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.
Hunter Richards
PhD Precandidate (she/her)
Civil and Environmental Engineering
B.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, Harvard University, 2018
Advisor: Herek Clack
Research Interests:
Intersection of environmental engineering and public health, aerosol chemistry, airborne pathogen inactivation
Former Lab Members
Dr. Tian Xia
Dr. Kenneth Chung
Dr. Shuran Li
Dr. Anubhav Dwivedi
Jimin Cai
Hyunwook Cho
Nicholas Diedrich
Abby Kleinheksel
Zijie Lin
Sam Melvin
Akosua Miller
Sam Orta
David Rett
Minmeng Tang