Research Scientists

Alla Alpatova, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Membrane separation processes, Water desalination, Catalytically active membranes, Advanced oxidation processes

Andreia Farinha, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: Green solvents, Water Treatment, Trace metal, Liquid membranes, ​NADES

Bastiaan Blankert, Ph.D.

​Research Scientist

Research Interests: Process control, Modeling, Membrane processes, Optimization, System design, Pilot scale research, Membrane fouling, Membrane integrity

Dario Rangel Shaw, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: ​Microbial ecology of wastewater, ​Environmental microbiology, Bioremediation, Molecular biology techniques

Doskhan Ybyraiymkul, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: CFD modeling, Water desalination, Thermal management systems, Adsorption Desalination, Cooling, IEC

Graciela Gonzalez-Gil, Ph.D.

​Research Scientist

Research Interests: Microbial ecology, Biofilms architecture and ecology, Drinking water, Environmental biotechnology

Ibrahima N'Doye, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: Control systems, Data-driven control, Water contamination fault diagnosis, Water quality control

Kaijie Yang, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Kasper Johansen, Ph.D.

​Senior Research Scientist

Research Interests: Remote sensing, Agriculture, Satellite, High spatial resolution, Geographic object-based image analysis, UAV1, Airborne, Multi-spectral, LiDAR, Thermal, Hyper-spectral, Image processing

Kennedy Odokonyero, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: Plant biology/ecology, Plant microbial interaction, Material engineering, Soil science, Irrigation management

Krishna Katuri, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist

Research Interests: Electro-microbiology, Microbial electrochemical systems, Electrochemical membrane bioreactors, Molecular microbial ecology, Bioreactors (aerobic & anaerobic bioprocesses) design for waste treatment and fermentation processes

Luis Rosa, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: Electrochemistry, Finite element modelling, biotechnology,, Wastewater Treatment1, Process engineering

M Kum Ja, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Optimization chiller, Evaporative cooling, Dessicant dehumidification, Microwave dehumidification, Membrane dehumidification

Mohammed Obaid Awad, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: Seawater desalination, Wastewater Treatment1, Membrane fabrication, Electrospinning, Forward Osmosis, Ultrafiltration

Muhammad Saqib Nawaz, Ph.D.

Research scientist

Research Interests: ​Forward osmosis membrane filtration, Biological treatment of wastewater, Water purification, Fate of chemical contaminants in water treatment

Nadia Farhat, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Water Treatment, Desalination, reverse osmosis, Biofouling, non-destructive imaging

Peng Zhang, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: SFA/AFM, Nano liquid, Instrument development, Spectroscopy, Biomimic, Nano fabrication

Sarah Kerdi, Ph.D.

​Research Scientist

Research Interests: Membrane filtration processes, Water desalination, Fouling, Spacer design, Material sciences, Catalysis, Chemical formulation

Shaman Narayanasamy, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Microbiome, Metagenomics, Metatranscriptomics, Metaproteomics, Microbial ecology, Microbiology, Systems ecology

Sofiane Soukane, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: ​Process design and scale-up, Multi-scale modeling and simulation

Yanghui Xiong, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Membrane fouling