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Mayer Lab
Group Director

Brooke K. Mayer, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor, Marquette University

Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

 

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CURRENT GROUP                              PREVIOUS MEMBERS                              LAB MANAGER                              RESEARCH COLLABORATORS

CurrentGroup
Current Group

Joe Heffron, Ph.D. Student

M.S. – Marquette University

Assessing the mechanisms of removal and inactivation of viruses using electrocoagulation

Email: joseph.heffron@mu.edu

Carlan Johnson, Ph.D. Student

M.S. – Marquette University

Evaluating the simultaneous mitigation of organic matter and estrogens using titanium dioxide advanced oxidation followed by filtration

Email: carlan.johnson@mu.edu

Yiran Tong, Ph.D. Student (co-advisor: Dr. McNamara)

M.S. – UW-Milwaukee

Studying the removal of micropollutants and recovery of nutrients from wastewater

Email: yiran.tong@mu.edu

Anna Avila, M.S. Student

B.S. – Luther College

Design and evaluation of nutrient recovery technologies using ion exchange and other sorbents

Email: anna.avila@mu.edu

Yizhi (Jonathan) Hou, M.S. Student B.S. – Sichuan University

Performance testing of electrolytic-reverse osmosis system for removal of arsenic from drinking water treatment

Email: yizhi.hou@mu.edu

Lisa Herring,

Research Technician

(co-member of Dr. Hristova’s lab)

Titanium dioxide treatments for drinking water

Email: lisa.hintz@mu.edu

Nicole Wellenstein

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Evaluating the simultaneous mitigation of organic matter and estrogens using titanium dioxide advanced oxidation followed by filtration

 

Taylor Gries

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Titanium dioxide treatments for drinking water

 

Matt Vitello, Emmanuel Kayiwa, Alex Zucca

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Constructing and testing a membrane and resin desalination system

 

LabManager
Lab Manager

Mike Dollhopf

M.S. – UW-Milwaukee
  • Manager of the Hydraulics Laboratory

  • College of Engineering Lab Safety Officer

  • Chemical Hygiene Manager for the College of Engineering

Email: michael.dollhopf@marquette.edu

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PreviousMembers
Previous Members

Yu Yang (postdoc, 2015)

Water Engineer, North American Hoganas, Inc.

Phosphorus recovery using novel biological systems

 

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Patrick Mullen (B.S., 2013; M.S., 2015)

Engineer, Centrisys

Nutrient Recovery from Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor Permeate Using Ion Exchange

 

Allen Williams (M.S., 2013) – Engineer, Donahue and Associates

Ion exchange nutrient recovery form municipal wastewater

 

Wendy Ballent (B.S., anticipated 2016)

Marquette University

Phosphorus: Trash or Treasure?

Matt Marhefke (B.S., anticipated 2016)

Marquette University and A.O. Smith

“Zapping” contaminants in drinking water using electrical current

 

John Omboko (B.S., 2015)

Marquette University M.S. Program

Development of Hands-On In-Class Activities for Environmental Engineering

 

Collaborators
Marquette University Environmental Engineering Research Collaborators

Daniel H. Zitomer, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor Marquette University

Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

 

Email: daniel.zitomer@marquette.edu

Website:  zitomerlab.wix.com/group

Patrick McNamara, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor – Marquette University

Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

 

Email: patrick.mcnamara@marquette.edu

Website: mcnamaraenviro.wix.com/research

The Zitomer research group works to improve biotechnology for waste treatment and renewable energy with a focus on anaerobic digestion.

 

 

The McNamara research group focuses on understanding how chemicals from consumer products impact public health and the environment once they pass down the drain and through treatment plants.

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