 2008 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award 2011 U.S. National Science Foundation's CAREER Award 2012 Emerging Investigator (by the Royal Society of Chemistry) Fall 2013 WUStL Engineering Momentum Prof. Jun's profile 2014 Environmental Science & Technology's Top Science Paper 2015 Kavli Fronters of Science Fellow (by the US National Academy of Science) 2016 Frontiers of Engineering Fellow (by the US National Academy of Engineering) 2018 Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (Chemistry) 2019 Fellow of the American Chemical Society (Chemistry) 2020 James M. Lee Memorial Award (Chemical Engineering) 2021 ACS ES&T Engineering Excellence in Review Award (Environmental Science & Engineering) 2022 AEESP Distinguished Service Award (Environmental Science & Engineering) 2022 Marion L. and Chrystie M. Jackson Mid-Career Clay Scientist Award (Geochemistry)
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Young-Shin Jun, Ph.D. Professor of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. Harold D. Jolley Professorship (2014- 2017) Director of Graduate Studies (January 2013-January 2019) of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis McDonnell Academy's Ambassador to Seoul National University (2013-Present) NOBCChE Faculty Advisor for Washington University’s student chapter: NOBCChE is the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (2011-Present) The first Faculty Fellow of the Institute for School Partnership (2011-Present) American Chemical Society's Committee on Science (2017-2025). She is the Chair of Science & Technology Subcommittee (2020-Present). Past Division Chair (2017), Division Chair (2016), Program Chair (2015), and Program Chair-Elect (2014) of the Geochemistry Division of the American Chemical Society Advisory Board (2016-Present) and Editorial Board (2013-2015) of Royal Society of Chemistry's Journal: Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts Editorial Board of RSC Advances (Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019-Present) Editorial Advisory Board of ACS ES&T: Engineering (American Chemical Society, 2020- present) Editorial Board of Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering (Elsevier Journal, 2021-present) Editorial Board of the Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier Journal, 2019-2022) Editorial Board of Geochemical Transactions (Springer Nature Journal, 2016-2023) Inaugural Editorial Board of the Environmental Engineering, Scientific Reports (Nature, 2022-2023) |
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Mr. Ping I (Dennis) Chou joined the group in September 2018. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from National Chung Hsing University and an M.S.from National Taiwan University, Taiwan. After his thesis defense in early summer 2024, he will work at Intel as a module development engineer. a 2018 McDonnell International Scholars Academy's Fellowship Recipient a selected participant for the 2021 National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering, supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. the Best Student Presentation Award during the 28th Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference at Missouri Science & Technology, MO, USA, October 15, 2022. a winner of the 2023 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society. a 2023 Merit of Certificate recipient from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. a 2024 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the Spring 2024 ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, LA to be held from March 17-21, 2024. |
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Ms. Ying Wang joined the group on March 4, 2021. She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds a B.S. from South China University of Technology and an M.S.from Tongji University, China. a selected participant for the 2022 National School on Neutron and X-ray Scattering, supported by U.S. Department of Energy, Argonne National Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. a 2023 EECE Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, April 21, 2023. |
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Ms. Minkyoung Jung joined the group on November 1, 2021. She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds Bachelor of Engineering and Master of Science degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Korea University, South Korea a 2023 EECE Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, April 21, 2023. a 2023 Merit of Certificate recipient from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. |
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Ms. Mingyang Song joined the group on September 9, 2022. She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds a B.S. from Nanjing Agricultural University and an M.S. from Tongji University, China.
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Ms. Xueyi Liu joined the group on October 31, 2022. She is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds a B.S. from Nankai University (Environmental Science), China.
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Ms. Zixuan Xie joined the group on September 10, 2021.On August 10, 2022, she successfully earned her master degree in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. Her master thesis title was Selective recovery of rare earth elements using a hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite. From December 14, 2022 to July 31st, 2023, Zixuan worked as an ENCL lab technician. On August 28th, 2023, she started her PhD program in EECE. |
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Mr. Honghyun Kim joined the group on August 25, 2023. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from Korea Military Academy (Civil and Environmental Engineering), and a M.S. from Seoul National University (Earth and Environmental Science), South Korea. |
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Soon to be joining us! Ms. Gun Yi Park joined the group on June 12, 2023. She is an undergraduate student (junior) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University. A 2023 McKelvey Undergraduate Fellowship a 2024 McDonnell International Scholars Academy's Fellowship Recipient Gun Yi will join EECE PhD program in Fall 2024. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Ms. Christina Alexakos joined the group on August 25, 2023. She is an undergraduate student (Junior) in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr. Tobias Zaidman joined the group on January 3, 2024. He is an undergraduate student (Sophomore) in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. 2024 Washington University's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship |
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Undergraduate student researcher Ms. Andrea Carbonell joined the group on January 16, 2024. She is an undergraduate student (Freshman) in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr. Alex Shen joined the group on June 19, 2023. He is an undergraduate student (Senior) in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Ms. Cindy Borrayo-Carrera joined the group on August 28, 2023. She is an undergraduate student (Sophomore) in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Ms. Gun Yi Park joined the group on June 12, 2023. She is an undergraduate student (junior) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at National Taiwan University. A 2023 McKelvey Undergraduate Fellowship Gun Yi will join EECE PhD program in Fall 2024. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr.Bennett Schwartz joined the group on January 27, 2023. He is an undergraduate student (sophomore) the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr.Andy Kim joined the group on September 13, 2022. He is an undergraduate student (sophomore) the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. |
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Master Student Researcher Ms. Shaochen Wu joined the group on February 8, 2022.She is a master student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL.
