Meet the Team

  • Tim Copeland, PhD, PE

    Graduated in Spring 2023, now working at Geosyntec Consultants Inc.

    Hometown: Orlando, FL

    Research Topic: Identify the failure line of underground cavity

  • Matthew Davies

    PhD student (join UCF in 2020)

    Hometown:

    Research Topic: coastal erosion; computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

  • Martha Santos

    PhD Student (join UCF in 2023)

    Hometown: Itabuna, Brazil

    Research Topics: Groundwater modeling

  • Mert Gokgoz

    Mert Gokgoz

    PhD Student (join UCF in 2021)

    Hometown: Ankara, Turkey

    Research Topics: Groundwater modeling; Life-cycle Assessment

  • Syed Zohaib Hassan

    PhD Candidate (Co-advise with Dr. Sun, join UCF in 2021)

    Hometown: Pakistan

    Research Topic: Landfill Remote Sensing

  • Nimna Manage

    PhD Student (join UCF in 2023)

    Hometown: Sri Lanka

    Research Topics: Life-cycle Assessment, PFAS in waste management

  • Poyu Zhang

    PhD Student (MS at UCF at 2024, join UCF in 2021)

    Hometown: Sanmenxia, China

    Research Topic: Compatibility of GCLs with mining waste leachate; hydrologic modeling.

  • Chloe Nina Molina

    Researcher Assistant

    Research Topic: PFAS in special waste

  • Mery Mbengue

    Research Assistant

    Hometown: Dakar, Senegal

    Research Topics: Groundwater modeling; solid waste management

  • Dana Hernandez

    Research Assistant

    Hometown: Caracas, Venezuela

    Research Topics: Fate and transport of emerging contaminants

  • Ryan Parker

    NIH Project

Lab Alumni

  • Franz Apel

    Undergraduate Researcher

  • Xiaoyun Du

    Undergraduate Researcher (Lab Alumni from UCSB)

  • Jonathan Angioi

    Undergraduate Researcher