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Alumni


Postdoctoral Researchers

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​​Enrique A. López-Guerra, Ph.D.

Summer 2018-Feb 2019
Co-advised with Prof. Santiago Solares in MAE, GW

Current Position: Technical Support Engineer, Park Systems Corp.

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, 2018, The George Washington University
M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2012, 
Kyung Hee University, South Korea
B.S. Chemical Engineering, 2009, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Guatemala​

Biomechanics of biofilms
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Ph.D.

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Tao Ye, Ph.D.

Spring 2014-Summer 2018

Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2018, The George Washington University, US
M.S. Municipal Engineering, 2013, Tongji University, China
B.S. Water Supply and Sewage Engineering, 2010, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, China

Recipient of ACS ENVR Graduate Student Award, GW CEE Dewberry Scholarship, GW Research Days Poster Award, and ACS CSW Student Travel Award
Pd-based catalysis for water purification​​
​Electrospinning
Google Scholar profile
​ResearchGate profile
ORCID profile

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Qinmin Zheng, Ph.D.

Fall 2014-Fall 2019

Current Position: Postdoc in MIT Senseable City Lab
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Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2019, The George Washington University, US
M.S. Environmental Management and Engineering, 2014, The HongKong Polytechnich University, China
B.S. Environmental Science, 2012, Jinlin University, China


Recipient of ACS ENVR Graduate Student Award, CAPEES Founding President Best Paper Award, GW SEAS R&D Showcase Graduate Student Experimental Research Prize, GW Conference Travel Grant, and ACS CSW Student Travel Award
​Visible-light-responsive photocatalysis
Google Scholar profile
​ORCID profile

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Ruochen Zhu, Ph.D.

Fall 2015-Fall 2021

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021, The George Washington University, US
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2013, 
Carnegie Mellon University, USA
B.S. Environmental Science, 2012, Anhui University, China

Recipient of ACS CSW Student Travel Award
Membrane fouling
Ruochen Zhu_CV_201508.pdf
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Google Scholar

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Hongchen Shen, Ph.D.

Fall 2016-Fall 2021

Current Position: Postdoc in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University​

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021, The George Washington University, US
M.S. Biological Engineering, 2016, Tianjin University, China
B.S. Biological Engineering, 2013, Tianjin University, China

Recipient of ACS ENVR Graduate Student Award, AEESP Stantec Student Travel Award, GW SEAS R&D Showcase Prize, AccelerateGW I-Corps Site Program Grant, and 2021 SNO Conference Student Award
Visible-light-responsive photocatalysis for biofilm control and food applications;
Electrospun nanofibrous filters for controlling the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 
Hongchen Shen_CV_202111.pdf
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​Google Scholar
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ORCID

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Mengyang Zhang, Ph.D.

Spring 2018-Fall 2021
Co-advised with Dr. Nihal Altan-Bonnet through GW/NIH Graduate Partnerships Program


Current Position: Postdoc in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University

Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2021, The George Washington University, US
M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2017, Tsinghua University, China
B.S. Water Supply and Drainage Engineering, 2014, Hunan University, China


Recipient of 2019 Fluids and Health Conference Travel Award
Persistence and inactivation of vesicle-cloaked virus clusters
Mengyang Zhang_CV_202111.pdf
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Google Scholar
ORCID

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Mengqiao Li
Ph.D. Student, Spring 2019-Fall 2022

M.S. Inorganic Chemistry, 2018,
University of Science and Technology of China, China
B.S. Material Physics, 2015, University of Science and Technology of China, China


Recipient of ACS ENVR C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Awards, ACS CSW Student Travel Award, SNO Conference Student Award, and AEESP Conference Student Travel Award
Fate and transformation of graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets in aquatic environments
Mengqiao Li_CV_201901.pdf
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​ORCID
​Personal Website

M.S.

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Yusi Li
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Fall 2017-Summer 2019

Current Position: Ph.D. student in Chemical Engineering, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Arizona State University

M.S. Environmental Engineering, 2019, The George Washington University, US
B.S. Environmental Science, 2017, Qinghai University, China
Membrane pervaporation

Undergraduates

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Suty Komsonkeo

​Spring 2014 

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, 2011-2015

Recipient of ​2014 GW Undergraduate Research Assistantship Fund
Electrospun TiO2 for photocatalysis

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Michaela Stanch

Summer​ 2016 

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, 2013-2017

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Khalid Alsadhan

Summer​ 2016 ​

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, 2014-2018

Award recipient of the 2017 Hardy Cross Competition, Virginias' Student Conference, ASCE (3rd place)
Visible-light-responsive photocatalysis

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Jiangnan Lu

​​Summer-Fall​ 2016 ​

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, 2013-2017
Photocatalytic membrane fouling

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Kayla Tarr

​Fall 2017-Summer 2019

Current Position: Ph.D. student in Arizona State University

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, 2015-2019

Recipient of ACS ENVR Undergraduate Student Award
​Photocatalytic reactor design

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Yoon Sil Choi

Fall 2017-Fall 2019

Current Position: Ph.D. student in Washington University in St. Louis 

B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, 2016-2020

Recipient of GW SEAS Summer Undergraduate Program for Engineering Research Grant, ASCE-Virginia’s Student Conference Marr Technical Paper Award, GW Undergraduate Sustainability Scholars Award, GW Undergraduate Research Award, and ASCE-National Capital Section Hathaway Memorial Award/Scholarship
​Photocatalytic reactor design

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Trinh Ton 

Fall 2019

B.S. Chemistry, The George Washington University, 2017-2021

​Photocatalytic antimicrobials

Visiting Scholars

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Yingxue Sun, Ph.D.

​Spring 2015-Spring 2016

Associate professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University 
Visible-light-responsive photocatalysis

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Chi Zhang, Ph.D.

Fall 2018

Ph.D. candidate, College of Environment, Hohai University 
Visible-light-responsive photocatalysis for viral disinfection

Others

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Haihuan Wang

Summer 2020-Summer 2021

M.S. Material Science and Engineering, 2020, University of Pennsylvania, US

B.S. Polymer Materials and Engineering, 2018, Sichuan University, China
Electrospun nanofibrous filters for controlling the airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 
Haihuan Wang_CV_202005.pdf
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