Interim Director

Joel Burken, E.I.T., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
(573) 341-6547 Fax: (573) 341-4729
Office Hours: M W F 9:30AM - 11:30AM, By Request
burken@mst.edu

Associate Director

Philip Whitefield, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair of Chemistry
573-341-4340 Fax: 573-341-4891
pwhite@mst.edu

Staff

Lucretia Eaton
Administrative Assistant, Environmental Research Center
(573) 341-6908 FAX: (573) 341-7217
201 Butler-Carlton Hall
1401 North Pine Street
Rolla, MO 65409
eatonla@mst.edu

Honglan Shi - Research Chemist
ERC Investigator
Phone: (573)341-4433
Office Hours: MF 8:00AM-4:30PM
Address: 1401 North Pine Street
201 Butler Carlton Hall
Rolla, MO 65409-0030
honglan@mst.edu

Senior Investigators

Craig Adams, P.E., Ph.D.

Chair and J.L. Constant Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas
Adjunct Professor of Chemistry and Research Professor Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
(785) 864-1921
cadams@ku.edu

 Research Interests 

• Sustainable drinking water, wastewater, and water reuse technologies
• Analysis, occurrence, fate, and control of organic chemicals in natural and engineered systems
• Oxidation and sorption processes
• Emerging contaminants including pharmaceuticals, personal care products, endocrine-disrupting chemicals, estrogens, disinfection byproducts, and pesticides

Nuran Ercal, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
(573) 341-6950 Fax: (573) 341-6033
nercal@mst.edu

Mark W. Fitch, Ph.D., E.I.T.
Associate Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
(573) 341-4431 Fax: (573) 341-4729
mfitch@mst.edu

Yue-wern Huang
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
(573) 341-6589 Fax: (573) 341-4821
huangy@mst.edu

Yinfa Ma, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
(573) 341-6220 Fax: (573) 341-6033
yinfa@mst.edu

Research Interests

• Bioanalysis and Bioseparations
• Precancer screening

Melanie Mormile, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
(573) 341-6346 FAX: (573) 341-4821
mmormile@mst.edu

Glenn Morrison, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
(573) 341-7192 FAX: (573) 341-4729
gcm@mst.edu
Website: www.mst.edu/~gcm 

Jianmin Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering
573-341-7503 Fax: 573-341-4729
wangjia@mst.edu

Research Interests

• Water and wastewater treatment
• Fate and transport of pollutants in natural and engineered systems
• Water chemistry and interfacial phenomena

David Wronkiewicz, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology and Geoshysics
(573) 341-4679 FAX: (573) 341-6935
wronk@mst.edu

Investigators

Jeffrey Cawlfield, Ph.D.
Professor of Geology Science and Engineering
(573) 341-4557 Fax: (573) 341-6935
email: jdc@mst.edu

Charles Chusuei, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
(573) 341-4537 Fax: (573) 341-6033
email: chusuei@mst.edu

Research Interests

• Molecular-scale characterization of binding and release of metal oxyanions and metal nanoparticles onto metal oxide surfaces
• Electronic structure studies of post-synthesis-treated carbon nanotubes

Shari Dunn-Norman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology Science and Engineering
(573) 341-4840 Fax: (573) 341-6935
email: caolila@mst.edu

Daniel Forciniti, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(573) 341-4427 Fax: (573) 341-4377
email: forcinit@mst.edu

Donald Hagen, Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
(573) 341-4351 Fax: (573) 341-4891
email: hagen@mst.edu

David Henthorn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(573) 341-7632 Fax: (573) 341-4377
email: henthord@mst.edu

Kim Henthorn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(573) 341-7633 Fax: (573) 341-4377
email: henthork@mst.edu 

Research Interests

• Computational fluid dynamics
• Particulate characterization and transport
• Two-phase microfluidic flows

Cheol-woon Kim
Research Assistant Professor
Materials Research Center
(573) 341-4359 Fax: (573) 341-2071
email: cheol@mst.edu

Jennifer Leopold
Assistant Professor
Computer Science
(573) 341-44491 Fax: (573) 341-4501
email: leopoldj@mst.edu

Research Interests

• End-user programming environments, with particular focus on database accessibility and analysis, and scientific visualization
• Bioinformatics and chemoinformatics

Doug Ludlow, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical and Biolofical Engineering
(573) 341-6477 Fax: (573) 341-4377
email: dludlow@mst.edu

Ronaldo Luna, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
(573) 341-4484 Fax: (573) 341-4729
email: rluna@mst.edu

Anne Maglia, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
(573) 341-7190 Fax: (573) 341-4821
email: magliaa@mst.edu

Cesar Mendoza, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Civil Architectural and Environmental Engineering
(573) 341-4463 Fax: (573) 341-4729
email: mendozac@mst.edu

Dev Niyogi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
(573) 341-7191 Fax: (573) 341-4821
email: niyogid@mst.edu

Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe
Professor of Geology Science and Engineering
(573) 341-6946 Fax: (573) 341-6935
email: ikuenobe@mst.edu

Judy Raper, Ph.D.
Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(573) 341-7518 Fax: (573) 341-4377
email: raperj@mst.edu

Thomas Schuman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
(573) 341-6236 Fax: (573) 341-6033
email: tschuman@mst.edu

Oliver Sitton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(573) 341-4016 Fax: (573) 341-6935
email: ocs@mst.edu

Akira Tokuhiro, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Nuclear Engineering
(573) 341-4746 Fax: (573) 341-6309
email: tokuhiro@mst.edu

Jee Wang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(573) 341-6705 Fax: (573) 341-4377
email:jcwang@mst.edu 

David Westenberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
(573) 341-4798 Fax: (573) 341-4821
email: djwesten@mst.edu

 Research Interests 

Yangchuan Xing
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
(573) 341-6772 Fax: (573) 341-4377
email: xingy@mst.edu