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The Institute promotes the education and training of water resources research professionals through its fellowship program. Profiles of each graduate fellow, and summaries of her or his thesis research project, and publications from this project are accessed through the links below. Visitors are invited to contact the student, research advisor, or the Institute Director for further information on the projects.
Fellows, Projects and Advisors
Graduate Student |
Project Title |
Advisor |
| William Clark, Ph.D Biological Sciences, NDSU | The examination of Life History Variation in White Sucker (Catostomus commersoni) Populations in North Dakota and Minnesota Drainages | Dr. Mark Clark, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, NDSU |
| Yuhui Jin, Ph.D. Chemistry, UND | Rapid and Sensitive Determination of Bacteria in Water Using Nanoparticles | Dr. Julia Zhao, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, UND |
| Ryan Klapperich, M.S. Geology , UND | Analysis of Associated Bedrock-Aquifer System Sediments: Origins of Electron Donor-Rich Aquifers in Eastern North Dakota |
Dr. Scott Korom, Professor, Geology and Geological Engineering, UND |
| Damion Knudsen, M.S. in Environmental and Conservation Sciences, NDSU | An Investigation into Subsurface Sampling and Characterization Efficiency Using a High Resolution GIS Based Earth System | Dr. Bernhart Saini-Eidukat, Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences, NDSU |
| Sita Krajangpan, Ph.D Civil Engineering, NDSU | Effective Delivery of Iron Nanoparticles by Amphiphilic Polysiloxane Graft Copolymeric Vehicles for Groundwater Remediation | Dr. Achintya Bezbaruah, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NDSU |
| Dan McEwen, Ph.D Biological Sciences, NDSU | Stoichiometry and the transfer of mercury from benthic macroinvertebrates into game fish | Dr. Malcolm Butler, Professor of Zoology Department of Biological Sciences, NDSU |
| Breanna Paradeis, M.S. Natural Resources Management, NDSU | Plant Species Composition of Wetlands Located in Restored Native Prairie | Dr. Donald Kirby, Director School of Natural Resources Sciences, NDSU |
| Thunyalux Ratpukdi, Ph.D. Civil Engineering , NDSU | Fractionation of Natural Organic Matter in Water from the Red River and the Moorhead Water Treatment Plant, Minnesota Using a Novel Solid Phase Extraction Technique | Dr. Eakalak Khan, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, NDSU |
| Mary Schuh, M.S. Soil Science, NDSU |
Farm-scale reconnaissance of estrogens in subsurface waters | Dr. Frank Casey, Assistant Professor of Soil Physics, NDSU |
| Jay M. Thompson, M.S. Environmental Engineering, NDSU | Iron Nanoparticles for the Treatment of the Herbicides Atrazine, Alachlor and Dicamba in Groundwater | Dr. Achintya Bezbaruah, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, NDSU |
| Wei Zheng, Ph.D. Biological Sciences, NDSU | Classification of Macroinvertebrate Communities across Red River Drainage Basin | Dr. Malcolm Butler, Professor of Zoology Department of Biological Sciences, NDSU |
For program information:
Dr. G. Padmanabhan, Director: G.Padmanabhan@ndsu.edu
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