Research Scientists, Engineers, and Post Docs
 Su Liu Postdoc: 2020 – 2023 Research: Membrane separation technology for water treatment and resource recovery | ||
 Xin Tong 2018 – 2021 Projects: design of high-performance membranes for water treatment, clean energy generation and resource recovery |  Wenlong Zhang Assistant Professor at GT Shenzhen 2014 – 2021 Projects: nutrient recover from wastewater |  Bopeng Zhang 2018-2019 Projects: performed full pipeline analysis, developed artificial neural network model, produced data-driven machine learning model to forecast parameters for system optimizations |
 Haiping Gao Postdoc: |  Yangying Zhao Postdoc: Current Project: I am developing novel membrane materials and technologies for precise separation and resource recovery from water/wastewater streams. |  Zhenxing Wang Visiting Scholar: 2018-2019 |
 Meng Wang Visiting Scholar |  Zhenyu Zuo Visiting Scholar |  Xu Zhang Visiting Scholar |
 Zhaohui Tong Collaborator (GT Prof) Projects: organic-inorganic nanocomposite synthesis |
Graduate Students
Undergraduate Researchers
Our lab frequently hires undergraduates to assist with research. Of these positions, 90% are for technical elective course credit. Please reach out to our group if you are interested and looking for research credit. The below researchers are grouped by their starting year.
*indicates leadership position (e.g., MS Research Assistant, Undergraduate Research Supervisor, Research Author)
2023 – 2024
| Caitlyn Haponik: | Fall ’23 – Present | *Benjamin Missaoui (MS): | Spr ’24 |
| Ashley Track: | Spr ’24 |
2022 – 2023
| *Mark Lannaman: | Sum ’23 – Spr ’24 | Jieon Kim: | Spr ’23 |
| Eric Anderson: | Spr ’23 | Terry Kim: | Spr ’23 |
| Aidan Blackshire: | Spr ’23 | Alina Sullivan: | Spr ’23 |
| Catelyn Chamblee: | Spr ’23 | Olivia Edwards: | Fall ’22 |
| *Hridee Haq: | Fall ’22 – Spr ’23 | Evan Beckley: | Fall ’22 |
| *Olivia Felker: | Fall ’22 – Spr ’23 | *Gerry Chen (MS?): | ? |
2021 – 2022
| *Joshua Guthrie: | Spr ’22 – Spr ’23 | *Asher Altman: | Spr ’22 – Spr ’24 |
| William Skillen: | Spr ’22 | Evan Zhou: | Sum ’22 |
| Annasaria Antaran: | Spr ’22 | Amanosi Maiki: | Sum ’22 |
| Abigail Crombie: | Fall ’21 | Luisa M Bricker: | Spr ’22 |
| Cambria Caliendo: | Fall ’21 | Catherine Rekos: | Fall ’21 |
| Andrea Green: | Fall ’21 | Pauline Yakubovich: | Fall ’21 |
| Alessandra Smith: | Fall ’21 | Erin Robinson: | Fall ’21 |
2020 – 2021
| *Emma Carmical: | Sum – Fall ’21 | Maitraiyee Mohan: | Sum – Fall ’21 |
| Rachel Nichols: | Sum ’21 | Randall Kliman: | Sum – Fall ’21 |
| Lily Luong: | Sum ’21 | *Ian Moss (MS): | Sum ’21 |
| *Maya Z. Kahn: | Spr – Sum ’21 | Henry (Elijah) Craig: | Sum ’21 – Sum ’22 |
| Simrill Smith: | Spr ’21 | Corinna Alting: | Spr ’21 |
| Gabriela Cornejo: | Spr ’21 | Caroline Krall: | Spr ’21 |
| *Talia Zheng: | Fall ’20 – Spr ’21 | Bethel Mamo: | Fall ’20 |
| *Nok Sam Leong: | Fall ’20 – Spr ’21 |
2019 – 2020
| *Fabin Saju: | Spr ’20 – Fall ’20 | Camille Butkus: | Spr – Fall ’20 |
| *Teagan Groh: | Fall ’19 – Spr ’22 | Matthew (Tom) Ennis: | Fall ’19 – Spr ’20 |
| Jazmin Lucio: | Fall ’19 – Spr ’20 | *Mengqiao Gao: | Fall ’19 – Spr ’20 |
| Dylan Lambeth: | Fall ’19 – Spr ’20 | Wiley Helm: | Fall ’19 – Spr ’20 |
| Jasmin Lopez: | Fall ’19 | Isabelle Musmanno: | Fall ’19 |
| Monica Lester: | Fall ’19 | Teresa (Rose) Mckenna: | Fall ’19 |
Before 2019
| Thomas Igou: | Fall ’13 – Fall ’15 |