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Group Members

Liu Group Picture -- Summer 2025

 

Principal Investigator

 

Haizhou
         Haizhou Liu, Ph.D.

        > Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 2010.

         > M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 2007.

         > B.S. Environmental Engineering, Sichuan University, 2006.

             

            Current CV 

Dr. Haizhou Liu is a Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at UC Riverside. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from University of Washington, subsequent to completion of a M.S. and B.S. in Environmental Engineering from University of Washington and Sichuan University, respectively. Prior to starting as a faculty member at UCR, he conducted two-year postdoctoral research at University of California, Berkeley. His educational and professional background is in water quality, treatment and reuse - especially via the application of environmental chemistry principles. Outside of work, Haizhou enjoys family time, tennis, beach volleyball, biking, kayaking, classical music (favorite composer Mozart), impressionism oil painting, and learning Romantic languages (current endeavors are Italian and French). 
Postdoctoral Associates
 
Liang Wu 

Ph.D. Environmental Toxicology, UC Riverside, 2023.

 
PhD Students
Sitao Liu 

M.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, 2020

 
Manav Mendpara

M.S. Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UC Riverside, 2025.

 
Numaer Tahnun

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Bangladesh University of Chemical Engineering, 2024

Email: numaer.tahnun@ucr.edu
Undergraduate students
Ian Beutel-DePrano

Chemical and Environmental Engineering, UC Riverside
Previous Group Members
 
Xingyu Tang, Ph.D. (Graduate student)

Carollo Engineers, Inc.​​​​

Ananta Azad, Ph.D. (Graduate student)

Carollo Engineers, Inc. 

Phung Quan, Ph.D. (Graduate student)
Los Angeles Water Sanitation District, CA
 
Cheng Tan, Ph.D. (Graduate student)
Research Scientist, Georgia Tech
 
Mingrui Song, Ph.D. (Postdoc)
Research Scientist, Arizona State University, AZ
 
Liang Wu, Ph.D. (Graduate student)

California Water Resource Control Board, Los Angeles, CA

Sam Patton, Ph.D. (Graduate student)

Process Control Chemist, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, La Vern, CA

Soyoon Kum, Ph.D. (Postdoc)
Assistant Professor, Angelo State University, Texas
 
Kiranmayi Mangalgiri, Ph.D. (Postdoc)
Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
 
Sumant Avasarala, Ph.D. (Postdoc)
Senior Scientist, Anchor QEA
 
Jiajie Qian, Ph.D. (Postdoc)

Material Scientist, Nanolab Technologies, Inc.

Tushar Jain, Ph.D. (Graduate student)

Process Engineer, Intel, Inc. 

Michelle Chebeir, Ph.D. (Graduate student)

Consulting Engineer, Hazen & Sawyer, Inc., Los Angeles, CA

Lucy Li, Ph.D. (Graduate student)

Process Control Chemist, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, La Vern, CA