Yan's Environmental Microbiology Research Group

	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*
	Qian Zhang, PhD student (Aug. 2010 ~ present) Research: Survival of fecal indicator E. coli in tropical soil.
	Lavane Kim, PhD student (Jan. 2011 ~ present) Research: E. coli surface properties and attachment to solid surfaces
	Lelemia Irvine, PhD student (Sept.. 2011 ~ present) Research: TBD
	Cindy Lee, MS student (Fall. 2009 ~ present) Research: Contamination and biodegradaton of chlordane and dieldrin in Ala Wai Canal sediment.
	Jennifer Steadman-Murphy, MS student (Fall. 2011 ~ present) Research: TBD.
*Postdoctoral Research Fellows*
	Dr. Kun Yang, (July 2011 - present) Research: Effect of reclaimed water reuse in antibiotic resistence in soil microbial community.
	Dr. Eulyn Pagaling, (Aug. 2011 - present) Research: Microbial communities associated with sewer pipeline problems and identification of DNA markers for qPCR detection.
	Dr. Henglin Cui ,(Aug. 2011 - present) Research: Fecal indicator bacteria and pathogens in tropical beach sand.
*Visiting Scholars*
	Dr. Mark Krzmarzick, Visiting from the University of Minnesota (Oct. 2011 - present)

Group Pictures
Nov. 2010 From left to right: Cindy Lee, Lavane Kim, Qian Zhang, Prof.Tao Yan, Fan Feng, Jessica Shelton, and Dustin Goto
August. 2011 Front : Eulyn Pagaling, Prof. Tao Yan, Cindy Lee back: Henglin Cui, Kun Yang, Lelemia Irvine, Qian Zhang, Lavane Kim

Lab alumni

PhD students: Yeping Ma, Feb. 2011 ~ Aug. 2011. Visiting student from Tsinghua University, China

MS students: Wendi Zheng, CEE, August, 2008 ~ August, 2010. Currently at Pacific Commercial Services, LLC, Honolulu. Dustin Goto, CEE, January 2008 ~ November, 2010. Currently at AMEC, Honolulu. Fan Feng , CEE, January 2008 ~ December, 2010. Currently at AECOM, Honolulu. Jessica Shelton, CEE, Jan. 2010 ~ Aug. 2011. Currently at AECOM, Honolulu.

Undergraduate students: Kahaleali'i Muhlestein, CEE Undergraduate (Feb. ~ June, 2009). Ross Nakahara, High school intern (June ~ July, 2008). Shawntrelle Sookla, High school intern (June ~ July, 2009).