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Samantha Hogard

Samantha received her B.S. in environmental engineering in 2016 from the University of Florida. She then conducted her graduate work at Virginia Tech while working at the Hampton Roads Sanitation District. She worked at HRSD’s 1-MGD demonstration-scale IPR facility optimizing advanced treatment processes including coagulation/flocculation/ sedimentation, ozone, BAF, and GAC operations. She also participated in extensive pilot testing to improve…
Julie Fasolas
February 28, 2024

Aarthi Mohan

Aarthi Mohan is a Senior Engineer (Category II) at Trussell’s San Diego office. Her interests lie in the nexus of drinking water, water reuse and analytical instrumentation. Previously, she worked with the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s (SNWA) Water Quality Research & Development Division contributing at various capacities (lead/assist) to projects sponsored by the Water Research Foundation (#5035, 5031, 5053, 5210,…
Paula Moore
December 14, 2023

Michael Sherer

Michael Sherer has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama and an M.S.E. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Prior to joining Trussell, Michael worked as a water/wastewater process engineer in Texas for over 8 years. In that role, Michael has worked on numerous treatment plant projects (both greenfield and…
Julie Fasolas
September 29, 2023

Domenec Jolis

Dr. Domènec Jolis has more than thirty-five years of experience in wastewater treatment engineering, with special emphasis on biological treatment. He has led numerous research projects covering many unit processes including primary, secondary, and tertiary treatment as well as anaerobic digestion and solids handling and has published extensively on the results. While working at publicly owned treatment facilities on optimization,…
Julie Fasolas
September 29, 2023

Aidan Hasegawa

Aidan Hasegawa (EIT) has a B.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, and a M.S. in Civil & Environmental Engineering from University of California, Berkeley. During his graduate degree, Aidan was involved in Gadgil Lab for Energy & Water Research where he researched low-cost phosphorus extraction from synthetic urine using electrocoagulation with various electrode configurations.…
Julie Fasolas
September 29, 2023

Brandon Cruz

Brandon Cruz has a B.S in Environmental Engineering from Arizona State University and a M.S in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. During his undergraduate degree, he was a member of the Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment center where he assisted research on nanoparticle-enabled optical fibers. Here, he performed experiments on UV microbial inactivation via chemical…
Julie Fasolas
August 21, 2023

Oliver Reynolds

Oliver Reynolds has a B.S. in Civil Engineering – Environmental from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. While at Cal Poly Pomona Oliver completed his senior project on environmental remediation of surface water bodies in California. He helped research and design an integrated solution of floating islands and bioretention basins to remove excess nutrients from surface water bodies and improve water…
Julie Fasolas
August 21, 2023

Emily Townsend

Emily Townsend has a B.S. in Marine Science from the University of South Carolina and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Southern California. While pursuing her master’s degree, Emily worked in the Marine Trace Element Laboratory (MTEL) at USC and investigated the biogeochemical cycling of important trace metal nutrients, like iron, cadmium, and zinc, throughout the global…
Julie Fasolas
July 7, 2023

Zakiyyah Brown

Zakiyyah Brown has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and a M.S. in Environmental Engineering from University of Southern California. Their research background includes investigation of disinfection byproducts formation during advanced wastewater treatment for potable reuse. Using an inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, Zakiyyah conducted quality control and assurance of total organic halogen…
Julie Fasolas
February 14, 2023

Niloufar Gharoon Dastjerdi

Niloufar Gharoon's expertise includes viral RNA monitoring and quantification across the water reclamation facility and sewer systems (wastewater-based epidemiology), report development for public health official use and local agencies, soil columns design and operation to assess the soil aquifer treatment capability for nutrients and viral removal, disinfection by-products monitoring, including THMs and HAAs at drinking water distribution networks; organic matter…
Julie Fasolas
February 14, 2023