RESEARCHERS AND STAFF

Our dedicated researchers and staff at USC Rewater are collaborators in pioneering sustainable water solutions. Together, we drive innovation to address water scarcity and ensure a resilient future.

Hanwei Wang

Hanwei Wang

Postdoctoral Scholar

PFAS treatment using advanced reduction processes

Binglin Guo

Binglin Guo

Postdoctoral Scholar

Remediation of PFAS from Water

Luke Mason

Student

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Nicholas M. Josefik

Advisory Board

Industrial Engineer
U.S. Army Engineer Research & Development Center, Construction Engineering

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Justin Su

Student

Investigating bacteriophage host range in wastewater

Hang Wu

Hang Wu

Student

Evaluating PFAS Prevalence In Drinking Water And Indoor Dust

Amy Childress

CENTER DIRECTOR
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Adam Smith

 
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Dan Druhora

Filmmaker, Lecturer
Director of New Initiatives

Dan McCurry

 
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Dr. Shiao-Ping Siao Yen Early Career Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering

Adam Simpson

Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sarah Philo

Project Manager, Postdoctoral Scholar

Postdoctoral Scholars

Binglin Guo

Remediation of PFAS from Water

Hanwei Wang

PFAS treatment using advanced reduction processes

Harmita Golwala

Improving an efficacy of Anaerobic membrane bioreactor to enhance water reclamation while mitigating antibiotic resistance and microplastics

Kelly Conway

Conceptual Analysis of Synergistic Desalination and Potable Reuse of Alternative Water Resources

Marisol Cira

Augmentation of advanced water treatment processes

Weijian Ding

Novel method development for quantifying real-time compaction of water treatment membranes

Ying Wee

Investigating microorganisms that consume greenhouse gases

Students

Aarti Visswanathan

Investigating nitrate formation during wastewater ozonation

Bana Dahdah

Synergistic Integration Of Potable Reuse And Desalination Systems For Flexible And Reliable Water Supplies

Christelle Sawaya

PFAS fate in emerging environmental biotechnologies

Hang Wu

Evaluating PFAS Prevalence In Drinking Water And Indoor Dust

Haotian Cai

Saturated hydrocarbons amine chlorination to nitroalkanes

Jacob Damrow

Fate, transport, and toxicity of metal nanoparticles in food and potable reuse waters

Justin Su

Investigating bacteriophage host range in wastewater

Kexin (Kathy) Ma

Quantifying real-time compaction of biofilms

Lang He

Dairy bleaching processes using hydrogen and benzoyl peroxides

Luke Mason

Martijn Bindels

Understanding salinity cycling in high recovery desalination systems

Michael Saldana

Using wastewater-based epidemiology to characterize pathogens of concern and antimicrobial resistance

Naat’anii Castillo

Characterization of Membrane Degradation Mechanisms

Raven Althouse

Evaluating membrane biofilm reactors (MBfRs) to enhance efficiency of biological nutrient-removal processes in water reuse

Sanaiya Islam

Fatty acid chlorohydrin kinetics and fatty acid formation during tree nut bleaching processes

Xiao Yang

Using probe compounds to measure aldehyde’s reaction constants with •OH and Cl• under UV light

Alumni

  • Connor Sauceda, PhD student with Adam Smith, 2020 - 2025
  • Marella Schammel, PhD student with Dan McCurry, 2020 - 2025
  • Shounak Joshi, PhD student with Amy Childress, 2020 - 2025
  • Kristofer Isaacson, Postdoctoral Scholar with Dan McCurry, 2023 - 2025
  • Bianca Costa, PhD student with Adam Smith, 2019 - 2025
  • Junseok Lee, Postdoctoral Scholar with Adam Smith, 2023 - 2024