Members

I am currently recruiting PhD and MS students for Fall 2024 on research opportunities for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Prospective students, please email me with a brief statement of research interests and CV.

Meet the Current Graduate Students!
Name Dissertation/Thesis Professional career development
Reide Jacksin (MS)

Daniel Sheehan (MS)

Mohammad Rashid (PhD)

Meet the Proud Alumni [Graduate students]
Name Dissertation/Thesis Professional career development
Boyoung Song • PhD (August 2020)• Dissertation: Geochemical behavior of low valence manganese oxides: Effects of structural impurity and secondary mineral • Geochemistry Department, Sandia National Laboratories

• Postdoctoral researcher (Dept of Environmental Geosciences at the University of Vienna) (September 2020)

• 2017 Clay Mineral Society Research Grant Award

• One of the first PhD students in the EES dept.

Chris Elofson • MS (August 2019)• Thesis: Proton-promoted and electron transfer dissolution of nano-sized hausmannite: Implications for chromium and manganese cycling in surficial environments • Golder Associates, Inc. (ranked #19 on Engineering News-Record (ENR)’s top 500 Design Firms list, 2019)
Alex Nawotka • MS (May 2019)• Thesis: Evaluation of small unilamellar vesicles as a removal method of benzo[a]pyrene from humic substances in soils • SSM Group, Inc.• 2017 GRASP (Temple Univ. Graduate Research Award Sustainability Program) award
Meet the Proud Alumni [Undergraduate researchers]
Name SchoolMajor Honors/Awards/ Products (papers/ presentations) Professional career developments
Ben Burch Temple Environ. Science • Diamond Award• 2020 Natan Luehrmann-Cowen Memorial Award

• 2019 CARAS Award

  • Fulbright semi-finalist• Accepted to Graduate Program at University of Leeds (UK)
Melissa Sherman Temple Geology • 2017 Frances Velay Fellowship• 2019 Molnar Award

 

• NanoTech 2019• Goldschmidt 2018

• Temple URP poster 2018

• Graduate Program in Water Science and Policy at University of Delaware
Linda Nguyen Temple Earth & Space Sci. w/ Teaching • NanoTech 2019• Temple URP poster 2018 • Laboratory Assistant in Thomas Jefferson University
Quyen Nguyen Temple Biology • Honors program • NanoTech 2019• Goldschmidt 2018

• Temple URP poster 2018

• Applied to medical schools (graduation in May, 2020).
EhsanSani Temple Engineering • 1 Peer-reviewed scientific journal• NanoTech 2019

• GSA 2015

• PhD in University of California, Los Angeles• Postdoctoral researcher at Caltech (July, 2020)
Zhewen Zhang Vanderbilt Chemistry • GSA 2015
Katie Hayes Temple Geology   • 1 peer-reviewed research paper• NanoTech 2019

• Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization conference 2016

• ACS 2016

• Temple URP poster 2016

 
Julie Mui Temple Environ. Science   • 2 peer-reviewed research papers• NanoTech 2019

• ACS 2016

• GSA 2015

• TURF-CreWS

poster 2015

•  Criterion Laboratories, Inc.
Jennifer Ngo Temple Environ. Science   • 1 peer-reviewed research paper• Temple URP poster 2014 • Dept. of Environmental Protection (NJ)