Radniecki Lab Members


Current Radniecki Lab Members

Rich Hilliard (M.S./Ph.D. student); Simultaneous anammox and denitrification (SAD) wetlands/Removal of PAHs, PCBs, PFASs and heavy metals from stormwater using biological proecesses

Ashley Berninghaus (M.S./Ph.D. student); Intensification of the co-digestion of fats, oils and greases (FOG) and food waste

Casey Kanalos (M.S. student); Comparison of commercial sorbents for the removal of PAHs, PCBs, PFASs and heavy metals from stormwater

Nora Honeycutt (B.S. Honors College student)


Forest Giardina (B.S. Bioresource Research student)

Tanner Belknap (B.S. Honors College student)

Ana Aranda (B.S. Bioresource Research student)

Miah Cowen (B.S. OSU STEM Leaders student)


Radniecki Lab Alumni


Master Students

Meredith Hammervold (2018) "Examination of immobilized TiO2 nanoparticle photocatalytic treatment of propylene glycol with concentrated solar energy"

Robert White (2017) "Examination of immobilized TiO2 nanoparticle photocatalytic treatment of drinking water by SolarBags"

Sharmin Sultana (2016) "Molecular and kinetic characterization of anammox bacteria enrichments and determination of their suitability of anammox for landfill leachate treatment"

Kierstin Miller (2016) "Effect of landfill leachate pretreatment and SBR operational parameters on nitrification efficiency and activated sludge microbial populations"

Gavin Bushee (2016) "Co-treatment of municipal wastewater and landfill leachate in an activated sludge sequencing batch reactor"

Tyler Kirkendall (2015) "Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction and analysis of a pure culture anaerobic digester"

David Lopez (2015) "Examination of immobilized TiO2 nanoparticle photocatalytic treatment of stormwater by LilyPads"

Erik Berliner (2013) "Cultivating anammox bacteria from wastewater sludge"

Kevin Csupak (2013) "Influence of growth rate on silver nanoparticle adsorption and silver ion toxicity to Nitrosomonas europaea"

Cameron Kostigen Mumper (2013) "Influence of ammonia, biological macromolecules and humic acids on the adsorption of silver nanoparticles to Nitrosomonas europaea" (Winner of the 2014 MWH/AEESP Master's Thesis Award, 2nd place)

Ann-Kathrin Ostermeyer (2012) "The influence of bovine serum albumin (BSA) and alginate on silver nanoparticle stability and toxicity to the ammonia oxidizing bacterium, Nitrosomonas europaea"


Undergraduate Students

Raha Kannan (B.S. Honors College student; 2014-2017) "Anammox enrichment and kinetics"

Grant Stein (B.S. Honors College student; 2015-2017) "Hydrogel immobilization for anammox enrichment"

Renee Myers (2017)

Jon Laurance (B.S. Honors College student; 2015-2016) "Photocatalytic treatment of stormwater runoff using Puralytics' LilyPad"

Logan Smesrud (B.S. Honors College student; 2014-2016) "Assessing the risk of spreading antibiotic resistance through the reuse of treated wastewater"

Matthew Palmer (B.S. Honors College student; 2014-2016) "Removing chemical oxygen demand (COD) assay interference from landfill leachate treated with Fenton's Reagents"

Berkley Noble (2016)

Laurent Tetzloff (2015-2016)

Silvia Colussi-Pelaez (2015-2016)

Sarah Gilroy (2015-2016)

Catherine Mays (2015-2016)

Ceili Shannon (B.S. Honors College student; 2014-2015) "Effect of fat, oil and grease (FOG) and inoculum source on co-digestion in batch anaerobic digesters"

Michael Gordon (Post-bac Bioresource Research student; 2014 - 2015) "Nutrient recovery by anaerobic co-digestion of lipid-extracted Chlorella vulgaris and waste activated sludge" 

Randi Mendes (2014 - 2015)

Katelynn Thrall (U-Succeed STEM Leaders Program; 2014-2015)

Casey Ford (Honors College student; 2014)

Kelsey Beyer (2012 - 2013)

Rubens Bragagnollo Filho (2013)

Alyssa Deline (2012 - 2013)

Issa El Haddad (2012 - 2013)

Robert Godfrey (2012 - 2013)

Tanner Houston (2012 - 2013)

Rachell Huber (2012 - 2013)

Mark Rein (2012 - 2013)

Jenny Seto (2012 - 2013)

Carol Stein (2012 - 2013)

Matthew Tallone (2012 - 2013)

Anna Lucia Uribe (2012 - 2013)

Nicholas Barraza (2012)

Theresa Rodriquez (2012)

Karina Sertich (2012)

Loren Slentz (2012)


High School Students

Max Gusukuma (SESEY; 2018)

Sofia Pardo (SESEY; 2018)

Julia Pingel (SESEY; 2017)

Deven Leon Patino (SESEY; 2017)

Joseph Justice (SESEY; 2016)

Morgan Mawn (SESEY; 2016)

McKenzie Hammon (SESEY; 2015)

Eva Stoumbos (SESEY; 2015)

Sydney Galloway (SESEY; 2014)

Maya Payton (SESEY; 2014)

Calvin Klyman (IEA; 2012)

Varshini Parthasarathy (IEA; 2012)

Amanda Shi (IEA; 2012)

Annie Surman (IEA; 2012)

Bismark Wong (IEA; 2012)