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​Tiezheng Tong, Principle Investigator
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: tiezheng.tong@colostate.edu

Graduate Student
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Nohyeong Jeong (PhD student)
M.S., University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2018
B.S., Chungbuk National University, South Korea, 2016
Email : nyjeong2@colostate.edu
Research : Applying artificial intelligence to understand mechanisms of membrane filtration 

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  Brandi Grauberger (PhD student, InTERFEWS fellow, co-advised with Todd Bandhauer)
  B.S., Colorado State University, 2020
  Email: Brandi.Grauberger@colostate.edu
  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: Yiqun.Yao@colostate.edu 
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
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B.S., Pukyong National University, South Korea, 2017
Email : shinyun.park@colostate.edu
Research: Fabrication and modification of membranes for selective separation; combined scaling and fouling in reverse osmosis



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Connor Coolidge (M.S. student)
​B.S., University of Texas at Austin, 2022
Email : connor.coolidge@colostate.edu
Research: Fabrication of omniphobic membranes for membrane distillation

Undergraduate Student
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Xijia Ge (undergraduate research assistant)
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B.S., Colorado State University, 2023 (expected)
Email : xijia.ge@colostate.edu
Research: The development of anti-scalants for membrane desalination; fabrication of high-performance membranes for membrane distillation

​Alumni:
DeeAnn Turpin, master student
Zuoyou Zhang, master student (Plan A), graduate in 2019, work as an environmental engineer at Jiangsu DDBS Environment Remediation Co., LTD.
Tai-heng Chung, master student (Plan B), graduate in 2021, work as a process engineer at Formosa Plastics Corporation
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Cristian Robbins, PhD, PE  (graduated May 2021, currently assistant professor at United States Military Academy)
P.E., Environmental Engineering, Delaware, 2013
M.S., Colorado State University, 2012
B.S., United States Military Academy (West Point), 2003

Research: Improving shale oil and gas wastewater treatment at the water-energy nexus
Thesis: 
Systematic Analysis of Beneficial Reuse in Unconventional Oil and Gas Wastewater Management


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​Xuewei Du, Ph.D. (graduated May 2022, currently postdoc researchers at New Mexico State University)
B.S., Dalian University of Technology, China, 2015
Research: Membrane-based technologies at the water-energy nexus

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Yiming Yin, Ph.D. (graduated May 2022, currently postdoc researcher at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
B.E., Jiangxi Agricultural University, China, 2012
M.S., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S.A, 2014
Chemical Engineer, China, Chinese Academy of Science - Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, 2014-2016
Ph.D. Candidates, North Carolina State University, 2016-2018
Research: Development of novel membrane materials with improved scaling resistance

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