Meet the Team

Genda Chen
Genda Chen

Director, Professor and Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair

Natalie Hankinson

Program / Project Coordinator

Research Engineer
Son Nguyen

Research Engineer

Joel Runji
Joel Runji

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Rafael Cardona
Zhenhua Shi

Research Civil Engineer

Woubishet Taffese
Woubishet Taffese

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Ritesh Sharma
Ying Zhuo

Post-Doctoral Fellow

2024 Top Research Expenditure Award

Members

Ahmad Alsharoa
Ahmad Alsharoa

Assistant Professor

Steven Corns
Steven Corns

Associate Chair and Associate Professor

Sajal Das
Sajal Das

Curators' Distinguished Professor and Daniel St. Clair Endowed Chair

Michael Davis
Michael Davis

Associate Professor & Interim Department Chair

Kristen Donnell
Kristen Donnell

Associate Professor

Islam El-Adaway
Islam El-Adaway

Associate Dean, Professor, Founding Director, and Director

Mohamed ElGawady
Mohamed ElGawady

Professor and Benavides Faculty Scholar

Shane Epting
Shane Epting

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Mahelet G. Fikru
Mahelet G. Fikru

Professor

Weibing Gong
Weibing Gong

Assistant Professor

Emad Hassan

Assistant Professor

Jenny Liu
Jenny Liu

Professor

Hongyan Ma
Hongyan Ma

Kummer Impact Professor, Francisco Benavides Scholar, and Associate Professor

Sanjay Madria
Sanjay Madria

Curators' Distinguished Professor

Shelley Minteer
Shelley Minteer

Director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability

Siddhardh Nadendla
Siddhardh Nadendla

Assistant Professor

Heath Pickerill
Heath Pickerill

Manager of Research Technical Services

Sahra Sedigh
Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani

Associate Professor

Pourya Shamsi
Pourya Shamsi

Associate Professor

Guirong Yan
Guirong Yan

Professor

Huiyuan Yang
Huiyuan Yang

Assistant Professor

Xiong Zhang
Xiong Zhang

Professor