Luisa Barrera
Post Doctoral Research Scholar, 2023-2024
Luisa was working on wastewater nitrate remediation and exploring electrochemical C-N bonding. She is part of the CASFER center.
Zeou Dou, PhD
Post-doctoral Researcher 2022-2023
Dr. Dou worked on electrocoagulation as part of the DOE NAWI project. He completed his PhD with Dr. Xing Xie in Environmental Engineering at Georgia Tech. He is currently working for Boston Consulting.
Lin Li
Research Scientist, 2023-2024
Lin was working on battery recycling.
Carlos A. Fernandez
PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering, 2018-2024
Carlos was conducting thermodynamic analyses on electrochemical systems for distributed fertilizer production. Carlos’s work is funded by the National Science Foundation and the Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems. He is currently a postdoc at Stanford University.
Lily Hawk
PhD student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2022-Present
Lily is a PhD student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Lily is part of the Center for Advancing Sustainable and Distributed Fertilizer Production (CASFER) NSF -Engineering Research Center. She will be working on membranes for nutrient separations.
Jiankai Zhang, MS
Graduate Researcher 2015-2017
MS in Mechanical Engineering Granted in 2017
Jiankai worked on capacitive deionization for brackish water treatment during his Masters. He is currently working as an Energy Engineer.
Daniel Moreno-German, PhD
Graduate Researcher - 2015-2020
PhD in Mechanical Engineering Granted - 2020
Dr. Moreno-German worked on electrochemical desalination and thermodynamic cycles for desalination during his PhD. He is currently an Assistant professor at Missouri State University.
Johanna Tomkiewicz, MS
Graduate Researcher - 2019-2021
Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering granted 2021.
Johanna is working on manufacturing membranes. She is currently a Sr. Engineer at Eli Lilly and Company.
Yu-hsuan (Carol) Liu, PhD
Graduate Researcher - 2017-2021
PhD in Environmental Engineering granted - 2021
Dr. Liu worked on understanding photocatalytic nitrogen fixation mechanisms. Dr. Liu is currently working at Intel as a Process Engineer.
JeongHoon Lim, PhD
Graduate Researcher 2018-2022
PhD student in Mechanical Engineering granted 2022
JeongHoon worked on designing next generation electrocatalyst for water remediation and energy production during his PhD. Dr. Lim is currently a post doctoral research scholar at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.
Rodrigo Caceres Gonzalez, PhD
Graduate Researcher, 2018-2022
PhD in Mechanical Engineering granted in 2022
Rodrigo’s PhD dissertation examined the thermodynamics of solar- desalination systems.
Megan Haynes, MS
Graduate Researcher 2020-2022
Masters of Science in Mechanical Engineering Granted 2022
During her Masters Degree Megan examined distribution networks for lithium ion batteries with Machine Learning. She is currently a Renewable Energy Consultant - 1898 & Co.
Yousuf Bootwala, MS
Graduate Researcher 2018-2022 (ABD)
Yousuf worked on electrocoagulation as part of the DOE NAWI project.
Tridev Giri
BS student in Mechanical Engineering, 2019-2023
Tridev is working on electrodialysis with bipolar membranes to investigate how to manufacture, test, and evaluate bipolar membranes in an electrodialysis cell for water splitting.
Ralph Andraos
BS student in Chemical Engineering, 2023
Ralph is working in electrochemical water treatment.
Sai Varanasi
BS student in Mechanical Engineering, 2019-2023
Sai is investigating how machine learning can aid in understanding sustainable systems for food, energy, and water production.
Anson Yung Chak Tsang
BS Mechanical Engineering, 2022-2023
Anson is working on electrocatalyst for electrofuel production.
Ling Loeffel
BS student in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2023-Present
Ling is working on electrochemical nitrite reduction and C-N bonding.
Sebastian Ortiz-Sepulveda
BS student in Biomedical Engineering, 2023-Present
Sebastian is researching nutrient recovery through membrane electrodialysis. He is also part of CASFER.
Anahita Darvish
BS student in Mechanical Engineering, 2024
Anahita was working on electrocatalytic CO2 reduction for decarbonization while forming formic acid. She is currently pursuing a Master's degree at ETH Zürich.