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.
Jordan Coelho
Researcher
Senior Instructional Lab Technician
Kelly Sanders
Researcher
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Teh Fu Yen Early Career Chair
Lisa Staugaard
Chlorinated disinfection byproducts in food
Hanwei Wang
Postdoctoral Scholar
PFAS treatment using advanced reduction processes
Binglin Guo
Postdoctoral Scholar
Remediation of PFAS from Water
Luke Mason
Student
Investigating membrane distillation wetting front regression
Amy Childress
DIRECTOR
Walt Singer Endowed Chair in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Adam Smith
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Adam Simpson
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Kelly Sanders
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Dr. Teh Fu Yen Early Career Chair
Dan Druhora
Resident Filmmaker & Science Communicator
Dan McCurry
Adjunct Research Associate Professor at USC
Associate Professor at EPFL
Bana Dahdah
Project Manager, Postdoctoral Scholar
Michael Saldana
Assistant Project Manager, Postdoctoral Scholar
Jordan Coelho
Senior Instructional Lab Technician
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
Weijian Ding
Ying Wee
Investigating microorganisms that consume greenhouse gases
Students
Aarti Visswanathan
Investigating nitrate formation during wastewater ozonation
Christelle Sawaya
Hang Wu
Evaluating PFAS Prevalence In Drinking Water And Indoor Dust
Haotian Cai
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
Investigating membrane distillation wetting front regression
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
Alumni
- Lisa Staugaard, Masters student with Adam Simpson 2024-2026
- Marisol Cira, Postdoctoral scholar with Adam Smith, 2025-2026
- Martijn Bindels, PhD student with Amy Childress, 2021-2025
- 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