PhD Students
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Matthew Davies
PhD Candidate (join UCF in 2020)
Hometown:
Research Topic: coastal erosion; computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
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Martha Santos
PhD Student (join UCF in 2023)
Hometown: Itabuna, Brazil
Research Topics: Groundwater modeling
Award: Jim Jamal Scholarship, USCGER Travel Grant, FL AWMA Scholarship, and Madrid Family Scholarship.
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Nimna Manage
PhD Student (join UCF in 2023)
Hometown: Sri Lanka
Research Topics: Life-cycle Assessment, PFAS in waste management
Award: 2025 Roy Likins scholarship FSAWMA
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Mert Gokgoz
PhD Candidate (joined UCF in 2021)
Hometown: Ankara, Turkey
Research Topics: Groundwater modeling; Life-cycle Assessment
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Syed Zohaib Hassan
PhD Candidate (Co-advise with Dr. Sun, join UCF in 2021)
Hometown: Pakistan
Research Topic: Landfill Remote Sensing
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Kyungwon Park
Visiting PhD Student
Hometown: Seoul, Korea
Research Topics: InSAR, UAV, and Machine Learning
Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Chloe Nina Molina
Researcher Assistant
Research Topic: PFAS in special waste
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Danielle Y Ulhoa
Research Assistant
Hometown: Brazil
Research Topics: Coal Ash Disposal
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Ellen Jackson
Research Assistant
Hometown: Florida
Research Topics: Coal Ash Disposal
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Rafael Serta
Research Assistant
Hometown: Brazil
Research Topics: Coal Ash Disposal
Lab Alumni
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Tim Copeland, PhD, PE
Graduated in Spring 2023, now working at Geosyntec Consultants Inc.
Hometown: Orlando, FL
Research Topic: Identify the failure line of underground cavity
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Dana Hernandez
Research Assistant
Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela
Research Topics: Fate and transport of emerging contaminants
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Mery Mbengue
Research Assistant
Hometown: Dakar, Senegal
Research Topics: Groundwater modeling; solid waste management
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Ryan Parker
NIH Project
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Isabella Buitano
NIH Project
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Evan McLeod
NIH Project
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Franz Apel
CRESP Modeling
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Xiaoyun Du
Machine Learning
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Jonathan Angioi
Machine Learning
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Poyu Zhang, PhD
Graduated in Summer 2025. Ardman & Associates, Inc.