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Doctoral Student Researcher Dr. Albern Tan joined the group in September 2017. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from Purdue University, IN. He defended his doctoral dissertation on October 6, 2022 and the dissertation title was "Calcium Bearing Mineral-Hydrogel Composites for Phosphate Removal and Recovery". From October 31, 2022, he works at Bayer. As a research scientist, he will support Bayer's environmentally sound operations. a 2019 EECE Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, April 12, 2019. a 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) recipient a selected participant (with full financial support by ACS) in the 2020 ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry & Sustainable Energy, July 7-14, 2020 (postponed July 2021), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. the Best Student Presentation Award during the 26th Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference,Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, IL, USA, October 24, 2020.
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Doctoral Student Researcher Dr. Deoukchen Ghim joined the group in August 2016. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. and M.S. from the University of Seoul, Korea. He defended his doctoral dissertation on September 22, 2022. The dissertation title was "Advanced Nanomaterials and Module Designs for Efficient Photothermal Water Treatment." From October 24, 2022, he works at Intel to lead scientific research that enables manufacture of innovative device architectures a selected participant (with full financial support by ACS) in the 2019 ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry & Sustainable Energy, July 16-23, 2019, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. the 2nd Place Prize for the Fresh Ideas Student Poster Competition at the 2019 Joint Conference of the Missouri Water Environment Association (MWEA) and the Missouri Section of the American Water Works Association (MO-AWWA), April 1, 2019. the Best Student Presentation Award during the 25th Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference, the University of Missouri-Columbia, MO, USA, October 19, 2019. a winner of the 2019 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society. a 2022 Graduate Student Research Impact Awardee from the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis a 2022 ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Division Graduate Student Award. |
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Master of Science Student Researcher Ms. Zixuan Xie joined the group on September 10, 2021.She is a master student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She defended her master thesis on August 10, 2022. Thesis title: Selective recovery of rare earth elements using a hydroxyapatite-chitosan composite
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Mr. Ryan Whelan joined the group on September 7, 2021.He is a master student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He conducted B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at WUStL.
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Bethany Jackson joined the group on May 31, 2022. She is an undergraduate student (sophomore) in Forensic Science, Albany State University, GA. a 2022 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient.(May-July 2022)
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Mr. Jeremy Acheampong joined the group on May 31, 2022. He is an undergraduate student (sophomore) in Mathematics Dual Degree Engineering, Capital University, OH. a 2022 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient.(May-July 2022)
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Doctoral Student Researcher Dr. Zhenwei Gao joined the group in September 2016 in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. and an M.S. from Tongji University, China. Dr. Gao successfully defended his dissertation on July 6th, 2022. The dissertation title was "Photochemical Formation Mechanisms and Applications of Mn Oxide Nanomaterials" Starting from August 1st, 2022, Dr. Gao works with Prof.Junhong Chen in Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) at the University of Chicago for his postdoctoral work. a 2019 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the Fall 2019 ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA to be held from August 25-29, 2019. a 2020 Merit of Certificate recipient from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. a 2021 C. Ellen Gonter Environmental Chemistry Award recipient presentaed by the Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. a winner of the 2021 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society.
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Doctoral Student Researcher Dr. Yaguang Zhu joined the group in September 2016. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from NanjingUniversity, China. Dr. Zhu successfully defended his dissertation on May 4th, 2022. The dissertation title was "Nanoscale Interfacial Control of Ion Behaviors and CaCO3 Formation in Environmental Systems" Starting from June 1st, 2022, Dr. Zhu works with prof. Kelsey Hatzell at Princeton University for his postdoctoral work. a selected full supported participant of 2017 Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) for July 22-29, 2017, Birmingham, Alabama a 2019 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the ACS Spring meeting, Orlando, FL, March 31-April 4, 2019. a 2020 Merit of Certificate recipient from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. a winner of the 2020 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society. a 2023 Graduate Student Research Impact Awardee from the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis. |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Mr. Kenny Li joined the group in June 7, 2021.He is a undergraduate student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He is a 2019 McKelvey Undergraduate Research Scholar. 2D nanomaterials and membrane distillation
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Esther Faronbi joined the group in September 1, 2021.She is a undergraduate student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She is a MARC u-STAR program fellow.
