Research

Werth Research Group Photo

Current Group Members:

Charles (Charlie) Werth
werth (at) illinois.edu
Professor
Jong Kwon Choe
choe.jongkwon (at) gmail.com
M.S./Ph.D. Student, Fall 2007
Development of sustainable catalytic technologies for perchlorate reduction
Karl Dehoff
dehoff1 (at) gmail.com
M.S. Student, Fall 2008
Mixing-limited limited calcite precipitation during geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide
Jinyong Liu
liu101(at) illinois.edu
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2008
Development of sustainable technologies for perchlorate treatment
Amanda Marruffo
agmarruffo (at) gmail.com
M.S. Student, Spring 2009
Implications of mixtures
Development of chemical properties for complex mixtures of organic pollutants released during railroad accidents for environmental risk assessment
Najwa Obeid
nobeid81 (at) hotmail.com
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2008
Quantifying the impact of green roofs on water quantify and quality in an urban watershed
Danmeng Shuai

dshuai2 (at) illinois.edu
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2007
Development of sustainable catalytic technologies for oxyanion reduction

Xin Xu
xinxu2 (at) illinois.edu
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2007
Development of a microfluidic-based sensor for 17-b-estradiol using magnetic bead-bound DNA-aptamers: passive mixing of nano to micro-scale magnetic beads
Hongkyu Yoon
hyoon3 (at) illinois.edu
Visiting Research Assistant Professor, Fall 2007
Effects of chemical mixtures on the migration, distribution, and recovery of organic chemicals discharged at the Hanford site in Washington state
Rui Zhang
zhang109 (at) illinois.edu
Ph.D. Student, Fall 2008
Elucidation of reaction pathways and mechanisms during catalytic reduction of nitrate

Former Group Members

Ph.D. Student, Departure Date, Title, Affiliation

Yaning Yang, Spring 2009, Postdoctoral Researcher, Illinois State Geological Survey
Gayathri Gopalakrishnan, Spring 2008, Postdoctoral Researcher, Argonne National Laboratory
Brian Chaplin, Spring 2007, Assistant Professor, Villanova University
Changyong Zhang, Spring 2006, Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Thomas Willingham, Spring 2006, Scientist, Exxon-Mobil Upstream Development
Hongkyu Yoon, Spring 2005, Visiting Research Assistant Professor, University of Illinois
Chad Knutson, Spring 2004, Staff Scientist, Illinois State Geological Survey
Sangjo Jeong, Spring 2004, Associate Professor, Korean Military Academy
Cheema Chomsurin, Spring 2003, Associate Professor, Kasetsart University, Thailand
Rachel Brennan, Spring 2003, Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University
Jun Li, Spring 2002, Environmental Consulting

Post-doctoral Researcher, Departure Date, Title, Affiliation

Changyong Zhang, Fall 2009, Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yanjie Chu, Spring 2003, Unknown
Indumathi Nambi, Spring 2002, Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

M.S. Student, Departure Date

Xing Wang, Spring 2009, Research engineer, Doosan Hydro Technology
Scott Nellis, Spring 2008
Garvin Prescod, Spring 2008
Neha Hridaya, Spring 2008
Rene Suarez-Soto, Spring 2005
Sheldon Adrian Gale, Spring 2005
Eric Roundy, Spring 2004
Julia Stamerjohn, Spring 2002
Thomas Willingham, Spring 2001
Changyong Zhang, Spring 2001
Karen Hansen, Spring 2000