Prof. Timothy Strathmann
Professor, Colorado School of Mines – Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Email – 303.384.2226
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Postdoctoral Research Associates
Shilai Hao
Postdoctoral Research Associate – Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research – Development of hydrothermal technologies for remediation of PFASs and other emerging contaminants. Application of advanced mass spectrometry techniques for characterizing organic constituents in waste streams.
Anderson Ellis
Postdoctoral Associate – Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Research – Groundwater remediation of perfluoro- and polyfluoro-alkyl substances (PFAS) using ion exchange technologies; evaluation of remediation alternatives using life cycle assessment (LCA) and life cycle costing analysis (LCCA).
Graduate Students
Andrew Koehler
PhD student – Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
NSF Graduate Fellow, NREL Energy Fellow, Fulbright Student Fellow
Research – Application of integrated biological-thermochemical-catalytic processes to valorize wastewater organic carbon and nutrients, and environmental policy.
Estelle Cronmiller
PhD student – Colorado School of Mines, Materials Science Program
Research – Rational catalyst design for up-conversion of waste organic carbon to renewable fuels and high value chemicals.
Aron Griffin
PhD student – Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research – Innovative technologies for treatment and destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs). Treatment of PFAS and co-contaminants of concern in semiconductor fab wastewater.
Ori Soker
PhD student – Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research – Hydrothermal technologies for the regeneration of spent adsorbent material containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)
Seth Donaldson
MS student – Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research – Hydrothermal alkaline treatment of wastewater biosolids for simultaneous destruction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and waste valorization.
Nicole Harris
PhD student – Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research – Transformation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) isolated from soil samples and screening of potential precursors to PFASs biotransformation.
Undergraduate Researchers
Sean Brooks
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research – Integrated treatment trains for removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from wastewater
Kiersten Wilson
Mines Undergraduate Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research – Treatment of PFAS-contaminated wastewater biosolids
Ann Daniels
Mines Undergraduate Research Fellow, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research – Development of a new method for analyzing total organic fluorine using hydrothermal alkaline treatment (HALT)
Group Alumni
PhD Students
2023 – Anderson Ellis – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Colorado School of Mines
2023 – Camille Amador – Research Scientist, Alder Fuels
2022 – Shilai Hao – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Colorado School of Mines
2021 – Charlie Liu – Staff Engineering, Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
2020 – Raul Tenorio – Forensic Chemist, Haley & Aldrich Consultants
2020 – Yida Fang – Environmental Engineer, CDM-Smith
2019 – Xiangchen Huo – Analyst, Wells Fargo
2019 – Yalin Li – Research Scientist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2018 – Shijie (Moses) Leow – Research Associate, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore – Website
2016 – Allison Bergquist – Exxon Mobil
2015 – Derek R. Vardon – Chief Technical Officer – Alder Fuels – Website
2014 – Jinyong Liu – Assistant Professor, University of California at Riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering – Website
2013 – Jong Kwon Choe – Assistant Professor, Seoul National University – Website
2012 – Tias Paul
2011 – Lanhua Hu – Lead Engineer – Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
2009 – Dongwook Kim – Professor of Chemistry – Korean Military Academy – Website
Postdoctoral Researchers and Visiting Scholars
2018-19 – Garrett McKay – Assistant Professor, Texas A&M University – Website
2018-19 – Boran Wu – Tongji University – Website
2016-18 – Jing Zhang (visiting scholar) – Associate Professor, Chongqing University
2017-18 – Ji Yu (visiting scholar) – Assistant Professor, Ningbo University
2018 – Beatriz Gomez-Ruiz (visiting scholar) – PhD student in Chemical Engineering, University of Cantabria
2017 – Daqian Jiang (Associate Research Scientist) – Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama – Website
2014-16 – Jinyong Liu (postdoc) – Assistant Professor, University of California at Riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering – Website
2013-14 – Yin Wang (postdoc) – Lawrence E. Sivak ’71 Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering – Website