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Ms. Jing Liu joined the group on January 25, 2021. She is a Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds a B.S. from Beijing Forestry University, China. Mn Oxide Photochemistry |
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Mr. Xingyu (Shay) Li joined the group on January 25, 2021 for an independent study. He is a Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from National Taiwan University (NTU), Taiwan. Mineral-hydrogel composites |
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Ms. Wanqing Zheng joined the group on January 17, 2020 for an independent study. She is a Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds a B.S. from Environmental Engineering, Tianjin Chengjian University, China. Rare Earth Recovery |
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Ms. Osheen Dabas joined the group on September 14, 2020 for an independent study. She is a Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds a B. Technology in Chemical Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal University, Karnataka, India Brine Treatment She works at the International Safety System, Inc, NJ. |
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Undergraduate Researcher Ms. Soo Jin Choi joined the group on November 8, 2019. She is a junior undergraduate student in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louuis. She received 2020 Dean's fellowship. MoS2 chemical reaction In Fall 2021, Soo Jin started her doctoral program at Johns Hopkins University.
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Mr. Jianshang Li joined the group on January 17, 2020 for an independent study. He is a Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from Chemical Engineering & Technology, Zhejiang University, China. Green Building Materials |
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Mr. Kevin Huang joined the group on January 17, 2020 for an independent study. He is a Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from Groundwater Science and Engineering, University of Geosciences, Beijing, China. Hydroxyapatite formation |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Mr. Charlie Skurie joined the group on June 3, 2019. He is an undergraduate student (junior) in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louuis. Manganese oxide formation a 2020 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship recipient. a 2020 America Chemical Society Environmental Chemistry Undergraduate Research Awardee He will join his master of engineering program at Washington University in Fall 2021. |
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Doctoral Student Researcher Dr. Xuanhao Wu joined the group on October 19, 2015. He is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from Fudan University, China. He successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on April 3, 2020. The dissertation title is "Chemistry of Nanoscale Solids and Organic Matter in Sustainable Water Management Systems". Starting from July 1st, 2020, Dr. Wu works with Prof. Jaehong Kim in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale for his postdoctoral work. From September 1st 2022, he will start an assistant professorship in the College of Environmental and Resource Sciences (CERS) at Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. He received a prestigious One Hundred Talent Professorship. a 2017 Merit of Certificate recipient from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. a selected participant (with full financial support by ACS) in the 2018 ACS Summer School on Green Chemistry & Sustainable EnergyJuly 10-17, 2018, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado. a winner of the 2018 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society. the 1st Place Prize for the Fresh Ideas Student Poster Competition at the 2019 Joint Conference of the Missouri Water Environment Association (MWEA) and the Missouri Section of the American Water Works Association (MO-AWWA), April 1, 2019. The 2019 ACS Geochemistry Division's Best Student Paper Award Competition Winner and a 2019 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the Fall 2019 ACS National Meeting in San Diego, CA to be held from August 25-29, 2019. a 2020 Graduate Research Awardee, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, May 8, 2020. |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Amanda Grams joined the group on November 12, 2019. She is a sophomore undergraduate student in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louuis. Phosphate removel and recycling |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Mr. Junlong Huang joined the group on October 1, 2019. He is a visiting undergraduate student from the School of Environment at Tsinghua University.
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Mr. Adrian Martinez joined the group on May 28, 2019. He is an undergraduate student (junior) in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louuis. a 2019 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient.(May-July, 2019) Photothermal membrane |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Lizzie Michalski joined the group on June 3, 2019. She is an undergraduate student (junior) in Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louuis.
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Visiting Professor Prof. Yongfang Rao, Associate Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, joined the group on August 27, 2018. She will work with us for a year. (August 2018-August 2019) She will study CeO2 nanoparticle's reactions in advanced water treatment processes.
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Seung Hee Choe joined the group on June 17, 2019. She is a senior undergraduate student in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea. (June 17-August 23, 2019) a 2019 McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) undergraduate fellowship recipient. MoS2 reactions In Fall 2021, she started her PhD program at Yale University. |
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Mr. Guangcheng Wang joined the group in September 2018 for an independent study (September 2018-August 2019). He is a Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China. He conducted research project to develop methods for rare earth element recovery from coals. Guangcheng will join EECE for his doctoral degree in Fall 2020.
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Lolya McWest joined the group on May 28, 2019. She is an undergraduate student (senior) in Environmental Science at Rutgers University. a 2019 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient.(May-July, 2019) CO2 utilization: Green cement materials |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Mr. Mathew Suazo joined the group on May 28, 2019. He is an undergraduate student (rising junior) in Materials Science and Engineering at MIT. a 2019 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient.(May-July, 2019) Photothermal membrane |
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High School Student Researcher Ms. Varsha Murali joined the group on June 11, 2019. She is a rising seniorat at Parkway Centural High School. (June-July 2019) a 2019 STARS program researcher. She has worked on calcium phosphate formation. She received a 2019 Award for Excellence in Research.
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Mr. Junyan Liu joined the group in January 2019 for his independent study. He is the first year Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He conducts the research for calcium-mineral formation in oil receovery sites.
