Bowling (December, 2021)
Current Group Members:
Dr. Lingjun Meng, 2024-present, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Project: Catalytic advanced water treatment processes
Dr. Jiaqi Li, 2023-present, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research Project: Fate of PFAS and disinfection byproducts in advanced water treatment conditions
Elliot Reid, 2019-present, Ph.D. Candidate
Research Project: Use of domestic wastewater for food production (Co-advisor: Dr. Yongsheng Chen)
Junyue (Holden) Wang, 2021-present, Ph.D. Candidate
Research Project: Multi-oxidant sytems for advanced oxidation processes
Xiaoyue Xin, 2021-present, Ph.D. Candidate
Research Project: Fate and removal of PFAS contaminants
Ting Liu, 2022-present, Ph.D. Student
Research Project: Recovery and separation of REEs from coal fly ash
Samantha DiLoreto, 2023-present, Ph.D. Student
Research Project: Disinfection byproducts in water distribution systems
Aidan Labrozzi, 2023-present, Ph.D. Student
Research Project: Advanced oxidation processes with novel UV light sources
Former Group Members:
Postdocs and Ph.D. Students
Dr. Juhee Kim, 2017-2023, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Advanced oxidation processes; fate and treatment of PFAS contaminants
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dr. Jiale Xu, 2021-2022, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Photo-oxidation processes involving far-UVC light sources
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, North Dakoda State University
Dr. Laura Stoy (2021)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Coal Fly Ash using Ionic Liquids
Dr. Tianqi Zhang, 2017-2021, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research: Advanced oxidation and disinfection processes with peracetic acid
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Dr. Cong Luo (2020, PhD); (2020, Postdoctoral Researcher)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Ferrate(Fe(VI) Oxidation for Mitigation of Pharmaceutical Micropollutants in Source-Separated Hydrolyzed Urine and Related Conditions
Current Position: Associate, McKinsey & Company, NJ
Dr. Wenlong Zhang (2019)
Ph.D. Dissertation: A Zero Liquid Discharge Method for Co-Disposing Coal Fly Ash and Flue Gas Desulfurization (FGD) Brines: Zero Valent Iron Reduction and Solidification/Stabilization
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute, Shenzhen, China
Dr. Wen Liu, 2016-2017, Postdoctoal Researcher
Research: Advanced materials and oxidation processes
Current Position: Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, China
Dr. Jay Renew (2017)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Immobilization of Heavy Metals in solidified/Stabilized Co-Disposed Coal Fly Ash and Concentrated Flue Gas Desulfurization Wastewater
Current Position: Principal, Sweitzer Engineering, Inc., Atlanta, GA; Part-time Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology at Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA
Dr. Jie Fu, 2014-2016, Postdoctoal Researcher
Research: Optimization of GAC biofiltration for water treatment
Current Position: Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Dr. Peizhe Sun (2014, PhD) (co-advisor: Dr. Spyros Pavlostathis); (2014-2016, Postdoctoral Researcher)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Transformation of Veterinary Ionophore Antibiotics under Conditions Related to Water-Litter-Soil systems (2014 CEE Best Ph.D. Thesis Award; 2015 Sigma Xi Best Ph.D. Thesis Award)
Current Position: Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Dr. Lokesh P. Padhye (2010, PhD); (2010-2011, Postdoctoral Researcher)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Roles of PolyDADMACs, Dithiocarbamates and Activated Carbons in Formation of N-nitrosamine Contaminants in Water
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Bo Zhang, 2007-2009, Postdoctoal Researcher (co-advised with Drs. Joseph Hughes and Jaehong Kim)
Current Position: Professor, Shanghai Jiatong University, Shanghai, China
Dr. Amisha D. Shah (2008) (co-advisor: Dr. Jaehong Kim)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Antibiotics in Water Treatment: the Role of Water Quality Conditions on their Fate and Removal during Chlorination and Nanofiltration
Current Position: Associate Professor, Depts of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
Dr. Wan-Ru Chen (2008)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Interactions of Tetracycline Antibiotics with Dissolved Metal Ions and Metal Oxides
Current Position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Dr. Sang Hyuck Park (2008)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Effect of Amine-Based Water Treatment Polymers on the Formation of N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Disinfection By-Product
Current position: Professor, Department of Chemistry, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA
Dr. Huichun (Judy) Zhang (2004)
Ph.D. Dissertation: Metal Oxide-Facilitated Oxidation of Antibacterial Agents (2005 CEE Best Ph.D. Thesis Award)
Current position: Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Case Western University, Cleveland, OH
M.S. Students
Yamini Kulkarni, 2021-2022
Research Project: Recovery of REEs from coal fly ash
Manasa Sadhasivan, 2019-2021
M.S. Thesis: Kinetic Modeling to Probe the Advanced Oxidation Processes in a Fe(II)-PAA-ABTS, a Fe(VI)-PAA and a Fe(VI)-Amine Systems
Jordan Dobson, 2018-2020
Research Project: Oxidation with performic acid
Benjamin Mejia-Tickner, 2017-2018
