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David Nielsen<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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      Ph.D. Students<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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      Kartik Baghat<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Environmental Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Co-Advised w\/ Prof. Bruce Rittmann<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Kenton Chung<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Microbiology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Co-Advised w\/ Prof. Xuan Wang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Isaiah Woodson<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Chemical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Presidential Graduate Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Anshuman Yadav<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Chemical Engineering<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Co-Advised w\/ Prof. Brent Nannenga<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Michael Ong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Konner Ong<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Baylen Cusick<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Pranav Bhavaraju<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Collin Travis<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Francesca Cristobal<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Dr. Amanda Godar, (Ph.D. 2025)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Cody Kamoku, (Ph.D. 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Arren Liu, (Ph.D. 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Zachary Dookeran, (Ph.D. 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Andrew Flores (Ph.D., 2021)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Dr. Michael Machas (Ph.D., 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Kyle Staggs (Ph.D., 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Brian Thompson (Ph.D., 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Shawn Pugh (Ph.D., 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Becky McKenna (Ph.D., 2014)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      M.S. Thesis<\/mark><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      Brendan Brookhouser (M.S., 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Alex Fenner (M.S., 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Sean Innes (M.S., 2022)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Omar Abed (M.S., 2021)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Karthika Madathil (M.S., 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Daniel Herschel (M.S., 2016)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Yuchen Wang (M.S., 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Jake Adkins (M.S., 2012)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Anirudh Vasudevan (M.S., 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Michael Wiehn (M.S., 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Thomas Levario (M.S., 2011)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      Pedro Gonzalez-Ochoa (M.S., 2024)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Alexa Sanchez (M.S., 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Rakshith Chandra (M.S., 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Raj Hariharan (M.S., 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Gavin Steeber (M.S., 2020)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      John Tindell (M.S., 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Alex Mayhob (M.S., 2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      John Hagstrom (M.S., 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Vikas Patil (M.S., 2015)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Ramoni Oluwi (M.S., 2015)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      J<\/strong>ustin Jordan (M.S., 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Mengling Li (M.S., 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Marwan Osman (M.S., 2014)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Mason Oelschlager (M.S., 2013)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Ting Wu (M.S., 2013)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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      W. Phusitkanchana (M.S., 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Nathan Wong (M.S., 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Toby Johnson-Bates (M.S., 2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Luis Moya (M.S., 2011)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      Postdocs, Visiting Researchers, Research Scientists & Technicians<\/mark><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Chris Jones (Res. Sci., 2016-2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Prof. Yuji Aso (Visiting Prof., 2017)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Lizbeth Nieves (2018)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Dr. Wei Yuan (Postdoc, 2010-2012)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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