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Master of Engineering Student Researcher Ms. Jiumei Yang joined the group in September 2018 for her independent study. She is the first year Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She holds a B.S. from Northwest Univeristy, China. She conducted the research for stronger cement material developments which can be used in subsurface operations. She works at Bayer Crop Science, MO.
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Doctoral Student Researcher Dr. Doyoon Kim joined the group on August 6, 2012 as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. Dr. Kim successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on November 9, 2018. The dissertation title is "Mechanisms of Calcium Phosphate Mineralization on Biological Interfaces and their Engineering Applications." He holds in B.S. in Civil Engineering and M.S. in Environmental Engineering at Hanyang University in South Korea. He is working at MIT for his postdoctoral research since February 2019. After his postdoctoral research, in September 2022, Dr. Kim joined Bayer as an environmental engineer. a selected participant in the NSF-sponsored workshop on Atom Probe Tomography for Earth Sciences, the University of Alabama, Alabama, January 29-30, 2016. a 2016 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the ACS Spring meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016. a 2016 travel award to attend the 2016 Chemical Life Cycle Collaborative (CLiCC) Chemical LCA Workshop, June 25-26, 2016, University of California at Santa Barbara. a 2017 Merit of Certificate recipient from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. the 2018 Doh Wonsuk Memorial Awardee, selected by the US Chapter of Korean Institute of Chemical Engineers (KIChE) a 2019 Graduate Research Awardee, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, April 12, 2019.
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr. Wonwoo Jang joined the group on June 25, 2018. He is an undergraduate student (rising senior) in Mechanical Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea. (June 25-August 31 2018) He works on novel membrane development. a 2018 McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) undergraduate fellowship recipient.
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr. Brandon Bowers joined the group on May 29, 2018. He is an undergraduate student (rising senior) in the Department of Geological Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. (May-July, 2018) He works on managed aquifer recharge. a 2018 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient. Brandon works with RJH Consultants, Inc. (RJH) is a geotechnical and water resources firm.
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr. James Obute joined the group on May 29, 2018. He is an undergraduate student (rising junior) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Kentucky. (May-July, 2018) He works on Manganese Oxides and their electrochemical properties. a 2018 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient. a 2019 MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) participant James will pursue his doctoral degree in chemical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin in Fall 2020. For his doctoral degree, he received the Tau Beta Pi Fellowship.
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High school student researcher Mr. Jason Zhou joined the group on June 12, 2018. He is a rising seniorat John Burroughs High School. (June-July 2018) a 2018 STARS program researcher. He worked on struvite formation. In Fall 2019, Jason will join Harvard for his B.S. |
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Doctoral student researcher Dr. Lijie Zhang joined the group on September 10, 2012 for her doctoral degree in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. Lijie successfully defended her doctoral dissertation on March 12, 2018. The dissertation title is “Coupling of Geochemical Reactions and Geophysical Properties of Clay Minerals in Energy-related Subsurface Engineered Systems.” She holds a B.E. from Tsinghua University, China. Dr. Zhang works at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory since May 2018. In Spetember 2021, she will be a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), NJ Link to Prof. Zhang research group website Listen Lijie's one minute poster presentation. Lijie was chosen to present in the 2016 Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Women in Clean Energy Symposium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, May 31, 2016. a 2016 Student Travel Awardee to attend the North-Central Section 50th Annual Meeting, The Geological Society of America, Champaign, IL, April 18-19, 2016. a 2018 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the Spring 2018 ACS National Meeting in New Orleans March 18-22, 2018. a 2018 Graduate Research Awardee, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, April 20, 2018. a 2019 Chinese Government Awardee for Outstanding Self-financed Student Study Abroad |
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Doctoral student researcher Dr. Haesung Jung joined the group on January 2, 2013 in the department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis after he graduated from the University of Seoul, Korea (B.S. and M.S.). He successfully defended his doctoral dissertation on October 27, 2017. The dissertation title is “Abiotic- and Biotic-Formation of Manganese Oxides and Their Fate in Environmental Systems.” After his postdoctoral work at Georgia Tech (January 2018 to August 2020), he is now an assistant professor in the School of Civil, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Changwon National University, South Korea. Link to Prof. Jung's research group website a 2014 Travel Award recipient for the conference on Synchrotron Environmental Science VI, Argonne National Laboratory, September 11-12, 2014. a 2016 Merit of Certificate recipient from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. a 2017 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the ACS Spring meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017. a 2017 Graduate Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, April 21, 2017. a winner of the 2017 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society. |
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Mr. Seounghyun Eum joined the group on July 5, 2017. He is an undergraduate student (rising senior) in Chemical and Biological Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea. (July-September 2017) He is working on novel membrane development. a 2017 McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) undergraduate fellowship recipient. |
