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Current Members

Cooper Petrie (June 2025- Present)
M.S. Student
Email: cooper.petrie@uvm.edu
 
Research: Disinfection using magnetically activated nanoparticles. 
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Sajjad Eftekhari (Spring 2025- Present)
Ph.D. Student
Email: sajjad.eftekhari@uvm.edu
 
Research: PFAS capture and degradation using a coupled system of foam fractionation and electrolytic degradation
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Kehinde Ojasanya (Fall 2024- Present)
Ph.D. Student
Email: kehinde.ojasanya@uvm.edu
 
Research: Struvite recovery and microplastics
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Garrett Webster (Spring 2025- Present)
Honors Thesis Student
Email: Garrett.Webster@uvm.edu
 
Research: PFOA degradation using activated Fe-Biochar composites

 
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Monireh Dehabadi (Fall 2023- Present)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Email: Monireh.Dehabadi@uvm.edu
 
Research:
  • Sensor development
  • Contaminant sensing
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Eshita Jhahan (Spring 2023- Present)
M.S. Student
Email: Eshita.Jhahan@uvm.edu
 
Research:
  • Reactive oxygen species generation is magnetically activated nanoparticle suspensions.
  • Biofouling mitigation

Current Undergraduates Research Assistants

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Amrutaa Vibho, B.S. Student
Physics and Math @ Norwich University
Email: avibho@stu.norwich.edu; 

Research:
  • Characterization of hydrogel- and biofilm-nanoparticle matrices, and gold nanoparticles in biological media using enhanced darkfield hyperspectral imaging microscopy
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Bella Mowrer, B.S. Student
Environmental Engineering
Email: Izabella.Mowrer@uvm.edu; 

Research:
  • Water quality sensors

Former Doctoral and Postdoctoral Members

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Kamruzzaman (Sakib) Khan (2023) Ph.D.
Email: Kamruzzaman.Khan@uvm.edu
 
Research:
  • Phosphorus removal and recovery from sidestream wastewater using electro-hydrodynamics
  • Wastewater surveillance methods for Covid-19
Yuxiang Shen (2022) Ph.D.
Email: Yuxiang.Shen@uvm.edu
 
Research:
  • Electric and acoustic methods to control membrane fouling
  • Characterization of biofoulants using surface force and hyperspectral imaging microscopy
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Robert Worley II (2022) Ph.D.
(Co-advised with Dr. Dewoolkar)
Email: robert.worley-ii@uvm.edu
 
Research:
  • Microsensors for monitoring microbially-induced calcite precipitation reactions
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Wenyu Zhu (July 2018 - July 2021)
Postdoctoral Research Associate
 
Research:
  • Fate and transport of per- & poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
  • Toxicity of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on lung cells

Former Masters Students

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Abhina Chonnambi (Fall 2025), M.S.
Email: Abhina.C@uvm.edu
 
Research: Interactions of quantum dots with PFAS

Current: VT Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Surface and Groundwater
 
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Ryan Kochie (2024), Accelerated M.S.
 
Research:
  • Photocatalytic degradation of PFAS
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Logan Werner (2024), M.S.
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Email: Logan.Werner@uvm.edu 
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Research: Novel strategies to fouling control in forward osmosis systems
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Current Position: Industrial Waste Engineer and Environmental Consultant at Woodard & Curran, Brookline, MA
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Julia Syzmanski (2022), M.S.

Email: jszymans@uvm.edu
 
Research:
  • Degradation of PFAS using advanced oxidation processes
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Elliot Maker (2019), Accelerated M.S.
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Research:
  • Occurrence and distribution of Per- & Poly-fluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in the Vermont Soils
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Lea Martin (2018), Accelerated M.S.

(Research: Phosphorus recovery using CNT/nanocellulose/metal oxide composite membranes)

 
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Jason Bradley (2018), Accelerated M.S.

(Research: Multi-walled carbon nanotube & bismuth-coated antifouling ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membranes)

 

Undergraduate Research Assistants

  1. Amrutaa Vibho         Summer 2023- present (Norwich U.)
  2. Daniel Jaccai             Summer 2025- present
  3. Garrett Webster        Spring 2025-present (Honors Thesis)
  4. Liesel Greseth           Fall 2025 
  5. James O'Connor       Fall 2025
  6. Aubrey Del Valle       Fall 2025
  7. Azra Hasanovic         Fall 2025
  8. Ella Niemeyer            Fall 2025
  9. Bella Mowrer             Fall 2025- present
  10. Cooper Petrie            Fall 2023, Spring 2024
  11. Lauren O'Brien         Summer 2023, 2024
  12. Cora Pohlman           Summer 2023, 2024
  13. Noah Sanderson        Summer 2023 (Essex High)
  14. Danica Dytioco          Spring 2023
  15. Katrina Seeberger    Fall 2022-Spring 2023 (Honor thesis)
  16. Molly Baker              Spring-Summer 2022
  17. Ben Page                    Fall 2017-Spring 2021
  18. Wyatt Matyas           Spring 2021
  19. Jamie Keel                 Spring 2021
  20. Beatriz Ana Altura   Spring 2021
  21. Erin Scott                  Fall 2020, Spring 2021
  22. Julia Syzmanski        Summer 2019
  23. Mikah Inkawhich     Fall 2018
  24. Peter Sarkis               Summer 2018
  25. Logan Werner           Fall 2017
  26. Natasha Nixon           Summer 2017
  27. Logan Werner           Summer 2017
  28. Evan Moreau             Spring 2016
  29. Paige Stork                Spring 2016
  30. Samuel Morano        Fall 2016
  31. Katrina Benoit          Summer 2015
  32. Jermey Vandal          Summer 2015

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