Our Team
Dr. Chan Lan Chun, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Civil Engineering /Principle Research Engineer, Natural Resources Research Institute
I am an environmental engineer who is interested in studying the impacts of human activities on natural freshwater system. Our lab aims to understand chemical and microbial contaminants in natural and engineered system and develop economically sustainable treatment technologies and mitigation strategies.
Lab Manager and Research Scientist
Katie Edblad
Lab manager and Research sceintist
Environmental Microbiologist
Jasmine Bromgren
Lab technician
Environmental Biologist
Katie Linderholm
Research scientist
Geobiologist
Post-doctoral Researchers
Graduate Students
Anna Totsch
Water Resources Science MS Student
Kelly Duhn
Water Resources Science MS student
Britta Larson
Water Resources Science MS student co-advised by Dr. Nate Johnson
Jahid Jabed
Civil Engineering MS student
Lien Tran
Water Resources Science MS student co-advised by Dr. Satoshi Ishii
Undergraduate Researchers
Braden Kohn
Chemical Engineering, UMD
Siena Bersch
Civil Engineering, UMD
Lab Alumni
Dr. Matthew Berens Postdoc (2023) | Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Dr. Susma Bhattarai Gautam Postdoc (2022) | August Mack Environmental
Katie Cassidy Water Resources Science MS (2022) | Houston Engineering
Caitlin Graeber Civil Engineering MS (2022) | GEI Consultants. INC
Ellie Hill Water Resources Science MS (2022) | Montgomery & Associate
Julia Zimmer Water Resources Science MS (2022) | City of Milwaukee Health Department and Ph.D student in University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
Shawnee McMillian Water Resources Science MS (2021) | Center of Freshwater Research
Lisa DeGuire Water Resources Science MS (2021) | City of Superior Environmental Service Division
Tobin Deen Civil Engineering MS (2020) | American Engineering Testing
Adelle Kepper Water Resources Science MS (2020) | City of Superior Environmental Service Division
Kris Isaacson Chemical Engineering MS (2019) | Ph.D Student at Purdue University
Jacob Daire Civil Engineering MS (2019) | Barr Engineering
Dan Takaki Water Resources Science MS (2018) | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Maxwell Brubaker Research scientist (2019-2021) | MS student at the Univeristy of British Columbia
Isaac Overmyer Chemical Engineering at UMD (2020-2021) | Energy Management Solution LLC
Tiana Litke Civil Engineering Undergraduate at UMD (2017-2020) | United Taconite LLC
Emilie Ziebarth Chemistry and Biochemisty Undergraduate at UMD (2017-2020) | Espernaze Health Center
Brendon Gearhart Civil Engineering Undergraduate at UMD (2018-2019) | HDR
Joey Persik Civil Engineering Undergraduate at UMD (2017-2019)
Wendy Gomez Civil Engineering Undergraduate at UMD (2018-2019)
Muhammad Fawad Khan Chemical Engineering Undergraduate at UMD (2019 Summer) | MS student at UMD
Kim Hanson Earth Science Undergraduate at UMD-Lake Superior College NIH Bridge Program Fellow (2018)
Sara Constantine Civil Engineering Undergraduate Researcher (2017) | Minnesota Energy Resources
Brock Anderson Civil Engineering Undergraduate Researcher at UMD (2017)