Aloha!
Yan's Environmental Microbiology Research Group @ CEE, U of Hawaii

Tao Yan, Assistant Professor
Ph.D. (2004) Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota

Office: POST 203E
Phone: (808) 956-6024
Email: taoyan@hawaii.edu
CV: (pdf)


Graudate Students

Fan Feng , MS student (Jan. 2008 ~ present)
Research: Survival of fecal indicators and pathogens in tropical beach sand.



Dustin Goto , MS student (Sept. 2007 ~ present)
Research: Survival of E. coli in urban and agricultural watersheds

Wendi Zheng, MS student (Sept. 2008 ~ present)
Research: PAH contamination and bioremediation in coastal sediments

Lavane Kim, MS student (Spring. 2008 ~ present)
Research: Electrotrode-assisted simultaneous nitrification and denitrification bioreactor

Cindy Lee, MS student (Fall. 2009 ~ present)
Research: TBD


Undergraduate students

Kahaleali'i Muhlestein, CEE Undergraduate (Feb. ~ present, 2009)
Research: Self-sustainable wastewater bioreactor for nitrogen removal


High School Students

Ross Nakahara, High school intern (June ~ July, 2008)
Research: Triclosan and antibiotic resistance in sewage bacteria

Shawntrelle Sookla, High school intern (June ~ July, 2009)
Research: Triclosan and antibiotic resistance in sewage enterococci