Arturo A. Keller - PhD Students

Arturo A. Keller, Ph.D. - PhD Students

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WORKING WITH DR. KELLER:

Potential applicants to the Bren School interested in working with Dr. Keller should email keller@bren.ucsb.edu to explore research ideas. Make SURE you have read my research interests and are clear about what YOU want to work on, which should be novel and exciting.

I am particularly interested in working with people with a strong background in environmental engineering or chemistry who want to address practical solutions; work experience is a major plus. Students working with me do experimental work in the lab or field, as well as numerical modeling analysis. Read below about some of the work my PhD students and postdocs are involved in.

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Dr. Victoria Broje	Develop advanced techniques to respond to oil spills in coastal/artic waters	Victoria graduated in Sept. 2006. She currently works as a Spill Response Specialist / Environmental Scientist Shell Global Solutions (US) INC. Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.
Dr. Mingjie Chen	Stochastic multiphase flow modeling to understand uncertainty and variation in natural attenuation of NAPL spills.	Mingjie graduated in June 2005. He currently is a Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University. His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.
Kristin Clark	Determining the factors that control removal efficiency in bioswales and biotrenches	Kristin began her PhD in Sept. 2006
Dr. Annette Killmer	Effect of Civil Society Involvement on Environmental Outcomes under a Pollution Prevention Policy	Annette graduated in Oct. 2004. She currently works at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.
Dr. Mark Kram	Use of fluorescence and visual technologies to detect DNAPLs in the sub-surface	Mark graduated in June 2002 His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications. After graduating, Mark started his own business (Groundswell Technologies, Inc.)
Dr. Mina Mitani	Stoichiometry and kinetics of MTBE oxidation using ozone and hydrogen peroxide	Mina graduated in June 2002 Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications. Mina is currently working for Raytheon in Santa Barbara.
Dr. Tim Robinson	Variation of Nutrient Loading with Land Use in Coastal Streams	Tim graduated in Feb 2006. He currently works at the Cachuma Operations and Management Board as a Environmental Specialistand teaches at the Bren School.
Dr. Sanya Sirivithayapakorn	Fate and transport of colloids and viruses in porous media	Sanya graduated in Nov. 2003 He is a faculty member in Thailand. His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications
Dr. Peng Wang	Removing pesticides from contaminated soils using surfactant washing	Peng graduated in Jan. 2008. He currently is a Post-Doctoral researcher in Hong Kong. His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications
Dr. Mel Willis	Strategic Environmental Assessment of Community Air Toxics Exposure Resulting from Land Use Policy	Mel graduated in June 2003 He is an independent consultant and teaches at the Bren School. Thesis
Dr. Yi Zheng	Developing management practices for watershed-scale pollution	Yi graduated in Dec 2006. He is an Assistant Professor in Peking University. His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.
Dongxu Zhou	Nanoparticle fate and transport	Dongxu began his PhD in Sept. 2007
	Post-doctoral researchers working with Dr. Keller:
Dr. Maria Auset	Understanding the movement of colloids at the pore scale	Publications from Dr. Auset's work in our lab are shown in Publications

Ph.D. Student

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Dr. Victoria Broje

Develop advanced techniques to respond to oil spills in coastal/artic waters

Victoria graduated in Sept. 2006.

She currently works as a Spill Response Specialist / Environmental Scientist Shell Global Solutions (US) INC. Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Dr. Mingjie Chen

Stochastic multiphase flow modeling to understand uncertainty and variation in natural attenuation of NAPL spills.

Mingjie graduated in June 2005.

He currently is a Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University. His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Kristin Clark

Determining the factors that control removal efficiency in bioswales and biotrenches

Kristin began her PhD in Sept. 2006

Dr. Annette Killmer

Effect of Civil Society Involvement on Environmental Outcomes under a Pollution Prevention Policy

Annette graduated in Oct. 2004.

She currently works at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC.

Dr. Mark Kram

Use of fluorescence and visual technologies to detect DNAPLs in the sub-surface

Mark graduated in June 2002

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

After graduating, Mark started his own business (Groundswell Technologies, Inc.)

Dr. Mina Mitani

Stoichiometry and kinetics of MTBE oxidation using ozone and hydrogen peroxide

Mina graduated in June 2002

Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Mina is currently working for Raytheon in Santa Barbara.

Dr. Tim Robinson

Variation of Nutrient Loading with Land Use in Coastal Streams

Tim graduated in Feb 2006.

He currently works at the Cachuma Operations and Management Board as a Environmental Specialistand teaches at the Bren School.

Dr. Sanya Sirivithayapakorn

Fate and transport of colloids and viruses in porous media

Sanya graduated in Nov. 2003

He is a faculty member in Thailand.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications

Dr. Peng Wang

Removing pesticides from contaminated soils using surfactant washing

Peng graduated in Jan. 2008.

He currently is a Post-Doctoral researcher in Hong Kong.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications

Dr. Mel Willis

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Community Air Toxics Exposure Resulting from Land Use Policy

Mel graduated in June 2003

He is an independent consultant and teaches at the Bren School. Thesis

Dr. Yi Zheng

Developing management practices for watershed-scale pollution

Yi graduated in Dec 2006.

He is an Assistant Professor in Peking University. His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

Dongxu Zhou

Nanoparticle fate and transport

Dongxu began his PhD in Sept. 2007

Post-doctoral researchers working with Dr. Keller:

Dr. Maria Auset

Understanding the movement of colloids at the pore scale

Publications from Dr. Auset's work in our lab are shown in Publications

She currently works as a
Spill Response Specialist / Environmental Scientist
Shell Global Solutions (US) INC.

Her thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

He currently is a Research Assistant Professor at Tufts University.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.

He is an independent consultant and teaches at the Bren School.

Thesis

He is an Assistant Professor in Peking University.

His thesis is published in the papers shown in Publications.