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Christopher Bellona

Associate Professor - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

PhD Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2007 
​MS Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2003
BS Environmental Science, Western Washington University, 2000
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​David Vuono

Research Assistant Professor - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research: Water/Wastewater treatment and membrane separation (UF) for onsite and decentralized reclamation and reuse. Environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, physiology and functional genomics specializing in nitrogen cycling. Other projects include cyanide destruction and microbial discovery, pyro-aerobiology of wildland forest fires, and microbial ecology of disease suppressive soils.

PhD Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2014
MS Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2011
BS Biological Sciences, University of Vermont, 2005
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Charlie liu

PhD Candidate - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
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Research: Remediation per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) by GAC, IX, high pressure membranes (NF, RO), and advanced reductive processes (UV Sulfite) with a focus on pilot-scale applications and real contaminated waters.

MS Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2019
BS Chemical Engineering, University of California San Diego, 2015
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Conner Murray

PhD Candidate - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Research: Remediation of PFASs with GAC, IX and emerging adsorbents. Development of alternative direct potable reuse treatment technologies. 

MS Environmental Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 2019
BS Environmental Engineering, North Carolina State University, 2017
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Vincent Hammer

PhD Student - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Research: Destruction of cyanide in mining wastewater

BS Environmental Engineering, University of Applied Sciences Mittweida, 2020 
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Erica clevenger

PhD Student - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Research: Direct potable reuse alternative treatment trains including anaerobic and GAC/O3-BAF with a focus on analysis of trace organics

BS Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona, 2017
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Andrew ​Safulko

M.S. - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research: Remediation of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in impacted groundwater systems with a focus on powdered activated carbon (PAC) and microfiltration (MF).

BS Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2012
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Micala Mitchek

M.S. - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research: Municipal water purification mechanisms and activated carbon features required to drive improved performance in drinking water treatment systems.

BS Chemical and Biological Engineering, Colorado State University, 2015

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Kara Mihalik

M.S. - Colorado School of Mines, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research: Evaluation of high-pressure membrane (reverse osmosis and nanofiltration) integrity testing methods for potable reuse with a focus on differential element modeling.

BS Geological Engineering, Missouri University of Science & Technology, 2015

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CSM Bellona Group Alumni

PhD 
2018 - Hooman Vatankhah
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2019 - R. Eric Marshall
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2020 - Kevin Ohm, BS Environmental Resource Engineering, Humboldt State University
2019 - Ciara Lugo, BS Chemical Engineering, University of Arizona 2020
2018 - Sarah Pitell, PhD Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh 
2017 - Taylor Hedtke, PhD Environmental Engineering, Yale University
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