Graduate Student Research
Group
Amy graduated with a B.S. degree from the Missouri University of Science and Technology in 2010. She is pursuing an M.S. degree in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering at ISU. Her research is on the resuspension of E. coli from stream sediments.
Rohith graduated with a B.Tech. degree from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University in Hyderabad, India and an M.S. degree from the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at Kansas State University. He is developing a watershed management plan for Hickory Grove Watershed.
Natasha is a graduate research assistant enrolled in the Masters programs in environmental sciences and sustainable agriculture at Iowa State University. Natasha received her BS in environmental sciences from ISU in May 2010. Natasha is co-advised with Dr. Bhandari.
Claire graduated from Wesleyan University in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in 1998 and completed an M.S. in Geology at Iowa State University in 2002. She has been working as a hydrogeological consultant and GIS specialist for the Animal Feeding Operations (AFO) Program at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. She has also taught Principals of Geology at Drake University and Introduction to Geology at Grinnell College.
Charles received his B.S. from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Civil Engineering and his M.S. from Kansas State University in Biological and Agricultural Engineering. His Ph.D. research involves improving wetland processes in a watershed scale model and conducting scenarios to prioritize wetland placement to maximize water quality benefits.
Jason graduated with a Civil Engineering degree from South Dakota State University in 2011. His M.S. research involves assessing the tylosin concentrations and antibiotic resistant enterococci in tile flow below fields receiving swine manure applications.
Xiao graduated with a Biotechnology degree from Nanjing Agricultural University in 2009 and has worked as an intern for the Chinese Academy of Science. She is pursuing an M.S. degree in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at ISU.
Pramod graduated with a Bachelor of Technology from the Institute of People's Science in Technology with a degree in Agricultural Engineering in 2000, a Master of Technology from the IIT in Agricultural and Food Engineering in 2003 and a MS from WSU in Environmental Engineering in 2007. He worked as a Technician at Texas A&M Research and Extension Centre in El Paso, Texas on the development of a hydrological model for water management and salinity control.
Trang graduated from Water Resources University in Vietnam in 2006. Following graduation she worked as a researcher for the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment. Trang received an M.S. degree in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and Environmental Science from ISU in December 2010.
Rachel completed her M.S. degree in the Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Department at ISU in summer 2011 and is now a Ph.D. student at Texas A&M. For her thesis, she studied the resuspension of E. coli from direct fecal deposits in streams.
Martha graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1998 with a degree in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Science. Following graduation she worked as a research assistant and laboratory manager in the legume genetics and breeding program at the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation in Ardmore, Oklahoma. She is currently employed by the Iowa Soybean Association.
