Research Faculty
Michelle Crimi, Research Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Colorado School of Mines. In situ treatment of hazardous waste, risk assessment, environmental and human health.
Maria Ghirardi, Research Associate Professor, PhD, University of California, Berkeley. Light reactions of plant and algal photosynthesis, basic and applied algal hydrogen photoproduction.
Kathryn Lowe, Senior Research Associate, MS, University of Colorado at Boulder. Applied field research and evaluation of onsite wastewater treatment systems; in situ treatment of hazardous waste contaminated soil and ground water; environmental characterization and assessment of contaminant fate and transport in the vadose and saturated zones.
Michael Seibert, Research Professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania. Plant and microbial photosynthesis, including energy transfer, primary photochemical processes, water-splitting function; photoconversion processes; renewable energy biotechnology; basic and applied aspects of biological hydrogen production; genomics and pathway modeling of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.
Pei Xu, Research Assistant Professor, PhD., French Institute of Forestry, Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (ENGREF), France. Water and wastewater treatment engineering; potable and non-potable water reuse; rejection of trace organic pollutants by high-pressure membranes; wastewater disinfection by ozone, UV and lagoon; modeling and evaluation of integrated water resources management.