Fellowships

Summer Fellows

CLARKSON UNIVERSITY

Summer 2025

Kelechi Okere
Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University

Nutrient Recovery from Anaerobic Digestion Dewatering Sidestream using Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis

Faculty Advisor, Stefan Grimberg, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Xuefei (Sophie) Qiu

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University

Enhancing Plasma-Based Reactor Design for Destruction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

Faculty Advisors, Selma Mededovic and Thomas Holsen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University

Md Abdul Baset Sarker

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University

Detection of Microplastic Settling Velocity using Deep Learning

Faculty Advisors, Masudul Imtiaz, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Abul Basar Baki, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Addrita Haque

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University

Identification of the Key Controls of Microplastics in Watershed Systems Across Various Spatiotemporal Scales

Faculty Advisors, Abul Basar Baki and Thomas Holsen, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rakibul Hasan

Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University

Development of a CRISPR-Cas12a/RPA lateral flow assay for sensitive detection of mcyE gene in environmental water

Faculty Advisor, Siwen Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Kelechi Okere

Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University

Nutrient Recovery from Anaerobic Digestion Dewatering Sidestream using Bipolar Membrane Electrodialysis

Faculty Advisor, Stefan Grimberg, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Abd Ur Rehman

Materials Science and Engineering, Clarkson University

Advancing the development of PFASTrack sensor towards commercialization

Faculty Advisor, Silvana Andreescu, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science

Md Abdul Baset Sarker

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clarkson University

Miniaturization of Underwater Microplastic Camera through State-of-art Design on Embedded FPGA Processor

Faculty Advisors, Masudul Imtiaz, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Abul Baki, Department of Civil Engineering

MacKenzie Smith

Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University

DNA Extraction Method Development for Potential On-site Detection of Microcystin-Producing Strains in Lake Water

Faculty Advisor, Siwen Wang, Civil and Environmental Engineering

SUNY ESF

Summer 2025

Marcellin Adjoumane 

Polymer Chemistry, SUNY ESF

Silver Nanoparticle-Based Sensing Platform for Optical Sensing of PFAS in Water Systems

Faculty Advisor, Ivan Gitsov Ivanov, Chemistry

Max Cassans

Environmental Resources Engineering, SUNY ESF

PFAS Characterization in Water Resource Recovery Facilities across NYS

Faculty Advisor, Doug Daley, Environmental Resources Engineering

Emma Coleman

Chemistry, SUNY ESF

Emerging Contaminants at Green Lake State Park: a research and outreach project

Faculty Advisor, Leanne Powers, Chemistry

Kaelin Feliu

Biochemistry, SUNY ESF

Investigating wastewater-derived defluorinating enzymes for PFAS remediation

Faculty Advisor, Julia Maresca, Chemistry

Kate Henderson

Conservation Biology, SUNY ESF

Ecological Niche Modeling of Diploid Grass Carp in New York Inland Waters

Faculty Advisor, Joshua Drew, Environmental Biology

Md Shahadat Hossain

Chemical Engineering, SUNY ESF

Advanced Cellulose Nanocrystals (CNCs)-based Thermoresponsive Adsorbent for Effective PFAS Removal from Complex Water System

Faculty Advisor, Deepak Kumar, Chemical Engineering

Ramachandra Legundapati

Chemistry, SUNY ESF

Selective Impedimentric Sensing of PFOS on Silane-modified Mesoporous Biochar Interfaces

Faculty Advisor, Gyu Leem, Chemistry

Sara Akbarnejad Nesheli

Environmental Resources Engineering

Enhancing remotely sensed chlorophyll-a and phycocyanin assessment in inland lakes using machine learning and AI-driven modeling approaches

Faculty Advisor, Lindi Quackenbush, Environmental Resources Engineering

Grace Tanski

Aquatics and Fisheries, SUNY ESF

Quantifying dietary overlap between native brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and detrimental baitfish species in Adirondack small lakes

Faculty Advisor, Emily Arsenault, Environmental Biology

Joanna Ziegler

Environmental Science

Investigating the water governances of Skaneateles Lake Watershed through policy mapping and stakeholder interviews

Faculty Advisor, Jamie Shinn, Environmental Studies

Chris Hahn

Environmental Science, SUNY ESF

Using durable concrete and microbial biofilms to protect water resources

Faculty Advisor, Julia Maresca, Chemistry

Md Shahadat Hossain

Chemical Engineering, SUNY ESF

Novel Cellulose Nanofiber (CNF)-based Adsorbent for PFAS removal from Contaminated Water

Faculty Advisor, Deepak Kumar, Chemical Engineering

Ramachandra Legundapati

Chemistry, SUNY ESF

Tunable Receptor Embedded Mesoporous Biochar for Swift and Selective PFOA/PFOS Detection in Agricultural Water Systems

Faculty Advisor, Gyu Leem, Chemistry

Maria Loughran

Forest Resource Management, SUNY ESF

Fire-Effects on Hydrology in Forest Soils of the Northeastern United States

Faculty Advisor, Andrew Vander Yacht, Sustainable Resources Management

Jack Marshall

Aquatic and Fisheries Science, SUNY ESF

Interacting Effects of Oxygen, Temperature, and Baitfish on Cold-Water Fish Diet in Stratified Northern Temperate Lakes

Faculty Advisor, Emily Arsenault, Environmental Biology

Furrkukh Mughal

Environmental Science, SUNY ESF

Influence of Emerging Contaminants on the Ecology and Evolution of Microbiomes in the Great Lakes

Faculty Advisor, Yaqi You, Environmental Science

Chanistha Tiyapun

Environmental Health, SUNY ESF

Impacts of weathering on microplastic metal adsorption potential

Faculty Advisor, Jennifer Goff, Chemistry