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We are a group of curious and passionate researchers working together to make our habitats safer and water cleaner. We collaborate and support each other and welcome new motivated members to join us!
We are a group of curious and passionate researchers working together to make our habitats safer and water cleaner. We collaborate and support each other and welcome new motivated members to join us!
Principle Investigator - Judy Yang
I am currently an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering and Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of Minnesota (UMN). I obtained my M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering at MIT in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Before joining UMN, I was a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton University from 2018 to 2020. I am a passionate environmental scientist interested in developing multiscale and interdisciplinary research to unravel the complex interactions among biota, fluids, and particles (sediment, soil). My group designs multiscale experiments, ranging from microfluidics to flume experiments, to address critical environmental questions related to coastal erosion, harmful algal blooms, soil carbon dynamics, and pathogen and contaminant transport in soil and sediment. I am also a proud first-generation college graduate, teacher, and mentor. As a teacher, my greatest pleasure would be to help empower students from various backgrounds to reach their full potential. Learn more
Postdoc Associates
Graduate Students / Research Scholars
Former Postdocs and PhD Students
Jorge E San Juan
Jorge E San Juan
Postdoc, 2021-2023
Now Assistant professor at North Carolina State University
Former Master Students and Undergraduates
Formal Master Students
Soukaina Benaich: MS student, 2023-2025 (currently an Engineering Intern at Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District WRD)
Undergraduates
Imtisaal Naeem: Undergraduate researcher, 2024-2025 (Civil Engineer, Rani Engineering)
CEGE Outstanding Student Award, 2025
Rana Rishmawi: Summer Student, Macalester College, 2024 summer (currently a graduate student in UC Riverside)
Colton Stewart: Summer Student, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 2024 summer
Alenna Bell: Summer Student, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, 2024 summer
Travis Wayne Klein: Summer Student, Oklahoma State University, 2023 summer
Erika Christiansen: Undergraduate student & Honor Thesis student, University of Minnesota, 2021-2023 (Graduate Water Resources Engineer, Alliant Engineering, Inc.)
Anna Klein: Summer Student, Carleton College, 2022 summer (Supervisor, Paddle Boston)
Buneya Mohammed: Summer student, Saint Paul College, 2022 summer
Katherine Tomaska: Undergraduate student & Honor Thesis student, University of Minnesota, 2020-2021 (Water Resources Engineer, Barr Engineering)
Sam Nguyen, Summer student, University of Minnesota, 2021 summer (Process Engineer at Cargill, MS in Energy and Sustainability)
Vladimir Kalamanov, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022
Kendall Johnson, Undergraduate student, 2021-2022 (Environmental Technician, Environmental Technician, Pace Analytical Services)
Sydney Hughes, Undergraduate student, Princeton University, 2019 ( Research Fellow, Technical University of Munich)
Milani Chatterji-Len, Undergraduate student, MIT, 2015 (consultant at Deloitte)
Hayoon Chung, Undergraduate student, MIT, 2014-2016 (PhD at Stanford)
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