Current Group Members

David Hanigan, PhD, PE
Associate Professor
Program Director, Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Phone: 775-682-7517

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Kenny Hickenbottom
Ph.D. Student

I'm from Carson City, Nevada. I am interested in water treatment issues relating to the Reno-Tahoe area and my research at UNR focuses on the influence of wildfire on disinfection by-product formation. I like rock climbing, music, and looking for cool rocks with my wife!

Seth McCoy
Ph.D. Student

Haley Grable
M.S. Student

​I am from Athens, Georgia and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in cognitive science. My research focuses on post-wildfire PFAS fate. When I’m not in the lab, I enjoy playing guitar, collecting plants, and exploring the outdoors.

Lauren Edwards
M.S. Student

​I'm from Lincoln, California and attended Grinnell College in Iowa. I have a degree in Chemistry and my research focuses on thermal decomposition of PFASs in reactivated granulated activated carbon. I enjoy board games, hanging out with friends, and playing soccer and ultimate frisbee. 

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Prior Students and Post-docs

Xuexiang He
Post-Doc (2021-2022)

Ibrahim Abusallout
Post-Doc (2019-2021)
CDM-Smith

Mingrui Song
Ph.D. (2022)
Post doc at UC-Riverside

Junli Wang
Ph.D. (2022)
Post doc at UC-Riverside

Priyamvada Sharma
Ph.D. (2021)
Geosyntec

Utsav Thapa
Ph.D. (2021)
Post-doc at SUNY-Buffalo

Mike DeNicola
M.S. (2023)
USGS

Kevin Stewart
M.S. (2022)
Keller Associates

Libby McKenna
M.S. (2020)
Corona Environmental Consulting

Saeed Arabi
M.S. ChemE (2020, Co-advised with Dr. Sage Hiibel)

Andrew Poustie
M.S. (2018)
Stantec Engineering

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Prior Undergraduate Researchers

AJ Mathew
​Aditya Prathap
Eden Ansell
​Dalia Marin-Rios (2022-2023, BS EnvE)
Jackie Kittredge (2021-2022, BS EnvrE), now with Keller and Associates
Aron Chan (2019-2021, BS EnvrE), now with Nevada Department of Transportation
Jackson Alicata (2018-2019, BS ChemE)
Chelsea Cluff (2016-2017, BS CEE), now with Farr West Engineering