Principle Investigator

​Tiezheng Tong, Ph.D. 
Postdoc, Yale University, 2015-2017
Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2015
M.S., Northwestern University, 2011
M.S., Tsinghua University, 2010
B.S., Beijing Normal University, 2008
Email: [email protected]

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Postdoc Researchers

Tyler Malkoske, Ph.D.
Postdoc, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 2023-2024
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2023
M.Eng., Tongji University, 2016
B.S., University of Manitoba, 2008
Email: [email protected]
Research: Fouling and scaling mechanisms in membrane filtration; development of pre-treatment methods for fouling/scaling control

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Graduate Students

  Brandi Grauberger (PhD student, InTERFEWS fellow, co-advised with Todd Bandhauer)
  B.S., Colorado State University, 2020
  Email: [email protected]
  Research: Thermal desalination of wastewaters to improve economic and                                           environmental prospects at the food-energy-water nexus

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Yiqun Yao (PhD student)
M.S.,University of Colorado Boulder, 2020
B.S., University of Colorado Boulder, 2019
Email: [email protected] 
Research: Development of novel electrodialysis desalination technology for brine treatment; design of anti-scalants for effective membrane desalination

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Shinyun Park (PhD student)
M.S., Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea, 2019
​B.S., Pukyong National University, South Korea, 2017
Email : [email protected]
Research: Fabrication and modification of membranes for selective separation; combined scaling and fouling in reverse osmosis

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Xijia Ge (PhD student)
​B.S., Colorado State University, 2023 
Email : [email protected]
Research: The development of anti-scalants for membrane desalination; understanding scaling behaviors for RO with high water recovery

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Yuqi Wang (PhD student)
M.S., Nankai University, 2022
B.S., Fujian Normal University, 2019
Email: [email protected] 
Research: Development of novel materials and processes for hypersaline wastewater treatment.

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Zhuting Wang (PhD student)
M.S.,The University of Hong Kong, 2023
B.S., South China University of Technology, 2022
Email: [email protected]
Research: Elucidating solute transport mechanisms in selective membranes for PFAS removal and ion-ion separation

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Yanji Tian (PhD student)
M.S., Ben-Gurion University of Negev, 2024
B.S., Hainan University, 2022
Email: [email protected]
Research: Brine treatment using membrane-based technologies; elucidating mechanisms of PFAS transport across selective membranes for water purification.

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​Alumni:
Four Ph.D. students and three M.S. students have been graduated from the Tong Lab. 

Connor Collidge, M.S. (Plan B), CSU, graduated in May 2024.
Nohyeong Jeong, Ph.D., CSU, graduated in May 2023.
​Xuewei Du, Ph.D., CSU, graduated in May 2022.
Yiming Yin, Ph.D., CSU, graduated in May 2022. 
Cristian Robbins, Ph.D., CSU, graduated in May 2021 (co-advised with Kenneth Carlson). 
Tai-heng Chung, M.S. (Plan B), CSU, graduated in May 2021.
​Zuoyou Zhang, M.S. (Plan A), CSU, graduated in May 2019.
DeeAnn Turpin, master student, CSU
Abby Rafert, undergraduate research assistant, CSU (2024/01– 2024/05)
Xijia Ge, undergraduate research assistant, CSU (2022/01 – 2023/05)
Mayca Saavedra, undergraduate research assistant, CSU (2022/10 – 2023/05)
Francisco Hernadez, undergraduate research assistant, CSU (2023/01– 2023/05)
Ronny Minjarez, undergraduate research assistant, CSU (2021/01–2021/12)