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Doctoral student researcher Dr. Yujia Min joined the group on January 17, 2012 in the department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis after he graduated from Peking University for his undergraduate program. He defended his doctoral thesis on August 7th, 2017. Dissertation title: Aluminosilicate Dissolution and Silicate Carbonation during Geologic CO2 Sequestration Dr. Min works at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign since 2022 after his work at the University of California- Los Angeles (2019-2002) and National Energy Technology Laboratory (2017-2019). The 2016 ACS Geochemistry Division's Best Student Paper Award Competition Winner and a 2016 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the ACS Spring meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2016. a 2016 Student Travel Award to attend the North-Central Section 50th Annual Meeting, The Geological Society of America, Champaign, IL, April 18-19, 2016. |
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Undergraduate student Ms. Samantha (Sammie) Burnell joined the group on May 31st, 2016. After summer research in 2016, she returned to St. Louis for summer research (June 5-August 11, 2017). She is an undergraduate student (rising junior) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. She worked on managed aquifer recharge and nutrient recovery. a 2016 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient. (May 31-July 29, 2016) A 2018 MIT-Spain program participant, MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) a 2019 ReNUWIt program undergraduate researcher at UC Berkeley
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Mr. Daniel Delgado joined the group on June 2, 2017. He is an undergraduate student (rising senior) in Environmental Engineering at San Diego State University. He worked on nanoparticle behaviors in aqueous environments. a 2017 Leadership Alliance Program Fellowship recipient. Daniel pursues his Ph.D. at the University of South Florida since Fall 2018. |
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Undergraduate researcher Ms. Yue Hui joined the group on January 20, 2015. She is an undergraduate student (junoir) in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She worked on protein-based nanoparticle synthesis. Yue conducts her Ph.D. study with the guiance of Prof. David A. Tirrell at Caltech since Fall 2017. a 2015 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship recipient. a 2016 ACS Environmental Chemistry Division's Undergraduate Student Award! a 2017 ACS Geochemistry Division's Student Travel Award recipient for the ACS Spring meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2-6, 2017.
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Undergraduate Researcher Ms. Gabriella Riek joined the group on September 28, 2015. She is an undergraduate student (junior) in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She worked on geologic CO2 sequestration. a 2016 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship recipient. a 3rd prize winner of poster presentation at the 2016 Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering's Summer Undergraduate Intern Symposium. She is working at HBK Engineering, Chicago, IL.
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Doctoral student researcher Dr. Qingyun Li joined the group on September 12, 2011 in the department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis after she graduated from Peking University for her undergraduate program. On August 10th, 2016, she defended her doctoral thesis. Dissertation title: Calcium Carbonate Formation in Energy-Related Subsurface Environments and Engineered Systems In Fall 2021, Dr. Li will start her faculty position in the Department of Geosciences at Stony Brook University, NY, after her postdoctoral research at Stanford University. Link to Prof. Li research group website Listen Qingyun's one minute poster presentationQingyun was chosen to present in the 2016 Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Women in Clean Energy Symposium, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, May 31, 2016. a 2014 Travel Award recipient for the conference on Synchrotron Environmental Science VI, Argonne National Laboratory, September 11-12, 2014. a recipient of the 2015 Geochemical Society Student Travel Award to attend a short course on “Pore Scale Geochemical Processes” and Goldschmidt meeting, Prague, Czech Republic. a winner of the 2015 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society. a 2016 Graduate Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University, April 15, 2016. a 2016 Student Travel Award to attend the North-Central Section 50th Annual Meeting, The Geological Society of America, Champaign, IL, April 18-19, 2016.
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Undergraduate student Dr. Hyuna Kwon joined the group on June 20, 2016. She is an undergraduate student (Junior) in Energy Resources Engineering, Chemistry and Biology Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea. She is working on membrane development. a 2016 McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) undergraduate fellowship recipient. She conducted her doctoral program at the University of California-Riverside. After her doctoral degree (March 2023), Dr. Kwon works at Lawrence Livermore National Laoboratory. |
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Undergraduate student Mr. Inhyeong Jeon joined the group on June 20, 2016. He is an undergraduate student (Senior) in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea. He is working on phosphate removal treatment. a 2016 McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) undergraduate fellowship recipient. He conducted his master degree at Seoul National University, and joined at Yale for his doctoral program in Fall 2019. |
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Undergraduate student Mr. Seung Woo Ham joined the group on June 24, 2016. He is an undergraduate student (junior) in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Seoul National University, South Korea. He is working on CO2 capture and sequestrationt. a 2016 McDonnell Academy Global Energy and Environment Partnership (MAGEEP) undergraduate fellowship recipient. He is conducting his master degree at Seoul National University. |
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Undergraduate student Ms. Samantha (Sammie) Burnell joined the group on May 31st, 2016. She is an undergraduate student (rising junior) in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT. She is working on managed aquifer recharge. a 2016 Washington University Summer Engineering Fellowship (WUSEF) recipient.
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High School Student researcher Mr. Michael Yin joined the group on June 13, 2016. He is a rising senior at at Marquette High School. a 2016 STARS program researcher. He studies about electrochemistry in drinking water distribution systems. He will attend Washington University's Engineering School for his undergraduate program.
