{"id":2242,"date":"2020-06-26T13:23:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T13:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/timothy-townsend\/?page_id=2242"},"modified":"2026-03-19T14:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T18:17:43","slug":"phd-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/timothy-townsend\/team\/phd-students\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
PhD Graduate<\/th>Dissertation Title and Current Affiliation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Dreyton Lott<\/td>Assessing the Design, Operation, and Performance of Constructed Wetlands in the Treatment of Landfill Leachate
Current post-doc at University of Florida
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Ashley Lin<\/td>Understanding Emerging Contaminants in Solid Waste Management
Current post-doc at University of Florida
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kate Weiksnar<\/td>Optimization of Industrial Byproducts for Beneficial Use and Resource Recovery
Sandia National Laboratories
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Jake Thompson<\/td>Improving the Management of Materials Impacted by Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
Current post-doc at Yale
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Thomas Smallwood<\/td>“Sustainability of Landfills: Designing Better Landfills and Mitigating Emerging Contaminants”
Waste Management
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Yalan Liu<\/td>“Characterization of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Broad Solid Waste Streams”
Florida Atlantic University
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kyle Clavier<\/td>“Advancing the Beneficial Use of Waste Incineration Residues though Technical Evaluation of Policy Drivers and Application as a Cement Kiln Feed”
Sandia National Laboratories
Research Gate<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Chad Spreadbury<\/td>“Evaluating Reuse Practices of Waste-Derived Aggregates: Identifying Knowledge Gaps and Strategies”
Jones Edmunds Engineering and Consulting Services
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Nicole Robey<\/td>“Advances In Sustainable Management of Landfill Leachate”
Innovative Waste Consulting Services, LLC
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Malak Anshassi<\/td>Evaluating the Use of Sustainable Materials Management in Rethinking Solid Waste Management and Policies
Florida Polytechnic University
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Justin Roessler<\/td>“Geoenvironmental Properties of Municipal Solid Waste Thermal Treatment Residues in Beneficial Use Applications”
Pasco County
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Giles Chickering<\/td>“Quantifying Biogas Production from Municipal Solid Waste”
United State Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Max Krause<\/td>“Biochemical and Physical Properties of Municipal Solid Waste”
United State Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Nawaf Blasai<\/td>“Environmental Assessment of Industrial Waste Byproducts to Estimate the Release of Elements under Different Disposal and Environmental Conditions”
University of Dammam, niblaisi@uod.edu.sa<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Wesley Oehmig<\/td>“Emerging Practices of Thermal Solid Waste Treatment and the Beneficial Use of Residuals”
Golder and Associates<\/td><\/tr>
Adrian Gale<\/td>“Measuring the Energy of Phosphate and Iron Adsorption at the Metal Oxide-Liquid Interface Using Flow-Adsorption Microcalorimetry”<\/td><\/tr>
Jianye Zhang<\/td>“Fate and Transport of Arsenic in Construction and Demolition Debris Landfills and Soils Underneath”<\/td><\/tr>
Yu Wang<\/td>“The Use of Calcium Carbonate Based Materials for Removing Dissolved Iron from Groundwater at Landfills”<\/td><\/tr>
Shrawan Singh<\/td>“Stabilized Landfill Leachate Treatment Using Physico-Chemical Treatment Processes: Coagulation, Anion Exchange, Ozonation, Membrane Filtration, and Adsorption”
Innovative Waste Consulting Services
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Edmund Azah<\/td>“The Impact of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) on Beneficial Use of Waste Materials”<\/td><\/tr>
Youngmin Cho<\/td>“Investigation of Geotechnical and Hydraulic Aspects of Landfill Design and Operation”
Geosyntec Engineers<\/td><\/tr>
Ravi Kadambala<\/td>“Evaluation of a Buried Vertical Well Leachate Recirculation System and Settlement Resulting from Moisture Addition using Vertical Wells for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills”
SCS Engineers
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Steve Musson<\/td>“Detection of Selected Pharmaceutical Compounds and Determination of Their Fate in Modern Lined Landfills”
United State Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Laboratory<\/td><\/tr>
Jae Hac Ko<\/td>“Impacts of Quicklime Application on Chlorinated Ethylenes in Soil”
Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Kimberly Cochran<\/td>“Construction and Demolition Debris Recycling: Methods, Markets, and Policy”
US Department of State<\/td><\/tr>
Qiyong Xu<\/td>“Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions and Control Strategies at Construction and Demolition Debris Landfills”
Shenzhen Graduate School of Peking University<\/td><\/tr>
Hwidong Kim<\/td>“Comparative Studies of Aerobic and Anaerobic Landfills using Simulated Landfill Lysimeters”
Gannon University<\/td><\/tr>
Brajesh Dubey<\/td>“Comparison of Environmental Impacts of Wood Treated with Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA)and Three Different Arsenic-Free Preservatives”
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Pradeep Jain<\/td>“Moisture Addition at Bioreactor Landfills Using Vertical Wells: Mathematical Modeling and Field Application”
Innovative Waste Consulting Services, LLC
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Jenna Jambeck<\/td>“The Disposal of CCA-Treated Wood in Simulated Landfills: Potential Impacts”
University of Georgia, College of Engineering
http:\/\/jambeck.engr.uga.edu\/
<\/a>Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Thabet Tolaymat<\/td>“Leaching Tests for Assessing Management Options for Industrial Solid Waste: A Case Study Using Ash from the Combustion of Wood and Tires”
United State Environmental Protection Agency, National Risk Management Laboratory
Google Scholar<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Yong Chul Jang<\/td>A study of construction and demolition waste leachate from laboratory landfill simulators
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