Director
Akram Alshawabkeh, PhD, PE
Snell Professor of Engineering
Contact Info
Associate Research Scientist
Ljiljana Rajic, PhD
Research Focus: Electrochemical groundwater treatment; electrochemical oxidation and reduction processes; trichloroethylene and perfluoro compounds removal from groundwater
Contact Info: l.rajic@neu.edu, LinkedIn profile.
Long Chen, PhD
Research Focus: drinking water disinfection and groundwater electro-decontamination
Contact Info: lo.chen@northeastern.edu, LinkedIn profile.
Admin and Research Staff
Lura Slowinski
Program Coordinator
Contact info: l.slowinksi@neu.edu, LinkedIn profile
Elle Russell
Staff Assistant, Communications Specialist
Contact info: e.russell@neu.edu, LinkedIn profile
Victor Florea
Public Health Specialist
Contact info: v.florea@neu.edu, LinkedIn profile
Visiting Scholars
Shadi Hamdan
Research Focus: Studying the potential of using the electrokinetic fences against seawater intrusion; modeling of electrokinetic phenomena; hydrology; soil and groundwater remediation
Contact Info: shadi.hamdan@cit.kuleuven.be.
Wei Zhou
Research Focus: Hydrogen Peroxide Electro-generation; Electro-Fenton System; Effective Utilization of Hydroxyl Radicals; Nitric Oxide Oxidation by Fenton Based System
Contact Info: zhouweidream@gmail.com, LinkedIn profile.
Paula Guedes, PhD
Research Focus: Electrochemical based technologies; Bioremediation; Emerging organic contaminants; Critical raw materials recovery
Contact Info: p.guedes@northeastern.edu, p.guedes@fct.unl.pt, LinkedIn profile
Bente H. Hyldegaard
Research Focus: Electrochemical remediation of chlorinated solvents in natural groundwater aquifer settings
Contact Info: b.hyldegaard@northeastern.edu ; behd@cowi.com, LinkedIn profile
Yunfei Xue
Research Focus: Electrolytic control of H2O2 release from CaO2; Fenton based remediation
Contact Info: yfxue2014@foxmail.com
PhD/Masters Students
Shirin Hojabri
Research Focus: Groundwater modeling; electrochemical remediation of groundwater; electrochemical oxidation and reduction reactions; modeling of reactions during the electrochemical treatment process.
Contact Info: Sh.hojabri@gmail.com
Yuwei Zhao
Research Focus: Photocatalytic groundwater treatment; photocatalytic activities of titania nanotube; electrochemical groundwater treatment
Contact Info: zhao.yuwe@husky.neu.edu.
Amir Taqieddin
Research Focus: Multiphase flow, gas evolving & fluid dynamics in electrochemical reactions ; thermal effects on electrochemical reactions; electrochemical oxidization & reduction processes
Contact Info: taqieddin.a@husky.neu.edu, LinkedIn profile.
Kimberly Hetrick
Research Focus: Electrochemical Groundwater Remediation
Contact info: hetrick.k@husky.neu.edu
Former Team Members