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Master of Engineering Student Ms. Mujia Gu joined the group on December 9, 2015. She is a master's degree student in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She earned her B.S. in Materials Chemistry at Beijing Institute of Technology. She is working on phosphate removal and reuse.
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Undergraduate Student Ms. Melanie Cohen joined the group on September 11, 2015. She is an undergraduate student (junior) in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She is working on phosphate removal from wastestream and reuse.
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Dr. Chelsea W. Neil joined the group on August 11, 2010 as a doctoral student and worked as a postdoctoral researcher after she defended her doctoral thesis on May 11, 2015 in the department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. For her undergraduate program, she graduated in Chemical Engineering at Tufts University (2010). Doctoral dissertation title is "Understanding the Nano- and Macro-scale Processes Impacting Arsenic Mobilization during Managed Aquifer Recharge" Dr. Chelsea Neil is a Staff Scientist in Earth and Environmental Sciences Division of the Los Alamos National Laboratory after she worked at the National Risk Management Research Laboratory of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cincinnati, Ohio. a 2010 Olin Fellowship Recipient for her doctoral study (2010-2015) a recipient of the 2011 Certificate of Merit from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. an Invited Gordon Research Seminar Speaker on Environmental Science: Water, NH, 2014. a 2014 Early Career Travel Award recipient and a speaker for the conference on Synchrotron Environmental Science VI, Argonne National Laboratory, September 11-12, 2014. a winner of the 2014 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry Division, the American Chemical Society. a recipient of the 2015 Graduate Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University The first author of the 2014 ES&T's Top Science paper (Neil et al., ES&T, 2014, 48, 4395-4405) Annoucement link
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Vanessca Wu joined the group on October 2014. She is an undergraduate student (freshman) in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. She is working on toxic metal remobal by apatite formation. a 2015 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship recipient. She was a 2018 Valedictorian in the school of engiuneering.
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Dr. Jessica R. Ray joined the Jun research group on August 21, 2008 as an undergraduate student, and continue pursuing master and doctoral studies. On July 1st, 2015, she depended her doctoral thesis in the department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. Her doctoral thesis title is "Interfacial Reactions of Natural and Engineered Nanoparticles and Colloids in Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems" Dr. Jessica Ray is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington since January 2019. Prof. Ray's Group Website. She has been the 2015 Miller fellow and conducts her postdoctoral research with Prof. David L. Sedlak in the Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of California-Berkeley. a recipient of the 2011 Graduate Teaching Award a 2011 Carl Storm Underrepresented Minority Fellowship (CSURM) recipient, the 2011 Environmental Nanotechnology Gordon Research Conference a 2012 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Fellowship receipient a recipient of the 2013 Graduate Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University a winner of the 2013 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry, the American Chemical Society. a member of Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society (2014-present) a 2015 Miller Research Fellowship for her postdoctoral research at University of California-Berkeley. |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Jyoti Campbell joined the group on June 2015. She is an undergraduate student (Freshman) in Chemistry Department at Wellesley College. a 2015 NSF NNIN REU program participant. She is working on surface modification for membrane processes. |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Dr. Yanzhe (Althea) Zhu joined the group on January 2014 and worked in 2014-2015 with us as an undergraduate researcher. In May 2015, she earned her undergraduate degree in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. The fate and transport of CeO2 nanoparticles in the presence of redox active ions. Dr. Yanzhe Zhu studied her Ph.D. program (Prof. Mike Hoffmann at Caltech (2015-2020) and now she is a postdoctoral scholar at Caltech, working with Prof. Victoria Orphan. a 2014 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship recipient. |
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Undergraduate Student Researcher Ms. Emily Wen joined the group on January 2015. She is an undergraduate student (Sophomere) in the Environmental Earth Science at WUStL. She is working on geologic CO2 sequestration. She was chosen for a 2015 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship recipient but she has to decline for her industrial internship in summer 2015.
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Master of Engineering Student Mr. Yinxuan Qiu joined the group on September 9, 2014. He is a first year Master of Engineering student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from China University of Petroleum, Beijing and a M.E. from National Engineering Laboratory of Biohydrometallurgy, China. He worked on CO2 sequestration project for his independent study (Fall 2014).
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Professor Youn Sang Kim joined the Jun research group on August 1, 2013 for his sabbatical year research. Professor Kim is Associate Professor in the Department of Nano Science and Technology, Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology, Seoul National University (South Korea). |
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Undergraduate student Mr. Andrew Poehlman joined the group on August 25, 2014. She is an undergraduate student (junior) in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL.
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Undergraduate student Mr. Wesley Beck joined the group on June 8, 2014 for summer research. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He is working on geologic CO2 sequestration a 2014 U.S. Army Research Fellowship recipient. |
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High school student Mr. Andrew Dong joined the group on June 9, 2014. He is a rising senior at Parkway South High School. a 2014 STARS program researcher. The fate and transport of CeO2 in engineered aquatic systems. He attended the University of California-Berkeley for his undergraduate program (2015-2019) and is now in a doctoral program at UC-Berkeley. |
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Master of Engineering student Mr. Yusef Rahaman joined the group on January 27, 2014. He is a Masters degree student in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He holds a B.S. from the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Nuclear Engineering/Applied Mathematics). He is working on sulfide nanoparticle synthesis through an independent study.
