People


Principal Investigator

Clack

Dr. Herek Clack

Civil and Environmental Engineering

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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

[email protected]

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