Advisor

Andrew N. Quicksall Dr. Quicksall is the J. Lindsay Embrey Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at Southern Methodist University and holds a joint appointment between his home department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the department of Earth Sciences. He has a B.S. in Environmental Sciences from Texas Christian University, an M.S. in Geology from Washington State University, and a Ph.D. in Earth Science from Dartmouth College.

Visiting Assistant Professor

Lindsay Seders Dietrich Lindsay has a B.S. in Geology from the University of Toledo (Ohio) and a Ph.D. in Environmental Geochemistry from the University of Notre Dame. She acts as the Quicksall Lab manager and oversees the use of several instruments, including the ICP-MS. Lindsay also does research involving iron oxide nanoparticles, including the synthesis and characterization of hematite and goethite. She is interested in the size-dependent reactivity of iron oxide nanoparticles and the impact that this process may have on the transport of trace metals in the subsurface.

Post Doctoral Fellow

Xiaofei Cui Xiaofei received a Bachelor of Engineering in Environmental Engineering from South China University of Technology in 2003 and an M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Notre Dame in 2006. In 2011, he received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He is currently working on development and implementation of a drinking water contamination warning system and development of electrochemical techniques for halogen remediation.

Graduate Students

	Drew Aleto Drew has a B.S. in Civil Engineering and an M.S. in Environmental Engineering from Southern Methodist University. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering. His project involves working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to analyze the drinking water at UNHCR refugee camps worldwide and the design, experimentation, and implementation of fluoride chemical and physical remediation technologies.
	Mohammad Bayan Mohammad is a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering. His work includes collaborations with Dallas Water Utilities, the EPA, and CH2M Hill to evaluate contaminants of concern in municipal drinking water sources and to develop mechanisms for real-time monitoring of drinking water quality. He is also investigating the optimization of microbial growth conditions in biosand filters for removal of pharmaceuticals and hormones to nanogram per liter levels.
	Haddi Bayo-Jagne Haddijatou, Haddi for short, is a Master’s student in Environmental Engineering. She received undergraduate degrees in Math and Chemistry from Kentucky State University. She is currently investigating vanadium removal from groundwater using iron oxides.
	Andrea Fernandez Andrea has a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and a B.S. in Mathematics from Southern Methodist University. She also has a Master's in Pastoral Ministry with a focus in Campus Ministry from the University of Dallas. In January 2012, she began an M.S. in Environmental Engineering at SMU. Andrea is interested in safe and inexpensive water for all. She is working on creating a cost-effective, easily-maintained water filtration method to remove high concentrations of iron from drinking water in Ugandan and Kenyan refugee camps.
	Katie Grant Katie has a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Notre Dame. She currently is working towards an M.S. in Environmental Engineering. Her project involves the collection of drinking water samples from UNHCR refugee camps around the world and the analysis of these samples for potentially toxic metal concentrations. Specifically, she is working on lead release in Bangladesh drinking water as a function of the redox dynamics of iron, manganese, and nitrogen compounds.
	Dana Smith Dana has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Texas (Austin) and an M.S. in Engineering Management from National Technological University (now Walden University). She is a Ph.D. candidate in Environmental Engineering and conducts the majority of her research at her work site in south Texas. Her research focuses on anaerobic remediation of alkaline industrial wastewater for removal of trace contaminants such as arsenic, selenium, and vanadium.

Undergraduate Research Assistants

• Chris Carrillo
• Nancy Lundie
• Bryan Manderscheid
• Emily Moses
• Lizzie Wilson

Former Graduate Students:

Brian Fisher (Ph.D. 2012)

His research included development, characterization, and evaluation of a process to modify hydroxyapatite (from fish bones) using common iron amendments. The main focus of the research was to evaluate the effectiveness of the iron-amended fish bones for removing arsenic from the aqueous phase and for stabilizing cationic metals.

Xiaofei Cui (Ph.D. 2011)

Xiaofei studied disinfection of Escherichia coli (E. coli) in the presence of primary sludge particulates (PSPs) using electrochemical, UV, ultrasonication, and chemical oxidation techniques.