Bilal Abada
Doctoral Student (2016 - 2022)
Research focus: Surface characterization and chemical cleaning of high-pressure membranes for water reuse applications
- Kunal Gupta
- Doctoral student (2016 - 2021)
Research focus: Low-pressure membrane fouling control including backwashing.- Kyungho Kim
Doctoral student (2016 - 2021)
Research focus: Microbial behavior and removal during drinking water treatment.- Sourav Das
Doctoral student (2016 - 2022)
Research focus: Particulate trace metals, mineral dust, and source apportionment including mobile sources.- Mahith Nadella
Master's student (2018 - 2019)
Research topic: Frac water purification by coagulation- Darpan Chorghe
Master's student (2016 - 2017)
Thesis title: Boron removal from hydraulic fracturing wastewater using conventional aluminum and iron coagulation: processes and uptake mechanisms- Ashley Wilson
Undergraduate student (2018-present)- Lauren James
Undergraduate student (2019-present)- Hailey Mueller Lavigne
Master's student (2018 - 2019)- Lauren Shoffner
Undergraduate student (2018-2019)- Aaron Wilson
Undergraduate student (2019)- Sarah Christnacht
Undergraduate student (2017-2018)- Dr. Mutiara Ayu Sari
Doctoral student (graduated 2017)
Research focus: Electrocoagulation and nanofiltration for treatment of brackish surface water and produced water.- Emma Valentine
Undergraduate student (2018 - 2019)- Stephanie Brown
High School Student (2017-2019)- Erica Yarbrough
Undergraduate student (2017 - 2018)- Rachel Coker
Undergraduate student (2017-2018)- Samantha Wilson
Undergraduate student (2016 - 2018)- Emily Opperman
Undergraduate student (2017)- Katie McNeal
Undergraduate student (2016 - 2017)- Chris Hivnor
Undergraduate student (2016)
Seth Pedersen
Undergraduate student (2015)- Chris Wiggs
Undergraduate student (2014 - 2015)
Dr. Charan Tej Tanneru
Doctoral student (graduated 2014)
Dissertation title: Bacteria and virus control by electrochemical coagulation and microfiltration- Dr. Nicholas J. Spada
Doctoral student (graduated 2014)
Dissertation title: Detection and Characterization of Size- and Time-Resolved Particulate Matter Using Enhanced Optical and Elemental Analyses: Implications for Anthropogenic Source Identification in the Houston Ship Channel Area- Dr, Neranga Gamage
Doctoral student (graduated 2014)
Dissertation title: Electrocoagulation Pretreatment for Microfiltration of Surface Water: Mechanisms of Fouling and Its Control- Jose Tusell & Eliazar Nava
Undergraduate students- Jose (2012 - 2013), Eliazar (2012 - 2014)
- Gregory Malek
Undergraduate student (2013)
Gregory is pictured in the back row at the far right.
Tania Arauz & Hayley Redweik
Undergraduate students
Tania (2011 - 2012), Hayley (2011 - 2012)
William Payne King
Undergraduate student (2010 – 2012)
Dr. Suresh Kumar Danadurai
Post-doctoral researcher (2009 - 2011)
Research Focus: ICP-MS for trace element measurements.
Yanet Cuddus
Undergraduate student (2010 – 2011)
Yanet is pictured in the center in the back row.- Allison Pekkanen
Undergraduate student (2010)- Dr. Appala R. Badireddy
Doctoral student (graduated 2009)
Dissertation title: Interactions of bacteria and viruses with membranes and nanoparticles: Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances and photoinactivation of bacteriophages by fullerol nanoparticles- Chunhua (Peter) Deng
Master's student (graduated 2009)
Dr. Yongki Shim
Doctoral student (graduated 2007)
Dissertation title: Mechanisms of amino acids nanofiltration: Steric, electrostatic, and adsorptive effects- Ashima Bagga
Master's student (graduated 2007)
Thesis title: Evaluation of iron chemical coagulation and electro-coagulation pretreatment for surface water microfiltration
Dr. Ramesh R. Sharma
Doctoral student (graduated 2005)
Dissertation title: Temperature effects on transport of water, charged, and uncharged solutes across polymeric thin film composite nanofiltration membranes: an investigation into pore-transport mechanisms and electrokinetic properties
Dr. Wendong Xu
Doctoral student (graduated 2005)
Dissertation title: Blocking laws analysis of dead-end microfiltration: A study of cake compressibility, deposit rearrangement, bacterial fouling, and operational mode- Emilie Krause
Undergraduate student (2005)
Dr. Pranav S. Kulkarni
Doctoral student (graduated 2007)
Dissertation title: Analysis of trace metals in atmospheric fine particles using ICP-MS: Source characterization and implications for air pollution management strategies in the greater Houston area- Ganesh Ghurye
Post-doctoral researcher (2001 - 2002)
Ganesh is pictured second from the right.
Research focus: Trace element measurements in aerosols.
Rachana Agrawal
Master's student (graduated 2002)
Thesis title: Performance characterization of a polymeric thin film composite nanofiltration membrane between 5 – 23 °C- Grishma Shetty
Master's student (graduated 2002)
Thesis title: Predicting contaminant removal during municipal drinking water nanofiltration using semi-empirical models and artificial neural networks- Garrett Gill
Undergraduate student (2020-2022) - Elisabeth Gerstacker
Undergraduate student (2021) - Alyvia McEwen
Undergraduate student (2020-present) - Sorya Meyer
Undergraduate student (2021-present) - Hailey Blayer
Undergraduate student (2022-present)
