Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
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 |
Ph.D.
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
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Qinmin Zheng, Ph.D.
Fall 2014-Fall 2019 Current Position: Postdoc in MIT Senseable City Lab 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
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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
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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;
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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
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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
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M.S.
Yusi Li
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
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Undergraduates
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 |
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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Photocatalytic antimicrobials
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Visiting Scholars
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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Visible-light-responsive photocatalysis for viral disinfection
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Others
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
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