Director
Akram Alshawabkeh, PhD, PE
Snell Professor of Engineering
Contact Info
Associate Research Scientist
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 Manager
Contact info: l.slowinski@neu.edu, LinkedIn profile
Sarah Corley
Public Health Specialist
Contact info: s.corley@neu.edu
Alessandra Bryant
Administrative Assistant
Contact info: al.bryant@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.
Eduardo Mateus, PhD
Research Focus: chromatographic techniques, development of sample preparation methodologies for the characterization of complex biological and environmental matrices, environmental and pollutants analysis, chemical ecology and monitoring of remediation processes
Contact Info: epm@fct.unl.pt
Alexandra Ribeiro
Research Focus: electro-remediation, the removal of inorganic and organic contaminants from soil, CCA and creosote treated wood waste, mine waste, sludge, municipal solid waste incinerators fly ash, aiming the valorization of the solids and the liquids (electrolytes), with nutrient recovering
Contact Info: abr@fct.unl.pt
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.
Patrick Compton
Research Focus: electrochemical reactions utilizing a wide variety of experimental methods to remove contaminants in groundwater
Contact Info: compton.p@husky.neu.edu.
Former Team Members