowsmith, Research Laboratory Coordinator
Carole Flores
, Business Operations Manager
Dongwon Ki, Asst. Research Scientist.
Isaias Peraza
, Ph.D Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Ethan Howley, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Christine Lewis, Ph.D. Student, Chemistry
Zachary Hubbard
, Ph.D Student, Chemical Engineering
Andrea Russell, Masters Student, Environmental Engineering
Jordan Coulam, Masters Student.Isabel Angulo Lopez
, Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering
Graciela Rodriguez, Undergraduate student, Chemical Engineering.Affiliated Members
Andrew Marcus, Ph.D., Asst. Research Professor
Rob Stirling, Techno Economist
Graduate Alumni
Emma Nelson, Research Coordinator Assistant
Anna Mangus, Undergraduate Student, Chemical Engineering
Diana Calvo Martinez, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering
Benjamin Agbo, Ph. D. Chemical Engineering, 2021
Anna Guerrero, Ph.D. Biology and Society, 2018-2019
Steven Hart, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2020
Megan Meinel, Ph.D. Student, Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, 2020
Michelle Young, Ph.D., Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering, Dissertation: Understanding the Mechanisms and Potential of Microbial Peroxide-Producing Cells (MPPCs), 2018
Francisco Brown-Muñoz, M.S. Chemical Engineering, Thesis: Substrate-Loaded Underwater Microbial Fuel Cells, Junior Environmental Engineer at Arcadis, 2018
Sam Nandakumar, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017
Dr. Dongwon Ki, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2016; Dissertation: Anaerobic conversion of primary sludge to resources in microbial electrochemical cells
Dr. Rachel Yoho, Ph.D. Biological Design, 2016; Dissertation: Energy and the environment: electrochemistry of electron transport pathways in anode-respiring bacteria and energy technologies and climate change in science textbooks
Mohamed Mahmoud, Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2016
Scott Shearman, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016; M.S. Project: Effect of phosphate buffer in single chamber microbial fuel cell
Ibrahim Halloum, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016; M.S. Thesis: Microalgal biofilms for treatment of domestic wastewater and resource recovery
Karthik Ravishankar, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016; M.S. Project: Electrolyte pH impact on oxygen reduction reactions in fuel cells using pyrolyzed vitamin B12 as catalyst
Michael Waddington, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016; M.S. Project: Characterization of protein and carbohydrate digestion using high temporal resolution measurements in microbial electrolysis cells.
Dr. Bradley Lusk, Ph.D. Biological Design, 2015; Dissertation: Thermophilic microbial electrochemical cells
Dr. Joseph Miceli, Ph.D. Biological Design, 2015; Dissertation: Building microbial communities and managing fermentation in microbial electrolysis cells
Hitesh Malik, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2015; M.S. Project: Pyrolyzed Hemoglobin as a catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells
Sharad Vellore Suresh, M. S. Chemical Engineering, 2015;
M.S. Project: Understanding anaerobic microbial hydrolysis using advanced electrochemical tools
John Pennington, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2015; M.S. Project: Electrochemical Characterization of Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus
Oluyomi Ajulo, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2013l M.S. Thesis: Electrochemical Characterization of Anode-respiring Geobacter sulfurreducens and Geoalkalibacter subterraneus
Sean Tropsa, M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2015; M.S. Project: Optimization of pyrolyzed Vitamin B12 catalyst composition and loading for Oxygen reduction reactions
Tyson Bry, M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2012
Jonathan Badalamenti, Ph.D. Microbiology, 2013 Advised by Dr. Krajmalnik-Brown. Dissertation: Microbial electrochemical cells for selective enrichment and characterization of photosynthetic and haloalkaliphilic ARB
Postdoctoral Alumni
Dongwon Ki, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2016-2018
Georgios Papacharalampos, 2017
Professional Staff Alumni
Undergraduate Alumni
Diana Zermeno, Chemical Engineering, 2017-2019
Huong Dang, Undergraduate Student, Computer Science
Kaitlyn Alvarez, Environmental Engineering Technology, 2018
Andrea Russell, Environmental Engineering, 2017-2018
Lincoln Mtemeri, Chemical Engineering, 2017-2018
Collette Wilson, Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology, 2017
Patricia Ibalo, Biosciences and Biotechnology, 2016-2018
Omar Arafa, Chemical Engineering, Grand Challenges Scholars Program, 2018
Lidia Peon, Biology, 2017-2018
Samuel Aguiar, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017
Francisco Brown-Muñoz, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2017
Nadrat Chowdhury, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016
Honor's Thesis: Continuous hydrogen peroxide production using microbial electrochemical cells
Julia Thompson, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016
Honor's Thesis: Characterizing buffers to maximize peroxide production in the cathode chamber of microbial fuel cells
Zixuan Wang, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016
Honor's Thesis: Electrochemical characterization of a high-current-density microbial biocathode with an air diffusion membrane
Denton Holzer, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2016
Honor's Thesis: The effect of pH, acetate, and buffer concentration on anode biofilms of Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA using advanced electrochemical methods
Mikaela Stadie, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2015
Honor's Thesis: A sustainable approach to wastewater treatment using microbial fuel cells with peroxide production
Nicole Nebitsi, B.S. Sustainability, 2013
Suyana Lozada, B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2013
Honor's Thesis: Increasing energy recovery in microbial electrochemical cells by studying the effect of ammonium on the anaerobic digestion of fermentable substrates.
High School Students and Teachers
Victor Silva, 2013
Carlos Alvarado, 2012
Jonah Rucker, 2010-12
Jean Juang, 2011
Chris Doho, 2011
Gaurav Albal, 2011
Volunteers
Richard Kupferer, 2016-2018
Visiting Scholars
Naeem Ali, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan, 2020
Sara Tejedor-Sanz, University of Alcalá, Spain, 2015
Taeho Lee, Pusan National University, Korea, 2014 - 2015
Yanping Hou, Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2014
Ornella Sosa Hernandez, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico, 2013
Laura Rago, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, 2013
Qaiser Farid Khan, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, 2012-13, 2014
Alexandra Colin, École Normale Supérieure, France, 2013
Carmalin Sophie, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, India, 2011
Venkata Yarlagadda, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, India, 2011
In Seop Chang, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2010
Laura Berthiaume, Ryerson University, Canada, 2010
Collaborators
Dr. Bruce Rittmann, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Dr. Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Dr. Andrew Marcus, Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University
Dr. Konstantinos Tsakalis, School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Arizona State University
Dr. Patrick Evans, CDM Smith