2012-13 – Dongwook Kim (visiting scholar) – Associate Professor, Korean Military Academy – Website
2012-13 – Tias Paul (postdoc)
MS Thesis Students
2015 – Raul Tenorio – continuing studies toward a PhD in the Strathmann group
2014 – Zachary Sasnow – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2014 – Shijie Leow – continuing for a PhD in the Strathmann group
2012 – Derek R. Vardon – completed a PhD in the group in 2015 – Chief Technical Officer – Alder Fuels
2012 – Sean Carbonaro – Project Engineer, DAI Environmental
2012 – Divya Ramchandran – PhD student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
2011 – Luis Andrés Jurado – PhD student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2011 – Michael Fanizza – Staff Environmental Engineer, Burns & McDonnell
2011 – Laura Asmuth – Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2011 – Rui Zhang
2010 – Matthew Sugihara – OIMS, Stewardship and Biodiversity Lead, ExxonMobil PNG Ltd
2009 – Jessica Mohatt – Air Quality Inspector, San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
2009 – Heather M. Martin – CX Solutions Consultant, commonFront
2009 – Jong Kwon Choe – completed a PhD in the Strathmann Group in 2013 – Assistant Professor, Seoul National University – Website
2008 – Andrew Frierdich – completed a PhD in Geology at Washington University in St. Louis – Lecturer, School of Atmosphere and Environment, Monash University – Website
2007 – Adam Bussan, Professional Engineer, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
2007 – Lindsay Knitt
2006 – Tias Paul – completed a PhD in the Strathmann Group in 2012
2006 – Lanhua Hu – completed a PhD in the Strathmann Group in 2011 – Lead Engineer – Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company
2006 – John Hong Jun Shin – Engineer, Ch2M
2005 – Genevieve Nano – Stewardship Aide, Forest Preserve District of Cook County
Graduate Student Independent Study Projects
2015 – Xi Chen – PhD student at Columbia University
2015 – Yida Fang – Continuing for a PhD in the Strathmann group
2015 – Yalin Li – Continuing for a PhD in the Strathmann group
2014 – Jiale Xu
2014 – Mengwei Han – PhD student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2013 – Pei-Shin Wu – Staff Professional, Carollo Engineers
Undergraduate Researchers
2022 – Caila Cassuto
2017 – Morgan Sulzbach
2017 – Erin Kim
2017 – Sydney Slouka, Pursuing graduate studies at the Colorado School of Mines
2014 – Rahul Gogia – Process Controls Engineer, Air Products
2013 – Kevin Dinh – Associate Scientist, Gas Technology Institute
2013 – Joe Martinez – Structural Design Engineer, Boeing
2013 – Marika Nell – Pursuing a PhD student at Cornell University
2012 – Humberto Jaramillo – Pursuing a PhD student at Yale University
2012 – Antoine Petit – Pursuing a PhD at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2012 – Michelle Mehnert – Civil Engineer, Tetra Tech Inc
2012 – Zachary Sasnow – completed a MS thesis in the group – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2012 – Diane Moeller
2011 – Grant Blazina – Well Site Operations Engineer, Shell International Exploration & Production, Inc
2011 – Kimberly Parker – completed a PhD at Stanford University – Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis – Website
2010 – Uma Patel – Staff Engineer, Roux Associates
2009 – Claire Joseph – Environmental and Regulatory Advisor
2008 – Laura Asmuth – completed a MS thesis in the group – Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2008 – Lin Louie – PhD student at UC Berkeley
2008 – Matthew Sugihara – completed a MS thesis in the group – OIMS, Stewardship and Biodiversity Lead, ExxonMobil PNG Ltd
2007 – Osmarily Arce-Bulted
2007 – Kelseia Blair
2007 – Matthew Chan – Pursuing a PhD at Virginia Tech
2006 – Andrew Frierdich – completed a MS thesis in the group and a PhD at Washington University in St. Louis – Lecturer, Monash University
2006 – Valerie Cruz
2006 – Daisuke Naka
2005 – Hagar ElBishawi
2005 – Phillip Flanders – completed a PhD at Johns Hopkins University – U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2005 – Adam Bussan – completed a MS thesis in the group – Professional Engineer, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
2004 – LaToya Lemons – Payer Authorization Coordinator, Emory Healthcare
2004 – Samantha Haskins
K-12 Visiting Scholars
2018 – Christopher Rozelle, NSF K-12 RET Scholar WE2NG Program – Science Teacher, Department Manager/Instructional Leader
2017 – Olusegun Adenowo, NSF K-12 RET Scholar WE2NG Program
2016 – Elizabeth Hudd, NSF K-12 RET Scholar WE2NG Program – Science Content Specialist and Teacher, WarrenTech Highschool
2010 – Ben Kuo – WaterCIP high school intern
2009 – Jacob Dupree – NSF K-12 Summer Research and Teaching Fellow – Lead Science Teacher at Peoria Public Schools District 150
2009 – Amy Bayless – Classroom instruction and educational development leader, EnviroTech afterschool outreach program – Teacher, Champaign Unit 4 Schools
2008 – Beth Klopinski – Classroom instruction and educational development leader, EnviroTech afterschool outreach program
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