| Zahra Ardestani (PhD) |
 Zahra is a PhD student in Civil Engineering Program. She received her BSc in Civil (Structural) Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology and her MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic). Her MSc research was in the area of hydrocarbon contamination. Zahra has worked with two private and governmental consulting engineering companies in areas related to wastewater and structural engineering. Zahra's research is focused on the use of surfactant foam technology for the treatment of petroleum hydrocarbons and novel ideas to improve its potential utility. She is using laboratory methods and will be conducting a pilot-scale field experiment to assess the potential of this technology. |
| Michelle Cho (PhD) |
 Michelle is a PhD student with a research interest in groundwater remediation and passion for teaching. She received a BASc in Environmental Engineering from the University of Waterloo, which also included completion of a co-op program with exposure to various environmental work in both private and public sectors. She has also completed a Certificate for University Teaching with the Centre for Teaching Excellence at the University of Waterloo. Michelle's research is focused on a novel approach for the enhanced mixing of remedial reagents with contaminants in the subsurface. Her research efforts involve numerical modelling and field investigations to assess the potential for improved performance during in situ remediation using this approach. |
| Janice Cooper (MASc) |
 Janice is pursuing a joint MSc degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Civil and Environmental Engineering, and is a member of the Collaborative Water Program. As a graduate of the Environmental Engineering program at the University of Waterloo, Janice was able to explore many different career options over her co-op terms. Through this, Janice has found her passion in working on the remediation of contaminated sites. Her research is focused on the evaluation of suitable remediation methods for addressing sources of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) contamination in groundwater. PFOA and PFOS are emerging contaminants that are earning a lot of attention from both academia and industry. Janice is conducting lab-based experiments to shed more light on the use of different in-situ groundwater remediation techniques |
| Sonia Jaberi (PhD) |
 Sonia is a PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She received a BSc in Environmental Science and Engineering from Shiraz University, Iran and a MSc in Environmental Pollution Science and Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology. Sonia’s master research was in collaboration with Tehran Petroleum Refinery and Copenhagen University, and focused on the remediation of oil contaminated soils using microwave irradiation. Her PhD research deals with the targeted delivery of functional nanoparticle for in situ treatment. She is using a combination of laboratory and numerical modeling studies to better understand nanoparticle transport and the effectiveness of this novel technology. |
| Andrea Marrocco (MASc) |
 Andrea is a MASc student in Civil Engineering and the Collaborative Water Program. She received a BSc in Environmental Sciences from the University of Guelph, and a complimentary diploma in Environmental Technology from Georgian College. Andrea has worked with a number of government agencies and private companies in areas related to groundwater engineering and science. Andrea’s research is focused on the use of Carbon-Based Injection (CBI) for the treatment of petroleum hydrocarbons (PHCs). CBI is a relatively new technology, gaining widespread commercial use, and involves the sorption of contaminants in groundwater to an injected activated carbon slurry and subsequent biodegradation. She is using a combination of laboratory and field methods to better understand the effectiveness of this novel technology. |
| Lorenzo Simonetti (PhD) |
 Lorenzo is a PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Collaborative Water Program. He received a BSc in Earth Sciences and an MASc in Geological Engineering from the University of Rome, La Sapienza, Italy. Lorenzo’s research attempts to remediate organic contaminants in low permeability porous media. Lorenzo is interested in effectively promoting the remediation of organic contaminants by combining in situ chemical oxidation with electrokinetic remediation (EK- ISCO). EK is a promising technology that involves the generation of fluid flow and charged particles under the influence of an electric current. His work focuses on delivering chemical oxidants through EK in a low permeability porous media using a combination of laboratory and field methods to evaluate the feasibility of this technology. |
| Yunxiao Wei (PhD) |
 Yunxiao is a part-time PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is also a full-time R&D Engineer with Beijing Construction Engineering Group -Environmental Remediation Co., Ltd. based in Beijing, China. Yunxiao received his MSc from the University of Waterloo in Hydrogeology/Organic Geochemistry. He also received his BSc in Environmental Science at the University of Waterloo and BEng in Environmental Engineering at the University of Science and Technology, Beijing. Yunxiao has research experience with sulfate enhanced bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbon sources using multiple analytical tools including modeling, on-line monitoring probes, geochemical indicators, molecular biological tools and environmental isotopes. His current research interests focuses on former manufactured gas plant remediation technologies. |
| Jay Dolan (MASc) |
| Waleed Gusti (MASc) |
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Research Staff |
| Summer Jin (MASc) |
 Summer is a MASc student in Civil Engineering and the Collaborative Water Program. She received her BSc in Earth Sciences from the University of Waterloo, and a BEng in Environmental Engineering from the China University of Geosciences. Summer’s research is focused on the development of a dual-oxidant system for use in In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) applications. She is using a variety of laboratory methods to enhance the efficiency of persulfate and permanganate to destroy organic contaminants. |
| Saeid Shafieiyoun (PhD) |
 Saeid is currently a PhD candidate in the Department Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received his Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from Isfahan University of Technology, Iran in 2007 and his MSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology, Iran, in 2011. The overarching focus of his research is the application of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) methods to understand diffusional transport within multi-component NAPLs. His aim is to theoretically and experimentally investigate compositional changes at the interface and within the multi-component NAPLs to develop insights into their mass transfer and chemical oxidation in subsurface systems. |
| Felipe Solano (MASc) |
 Felipe Solano is a hydrogeologist (MSc) with 9 years experience in groundwater investigation and remediation (academic and industry). Felipe has worked with MGP related contaminants in Canada, United States and Brazil. As a Research Associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering his work involves subsurface contaminant fate and distribution, and the remediation of soil and groundwater systems using innovative technologies in laboratory and field settings. |
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Recent Co-op Students |
| Lara De Beer |
Lara is a BASc student in Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Lara has spent some of her previous co-operative education terms with EnviroSim Associates as a Laboratory Technician, S. Llewellyn & Associates and Dietrich Engineering Limited as an Engineering Assistant and most recently at HZ University of Applied Science in the Netherlands as a Research Assistant. Lara is currently working with other graduate students to study the effect of chaotic advection to improve chemical oxidation delivery and improve the remediation of NAPL’s from groundwater. Lara hopes to learn more about the research of contaminant transport in groundwater and hopes to be inspired to one day pursue graduate studies of her own. |
| Iolanda Montagnese |
 Iolanda is a BASc student in Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Iolanda has spent her co-operative education terms in a variety of work places including: University of Toronto, City of Markham, Rothsay and the University of Waterloo, in which she has performed in both laboratory and field settings. Iolanda is currently working on the effects of oxidant preservation in the presence of biocides for the purpose of remediation. Iolanda is fascinated by groundwater remediation and hopes to continue studying this topic in her future endeavours. |
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