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Postdoctoral reseacher Dr. Xuyang Liu joined the Jun research group on May 1, 2013. He holds his Ph.D. from Stevens Institute of Technology, M.S. from Harbin Institute of Technology, and B.S. from Harbin Engineering University, all in Civil & Environmental Engineering. He has worked as a National Research Council Resident Research Associate in the National Risk Management Research Lab at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (ORD/NRMRL/GWERD) in Ada, Oklahoma before. Dr. Liu worked on the fate and transport of CeO2 nanoparticles in engineered aquatic systems. Dr. Liu works as an engineer in Texas since 2014. |
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Undergraduate student researcher Mr. Osman Ulug joined the group on September 2013. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. Osman is a McKelvey Scholarship Recipient. CO2 sequestration |
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Doctoral student Mr. Yi Yang joined the group on July 7, 2009. In 2013, he earned his Ph.D. in the department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology and a M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University. Dissertation title: Chemical weathering of feldspars under ambient to geologic carbon sequestration conditions: effects of crystallographic properties and solution chemistry. He is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). He conducted postdoctoal research, working with Prof. Susan. L. S. Stipp in the NanoGeoScience Group at the University of Copenhagen (Denmark). a winner of the 2012 Graduate Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University.
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Undergraduate student Mr. James Cooper joined the group on January 16, 2012. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He also participated in a 2012 Auburn University's REU program. Nanoparticle synthesis and surface modification |
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High school student Mr. Claire Dang joined the group on June 10, 2013. She is a rising senior at Lindbergh High School. a 2013 STARS program researcher. CO2 reduction project Claire attended the University of Tulsa (2014-2018) for her undergraduate degree. |
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Undergraduate student Mr. Matthre DeCuir joined the group on May 22, 2013. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Auburn University. a 2013 NSF Global Energy REU program participant Mechanical property changes of rocks and cements by geochemical reactions in subsurface environments. |
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Undergraduate student Mr. Justin Nauman joined the group on June 3, 2013. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University. a 2013 NSF NNIN REU program participant Hydrophilic surface modification and their performance tests |
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Doctoral student Dr. Yandi Hu joined the group on May 25, 2009. She was a Ph.D. student in the department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. She defended her thesis on May 1, 2013. She holds a B.S. and M.S. from Nankai University, China. Her thesis title is "Roles of Nano- and Micro-Scale Subsurface Geochemical Reactions on Environmentally Sustainable Geologic CO2 Sequestration" In 2013-2020, she was an associate (tenured) professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Houston. In 2020 summer, as a tenured associate professor, she relocated to the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering at Peking University. Website a winner of the 2011 Graduate Student Awards in Environmental Chemistry, the American Chemical Society. a recipient of the 2014 Graduate Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University
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Undergraduate student Mr. Yunke Liu joined the group on October 18, 2011. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. a 2012 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship recipient. Yunke works in industry (FactSet Research Systems, CT) since June 2013 and also studies for his graduate program at Columbia University! |
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Undergraduate Student: Ms. Jena Lococo joined the group on May 22, 2012. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Environmental Engineering at the University of Florida. a 2012 NSF Global Energy REU student. Project: Dissolution rates for feldspar minerals She is attending her undergraduate program at University of Florida. |
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Undergraduate Student: Ms. Whitney Wong joined the group on June 04, 2012. She is an undergraduate student in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas-Austin. a NSF NNIN NUE REU student. Project: Membrane modification for water treatment Whitney will work in industry (Hospira) after her graduation. |
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High School Student: Ms. Chloe An joins the group on June 11, 2012. She iss a rising junior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School. She is a STARS (Students and Teachers As Research Scientists) researcher. Project: Water Reuse a winnder of the 2012 LMI Aerospace Inc. Award for Excellence in Research for an outstanding research paper in the area of engineering. She attended Pomona College (2014-2018) for her undergraduate program. |
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Undergraduate Student: Mr. Daniel Garcia joined the group on January 26, 2010. He is an undergraduate student in the department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He is working on nanoparticle synthesis and nanoparticle behaviors under high CO2 concentrations. a 2011 ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry Undergraduate Student Award a 2010 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowhip recipient Daniel will start his Ph.D. at Northwestern University in Fall 2013. |
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Postdoc researcher: Dr. Alejandro Fernandez-Martinez worked with us from February 1, 2010 to January 31st, 2012. He worked on the EFRC project: Nanoscale control of CO2. He holds MS degrees in Geochemistry at the Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France. (Master Thesis title: “Arsenic (V) substitutions in gypsum”). His Ph.D. degree at University Joseph Fourier and Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France. (PhD thesis title: “Physics of natural nanoparticles / water interface: chemical reactivity and environmental implications,” under the supervision of Laurent Charlet). Now, He is a scientist at CNRS, France. |
