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Arturo A. Keller, Ph.D. - PhD Students


IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH DR. KELLER:


Potential applicants to the Bren School interested in working with Dr. Keller should email keller@bren.ucsb.edu to explore research ideas. Make SURE you have read my research interests and are clear about what YOU want to work on, which should be novel and exciting. Having a fellowship (NSF, NRC, CSC) significantly increases your chances of being accepted.

I am particularly interested in working with people with a strong background in environmental engineering or chemistry who want to address practical solutions; work experience is a major plus. Students working with me do experimental work in the lab or field, as well as numerical modeling analysis. Read below about some of the work my PhD students and postdocs have been involved in.

Ph.D. Student

Research Interest

 

 

Dr. Adeyemi Adeleye

Influence of microorganisms and extracellular polymeric substances on the fate of engineered nanomaterials in natural aquatic systems

Yemi graduated in June 2015

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

He is currently an Assistant Professor at UC Irvine

Dr. Erin Bray

Physical controls to hydrologic exchange and heat fluxes at different scales in a large lowland river (completed under Dr. Tom Dunne, with Arturo Keller as a committee member)

Erin graduated in June 2014

 

She is currently teaching at California State University Northridge, in the Water Science cluster

Dr. Victoria Broje

Develop advanced techniques to respond to oil spills in coastal/artic waters

Victoria graduated in June 2006.

She currently works as a
Spill Response Specialist / Environmental Scientist
Shell Global Solutions (US) INC.

Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Dr. Mingjie Chen

Stochastic multiphase flow modeling to understand uncertainty and variation in natural attenuation of NAPL spills.

Mingjie graduated in June 2005.

He currently is an Associate Professor at the Water Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Dr. Xiaoli Chen

Modeling Nitrate Concentration Pattern during Storm Events for a Semi-arid Mountain watershed

Xiaoli graduated in January 2017.

He currently works at a consulting firm in the Los Angeles area.

Dr. Kristin Clark

Removal of hydrophobic organic compounds using Mag-PCMAs

Kristin graduated in June 2011

 

Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

 

 

Dr. Jon Conway

Interplay between terrestrial plants, soils, and a class of emerging pollutants: nanomaterials

Jon graduated in June 2015

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

He is currently an environmental consutant in Santa Cruz, CA

Violaine Desgens-Martin

Tracking the fatee of emerging organic contaminants in our water systems

Violaine began her PhD in June 2016

Dr. Eric Fournier

The life cycle energy-water usage efficiency of groundwater recharge via the reuse of treated wastewater

Eric graduated in June 2015

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Dr. Kendra Garner

Predicting the fate & transport of emerging contaminants, including engineered nanomaterials

Kendra graduated in June 2016

Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

She is currently working at Disney

Dr. Sheetal Gavankar

Early environmental assessments of emerging technologies: Addressing technology maturity, production scale and data representativeness

Sheetal graduated in June 2014

She is the founder and president of MITR consulting.

Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications

Dr. Julia Glenday

Hydrologic impacts of river channel incision and restoration

Julia graduated in June 2015

She was a researcher at LivingLands in South Africa and now works at SAEON.

Her thesis can be obtained by email request

Qian Gao

Disinfection using magnetic nanoparticles

Qian began her PhD in September 2017

Dr. Yuxiong Huang

Magnetic Nanoparticles for Innovative Water Treatment

Yuxiong graduated in June 2016

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

He is currently a postdoc in Keller Lab

Dr. Annette Killmer

Effect of Civil Society Involvement on Environmental Outcomes under a Pollution Prevention Policy

Annette graduated in Oct 2004

She currently works at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.

Dr. Mark Kram

Use of fluorescence and visual technologies to detect DNAPLs in the sub-surface

Mark graduated in June 2002

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

After graduating, Mark started his own business (Groundswell Technologies, Inc.)

Dr. Mina Mitani

Stoichiometry and kinetics of MTBE oxidation using ozone and hydrogen peroxide

Mina graduated in June 2002

Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Mina is currently working for Raytheon in Santa Barbara.

Nicol Parker

Modeling the risk of emerging contaminants

Nicol began her PhD in September 2017

Dr. Tim Robinson

Variation of Nutrient Loading with Land Use in Coastal Streams

Tim graduated in Feb 2006.

He currently works at the Cachuma Operations and Management Board as Fisheries Division Manager.

He was also President of the Board of Santa Barbara ChannelKeepers

Dr. Sanya Sirivithayapakorn

Fate and transport of colloids and viruses in porous media

Sanya graduated in Nov. 2003

He is a faculty member in Thailand at Kasetsart University.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications

Mengya Tao

Life cycle assessment on chemicals with consideration of economic tradeoffs

Mengya began her PhD in Sept. 2014

Dr. Peng Wang

Removing pesticides from contaminated soils using surfactant washing

Peng graduated in Jan. 2008.

He currently is aa Associate Professor at KAUST in Saudi Arabia.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications

Dr. Mel Willis

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Community Air Toxics Exposure Resulting from Land Use Policy

Mel graduated in June 2003

He is an independent consultant and teaches at the Bren School.

Thesis

Dr. Yi Zheng

Developing management practices for watershed-scale pollution

Yi graduated in Dec 2006

He is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the School of ESE in SUSTC, Shenzhen, China.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Dr. Dongxu Zhou

Nanoparticle fate and transport

Dongxu graduated in June 2015

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

He currently works in San Francisco.

 

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

 

Post-doctoral researchers that have worked with Dr. Keller:

 

 

Dr. Maria Auset

Understanding the movement of colloids at the pore scale

Publications from Dr. Auset's work in our lab are shown in Publications.

Dr. Auset is a faculty member at Institut Químic de Sarrià, Universitat Ramon Llull.

Dr. Sanghamitra Majumdar

Proteomics and metabolomics to understand the effect of nanoparticles on crop plants

Publications from Dr. Majumdar's work in our lab are shown in Publications.

She is currently an active member of Keller Lab.

Dr. Milka Montes

Interactions between nanoparticles and biological surfaces

Publications from Dr. Montes' work in our lab are shown in Publications.

Dr. Montes is a faculty member at University of Texas Permian Basin.

Dr. Chia-Hung Hou

Interactions between nanoparticles and mineral surfaces

Dr. Hou is currentyl a faculty member at National Taiwan University

Dr. Reginald Thio

Interactions between nanoparticles and mineral surfaces

Publications from Dr. Thio's work in our lab are shown in Publications.

Dr. Thio is a faculty member at Singapore Institute of Technology

Dr. Lijuan Zhao

Metabolomics to understand the implications of nanotechnology in agriculture

Publications from Dr. Zhao's work in our lab are shown in Publications.

She is currently a faculty member at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology