2022 Scholars

Erin Bulson
University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD
EREF Scholar 2022
Evaluation of Automotive Shredder Residue as an Input of PFAS within the Waste Management System: An Environmental Sustainability Perspective

Lakshika Dissanayake
Southern Illinois University, PhD
EREF Scholar 2022
Hybrid Chemo-Bio Upcycling of Waste Textile

Julia Ann Funk
Clemson University, PhD
EREF Scholar 2022
Anaerobic Degradation of Organic Fraction Municipal Solid Waste (OFMSW) with Fats, Oils, and Grease Waste (FOG) to Generate High Valued Volatile Fatty Acids

Isabella Ippolito
University at Waterloo, MSc
EREF Scholar 2022
Using Metagenomic Approaches to Determine Antimicrobial Resistance in Landfills

Olusola Johnson
University of South Florida, PhD
Evergreen Scholar, 2022
Tandem Catalytic Conversion of Biogas to Liquid Fuel

Christopher Lang
University of California Santa Cruz, PhD
EREF Scholar 2022
Death by a Thousand Cups: Anti-Blackness and Ecosocial Injustice in Plastic Production, Consumption, and MSW Management in the New Orleans Area

Thomas Maani
Purdue University, PhD
EREF Scholar 2022
Value Recovery and Closed Loop Recycling of Rare Earth Permanent Magnets from End-of-Life Electric Vehicles

Alonso Andres Doria Manzur
Texas Tech University, PhD
EREF Scholar 2022
Evaluation of PFAS Occurrence and Leaching Behavior from Biosolid-Amended Soils

Chanho Park
Western Michigan University
EREF Scholar 2022
Landfill Leachate Assessment using Airborne VLF-EM Method

Seyed Ali Rahmaninezhad
Drexel University
EREF Scholar 2022
Developing Microbial Processes for Enhancing Mechanical Recycling of Waste Plastics

Apurba Kumar Saha
University of Arizona
EREF Scholar 2022
Value Recovery of Spent Li-Ion Batteries: Optimizing the Economic and Environmental Impacts

Josh Simpson
Temple University, MS
DCA Scholar 2022
Electromethanogenesis in Anaerobic Digestion for Increased Methane Content, Energy Efficiency, and Economic Benefit

Yu Tan
University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD
EREF Scholar 2022
Permeable Sequestration Barriers for PFAS in Landfill Gas
2021 Scholars

Rarosue Amaraibi
University of South Florida, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2021
Economic and Environmental Assessment of Landfill Gas to Energy Technologies

McKenzie Burns
University of Wisconsin Madison, PhD
EREF Scholar 2021
PFAS Removal from Landfill Leachate via Electrosorption

Hezhou Ding
North Carolina State University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2021
Enhancing Volatile Fatty Acid Production from Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Food Waste

Jeannie Egan
North Carolina State University, MS
PTR Scholar 2021
Compostable Textile Apparel Fabrics

Monica Rodriguez Morris
University of Wisconsin-Madison, PhD
Fiessinger Scholar 2021
Tracking Waste: Improving the EoL Scenarios of PLA Cups

Jorge Rico
Colorado State University, PhD
EREF Scholar 2021
Microbiome Shaping Analysis of Rewired Anaerobic Digestion

Elisabeth Van Roijen
University California Davis, PhD
GMI Scholar 2021
Environmental Impacts of Bio-Based Plastics at End-of-Life
2020 Scholars

Ryan Anderson
Colorado State University, Ph.D.
EREF Scholar 2020
Advancing a Novel Anaerobic Digestion Process for Producing Fatty Acids from Solid Wastes

Brooke Marten
University of Colorado, Boulder, Ph.D.
Tom J. Fatjo Scholar 2020
Organic Waste Management Systems – A Comparative Environmental Impact Assessment
2019 Scholars

Zachary LaTurner
Rice University, Ph.D.
Waste Industries Scholarship Honoring Lonnie C. Poole Jr. 2019
Developing novel methods for Resource Recovery: The Future of Food Waste Management
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