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	Menachem Elimelech menachem.elimelech@yale.edu Roberto Goizueta Professor		Atar Adout atar.adout@yale.edu Visiting Graduate Student Physicochemical and Microbiological Mechanisms of Membrane Biofouling
	Jasmine Dyba jasmine.dyba@yale.edu Undergraduate Researcher Developing novel water treatment membranes for improved flux and biofouling resistance		Deb P. Jaisi deb.jaisi@yale.edu Postdoctoral Fellow, Co-advised Transport and fate of carbon nanotubes; tracing (bio)geochemical reactions by stable isotopes
	Seoktae Kang (Steve) seoktae.kang@yale.edu Postdoctoral Associate *Asst. Prof. Univ of Alberta Jan. 2010 Environmental Implications and Applications of Carbon Nanotubes		Meagan S. Mauter meagan.mauter@yale.edu PhD Student NSF Graduate Research Fellow NSF STAR Graduate Research Fellow Nanocomposite water purification membranes
	Zhiyong Meng zhiyong.meng@yale.edu Postdoctoral Associate, Co-advised Adsorption of Macromolecules and Nanoparticles on Silica Surface via Optical Reflectometry		William A. Phillip william.phillip@yale.edu Postdoctoral Associate Engineering membranes with controlled microstructures for water purification and desalination
	Debora F. Rodrigues debora.rodrigues@yale.edu Postdoctoral Associate *Asst. Prof. Univ. of Houston July 2010 Mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to surfaces & Environmental impact of carbon nanotubes		Kelsey Sakimoto kelsey.sakimoto@yale.edu Undergraduate Researcher Chemical Modification of Thin-film Composite Membranes
	Jessica D. Schiffman jessica.schiffman@yale.edu Postdoctoral Associate Fabrication and characterization of novel water purification membranes		Mary Schnoor mary.schnoor@yale.edu Undergraduate Researcher Removal of Viruses from Water by a Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Filter
	Laura C. Sima laura.sima@yale.edu PhD Student NSF Graduate Research Fellow Point-of-use water purification technologies		Alberto Tiraferri alberto.tiraferri@yale.edu PhD Student Development of nanocomposite membranes for water purification systems
	Chad Vecitis chad.vecitis@yale.edu Postdoctoral Associate *Asst. Prof. Harvard Univ. July 2010 Characterizing antimicrobial mechanisms of carbon nanotubes; engineering CNT-based structures		Ngai Yin Yip ngaiyin.yip@yale.edu PhD Student Characterization and synthesis of water purification membranes
	Jui Shan Yong juishan.yong@yale.edu PhD Student Forward Osmosis Performance Characterization		Katherine Zodrow katherine.zodrow@yale.edu PhD Student Interactions between microbial communities and nanomaterials


Doctoral Students	Departure Date	Title	Affiliation
Robert L. McGinnis	May 2009	Chief Technology Officer	Oasys Water
Anna Stirgwolt Brady-Estévez	May 2009	Kauffman Fellow, Principal	Signal Lake Venture Capital Fund
Maggie Montgomery	May 2009	Postdoctoral researcher	Stanford University
Allegra K. da Silva	May 2009	Postdoctoral researcher	University of California, Berkeley
Kai Loon Chen	May 2008	Assistant Professor	Johns Hopkins University
Wui Seng Ang	May 2008	Research Engineer	Singapore Public Utility Board (PUB)
Alexis de Kerchove	May 2007	Research Engineer	Suez, Barcelona, Spain
Jeffrey R. McCutcheon	May 2007	Assistant Professor	University of Connecticut
Jane E. Hill	Mar. 2006	Assistant Professor	University of Vermont
Zachary A. Kuznar	Aug. 2005	Water Chemistry leader	Duke Energy
Jim C. Chen	Jul. 2005	Assistant Professor	Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore
Nathalie Tufenkji	Nov. 2004	Assistant Professor	McGill University, Canada
Sharon L. Walker	Nov. 2004	Assistant Professor	University of California, Riverside
Eric M.V. Hoek	Dec. 2001	Associate Professor	University of California, Los Angeles

Doctoral Students	Departure Date	Title	Affiliation
Albert (Sechurl) Kim	2000 (co-advisor)	Associate Professor	University of Hawaii
Chun-Han Ko	1999	Associate Professor	National Taiwan University
Yann Le Gouellec	Nov. 1998	Senior Engineer	Greater Cincinnati Water Works
John J. Waypa	Jun. 1998	Senior Techical Staff	TRW, Redondo Beach, CA
Ning Sun	Mar. 1998	Senior Research Scientist	School of Public Health, Yale Univ.
Amy Childress	1997	Professor & Chair	University of Nevada, Reno
Seungkwan Hong	1997	Professor	Korea University, Seoul, Korea
Xiaohua Zhu	1996	LEEI Consulting Engineer	Sunnyvale, California
Philip R. Johnson	1995	Assistant Professor	University of Notre Dame (1995-2000)
Daylin Liu	1994	Program Developer	Los Angeles, CA
Hsiao-Wei Ching	1994	Associate Professor	Tung-Nan Institute of Tech., Taiwan
Lianfa Song	1993	Associate Professor	Texas Tech University

Postdoctoral Researchers	Departure Date	Title	Affiliation
Dr. Navid B. Saleh	Jan. 2009	Assistant Professor	University of South Carolina
Dr. Baoxia Mi	Jan. 2009	Assistant Professor	George Washington University
Dr. Moshe Herzberg	2007	Assistant Professor	Ben Gurion University, Israel
Dr. Thanh (Helen) Nguyen	Nov. 2006	Assistant Professor	Univ. of IL. at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Sangyoup Lee	2005	Assistant Professor	Korea University
Dr. Jeremy A. Redman	2004	Assistant Professor	California State Univ., Long Beach
Dr. Qilin Li	2003	Assistant Professor	Rice University
Dr. How Y. Ng	2003	Assistant Professor	National University of Singapore
Dr. Pawel Weronski	2003 (co-advisor)	Assistant Professor	Institute of Catalysis & Surface Chem.
Dr. Steven E. Mylon	2003 (co-advisor)	Assistant Professor	Lafayette College
Dr. Subir Bhattacharjee	2001	Professor	University of Alberta
Dr. Arza Seidel	2000	Senior Editor	John WIley & Sons, New York
Dr. Chun-Han Ko	2000	Associate Professor	National Taiwan University

Postdoctoral Researcher	Departure Date	Title	Affiliation
Dr. Lianfa Song	1994	Associate Professor	Texas Tech University

Visiting Students & Researchers	Departure Date	Title	Affiliation
Esperanza Garcia Castello	2006	Professor	Univ. Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
Esther Huertas	2006	Adjunct Professor	Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
Ana Rita Costa	2005	PhD Student	Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal
Bart Postmus	2003	PhD Student	Univ. of Wageningen, The Netherlands
Sangyoup Lee	2002	Assistant Professor	Korea University
Long Nghiem	2002	Assistant Professor	University of Wollongong, Australia

Visiting Students & Researchers	Departure Date	Title	Affiliation
Masahiko Nagai	1997	Research Manager	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Japan
Satoshi Tanaka	1996	Membrane Plant Manager	Toyobo Co., Ltd., Japan