Principal Investigator
Dr. Herek Clack
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1998
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 1997
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, 1987
Current Lab Members
Zhenyu Ma
PhD Candidate (he/him)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
M.S. Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, USA, 2021
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, China, 2020
Advisor: Herek Clack
Research Interests:
Airborne pathogen inactivation, virus inactivation, non-thermal plasma reaction chemistry
Jesse Yang
Bachelor’s Student (he/him)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
B.S. Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, expected 2026
Advisor: Herek Clack
Research Interests:
Renewable energy, clean energy solutions
Emily Hong
PhD Precandidate (she/her)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
B.S. Environmental Engineering, California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo, 2023
Advisor: Herek Clack
Research Interests:
Intersection of environmental engineering and public health, airborne pathogen inactivation, and non-thermal plasma technology.
Former Lab Members
Dr. Tian Xia
Jimin Cai
Minmeng Tang
Zijie Lin
Dr. Kenneth Chung
David Rett
Akosua Miller
Sam Orta
Nicholas Diedrich
Hyunwook Cho
Abby Kleinheksel
Sam Melvin