Research Project: Peroxyacids for disinfection processes
Maoqiao Mao, 2015-2016
M.S. Thesis: Critical Review of Disinfection By-Products (DBPs) in Fresh Produce and Process Water
Harshad Oswal, 2015-2016
Special Research Project: Removal of Selenium(VI) from Concentrated Flue-Gas-Desulfurization Brine Using Zero-Valent Iron: Impact of Brine Constituents
David Vargas, 2014-2015
M.S. Thesis: Effect of Combined UV and Free Chlorine on the Formation of Chloronitromethanes
Current position: Water/Wastewater Engineer at AECOM, Orlando, FL
Jonathan Callura, 2012-2014
M.S. Thesis: Catalytic Impact of Activated Carbon on Nitrosamine Formation via Nitrosation
Current position: Environmental Engineer, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, GA
Robert Nahabedian, 2012-2013
Special Research Project: : PPCPs and Oxidant Interactions – A Perspective on Organic Functional Group Correlations
Current position: Environmental Instructor, West Point Academy, West Point, NY
Sara Nichols Gibson, 2008-2010
M.S. Thesis: Oxidation of Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products by Permanganate
Current position: Environmental Engineer at Malcolm Pirnie, Dallas, TX
Punita Anand, 2007-2009
Special Research Project: Disinfection By-Product Formation from Dithiocarbamate Pesticides
Current position: Environmental Engineer at R2T Inc., Atlanta, GA
Anh Tien Do, 2004-2006
Special Research Problem: Adsorption of Estrogenic Hormone 17b-Estradiol by Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes (Advisor: Dr. Jaehong Kim; Co-advisor: Dr. Ching-Hua Huang)
Seung Jin Lee, 2003-2006
M.S. Thesis: Hydrolysis of Organophosphorous Esters Induced by Nanostructured Titania-Based Replicas of Diatom Microshells
Current position: Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Gwinnett College, Lawrenceville, GA
Piti Piyachaturawat, 2003-2005
M.S. Thesis: Potential N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Formation from Water Treatment Polymers
Current position: Environ International Corp., Novato, CA
Edward A. McCallum, 2003-2005
M.S. Thesis: Adsorption, Desorption, and Steady-State Removal of Estrogenic Hormone 17b-Estradiol by Nanofiltration and Ultrafiltration Membranes (Advisor: Dr. Jaehong Kim; Co-advisor: Dr. Ching-Hua Huang)
Current position: Hazen and Sawyer Environmental Consulting, Atlanta, GA
Michael C. Dodd, 2001-2003
Undergraduate Research (2001): Removal of ciprofloxacin by coagulation/flocculation and granular activated carbon.
M.S. Thesis: Chemical Oxidation of Aquatic Antibiotic Microcontaminants by Free and Combined Chlorine (2003 CEE Best M.S. Thesis Award)
Current position: Associate Professor, Dept. of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Jay E. Renew, 2000-2003
M.S. Thesis: Novel Analytical Method Development and Fate Assessment for Fluoroquinolone, Sulfonamide and Trimethoprim Antibiotics in Engineered Water Treatment Systems
Current position: Research Engineer, Southern Research Institute / Ph.D. Candidate, Georgia Tech
Kristen L. Smeby, 2000-2002
M.S. Thesis: Occurrence and Fate of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics in Wastewater Treatment Systems
Current position: Hazen and Sawyer Environmental Consulting, Atlanta, GA
Visiting Ph.D. Students Supervised
Yiping Wang, 2019-2020, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China
Jiayi Yao, 2019-2020, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China
Dr. Rong Chen, 2018-2020, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Dr. Penghui Du, 2016-2017, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Dr. Meiquan Cai, 2014-2016, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Beijing Forest University, Beijing, China
Dr. Hui Wang, 2013-2014 at GT, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Beijing Jiao Tong University, Beijing, China
Dr. Rouchun Zhang, 2013-2014 at GT, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Current position: Faculty, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
Dr. Jiabin Chen, 2012-2014 at GT, Visiting Ph.D. Candidate, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
Current position: Faculty, Tongji Univeristy, Shanghai, China
Dr. Pei Wang, 2007-2009 at GT, Ph.D. visiting Candidate, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
Visiting Scholars
Nijai Dixon, 2021 Summer, SURE fellow
VIctoria Diaz, 2019 Summer, SURE fellow
Dr. He Zhao, 2015-2016, Faculty, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Mariana Ribeiro, 2015 Summer, Visiting undergraduate student
Dr. Kejia Zhang, 2014-2015, Associate Professor, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
Dr. Baoling Yuan, 2014-2015, Professor, Huaqiao University, Ximen, China
Dr. Weiling Sun, 2013-2014, Associate Professor, Peking University, Beijing, China
Dr. Weiwei Ben, 2012-2013, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Dr. Yaping Zhao, 2011-2012, Associate Professor, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
Yiyue Zhang, 2012 Summer, Undergraduate Student, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Dr. Lin Deng, 2011-2012, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Dr. Shutao Wang, 2011-2012, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Dr. Hong Yao, 2010-2011, Professor, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China
Delphine Barmaz, 2009-2010, Visiting M.S. Student, EPFL, Switzerland
Dr. Yongpeng Xu, 2008-2009, Associate Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China
Dr. Hua Fang, 2009, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing, China