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Undergraduate student: Mr. Chris Bell worked with us from June 1 to October 2011. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science (MEMS) at WUStL. He is still attending her undergraduate program at WUStL. |
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Visiting Student: Ms. Joohee Kim, joined the group on April 13, 2011 and came back to Korea on July 16, 2011. She is a visiting Ph.D. student from the Department of Nano Science and Technology at Seoul National University. Her expertise is soft lithgraphy for nanopatterning. She earned her Ph.D. Program at Seoul National University. She is currently working at Samsung electronics. |
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High School Student: Ms. Dabin Choe will join the group on June 1, 2011. She is a Junior at Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School and a STARS (Students and Teachers As Research Scientists) associate researcher. Dabin is attending MIT for her undergraduate program from Fall 2012. |
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High School Student: Mr. Matthew Millett will join the group on June 6, 2011. He is a Junior at Clayton High School and a STARS (Students and Teachers As Research Scientists) researcher. Matthew is attending Stanford for his undergraduate program from Fall 2012. |
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Undergraudate Student: Ms. Amy Miller will join the group on May 24, 2011. She is an undergraduate student in the department of Chemical engineering at Miami University, OH. She is a NSF-Energy-REU program researcher. |
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Undergraudate Student: Ms. Rachel Mudd will join the group on June 6, 2011. She is an undergraduate student in the department of Biomedical Engineering at WUStL. She is a NUE REU Program researcher. After her undergraduate program, she works at Accenture. |
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Postdoctoral Scholar: Dr. Hongbo Shao joined the group on September 29, 2008. She holds both her BS and MS degrees in Environmental Chemistry from Nankai University (China), and she obtained her Ph.D. degree in Environmental Science from The University of Oklahoma. She was working on geologic CO2 Sequestration project. (September 2008-April 2011) Dr. Shao was selected for a podium presentation with honor in 2010 Washington University's Postdoctoral Research Symposium Dr. Shao works at Illinois State Geological Survey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as an associate research scientist after her work at Pacific Northwestern National Lab. |
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Undergraudate Student: Ms. Anca Timofte joined the group on September 15, 2008. She is an undergraduate student in the department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical engineering at WUStL and an awardee of the Mckelvey scholarship. She is working on investigating the fate and transport of emerging contaminants in soil systems. Anca was a McKelvey Scholarship Receipient. Anca conducts her graduate program at ETH Zurich in Fall 2011. |
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Undergraduate Student: Ms. Alexandra Rutz started to work with the Jun group from June 1, 2009 to August 21, 2009 as a REU undergraduate researcher and she also worked December 2009 to January 2010. She is now an undergraduate student in the department of chemistry and molecular biology at University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign. Remotely, She is continuously working with us on manganese oxide nanoparticle synthesis for environmental applications. Alex conducted her Ph.D. program at Northwestern University (2011-2016). Now she is working at the University of Cambridge, UK. Dr. Alex Rutz will join Washington University in Spring 2021 as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. |
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Undergraduate Student: Mr. Christian Ronzio joined the group in June 2, 2010 for his summer research. He is a senior in Environmental Engineering at Yale. He is working on superciritical CO2-organic-water-mineral interaction. Christian works for a consulting company in Wisconsin-madison from Fall 2011. |
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Undergraduate and Master Program: Ms. Kathleen O'Malley joined the group in August 25, 2008 as an undergraduate student. She conducted her master program in the department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical engineering at WUStL (June 2010). She has been working on investigating the potential effects of leakage from CO2 sequestration on groundwater quality. a recipient of the 2010 certificate of Merit from Environmental Chemistry Division, American Chemical Society. Kathleen works for the industry. |
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Undergraduate Student: Mr. Peter Colletti joined the group in May 22, 2008 to August 2009. He is an undergraduate student in the Department of Energy, Environmental, & Chemical Engineering at WUStL. He is currently exploring template-assisted aggregation of nanoparticles. a 2009 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowhip recipient Peter attended a Ph.D. program with Dr. John Fortner at WUStL. |
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Undergraduate Student: Mr. Ryan Matos worked with the Jun group from August 22, 2008 to August 7, 2009. He is an undergraduate student in the department of Energy, Environmental, and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He was working on determining how geologically sequestered carbon dioxide will react with water and rock samples and change pH and metal cation concentrations. a 2009 Washington University's Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowhip recipient Ryan works for a consulting company in Wisconsin-madison from Fall 2011. |
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High School Student: Mr. Eric Hsu joined the group in June 8, 2010. He is a senior at Marquette High School and a STARS (Students and Teachers As Research Scientists) associate researcher. He worked on the ground water quality related to climate changes. Eric attends Washington University (Biomediacal Engineering) in Fall 2011. |
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High School Student: Ms. Elizabeth Godar worked with the Jun group from June 8 to July 17, 2009. She is STARS program high school student at Villa Duchesne Oak Hill School, MO. She was working on the ground water quality related to climate changes. Liz was nominated as a Missouri Scholar 100 in 2010. Liz is attending Yale University since Fall 2010. |
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