Team Members

Principal Investigator

Shilai Hao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
Virginia Tech

Research interests: PFAS, emerging contaminants, water quality, environmental analytical chemistry, and hydrothermal treatment.

Lab Manager

Aihua Wang, Ph.D.

Lab Manager
Research interests: LC-MS/MS method development, PFAS analysis, and environmental sample preparation.

Graduate Students

Sophia Lee

Ph.D. Student
Research interests: PFAS in biosolids, hydrothermal treatment, and environmental analytical chemistry.

Incoming PhD student #2

Ph.D. Student
Research interests: PFAS in biosolids, hydrothermal treatment, and environmental analytical chemistry.

Incoming Master’s student #1

M.S. Student
Research interests: PFAS in biosolids, hydrothermal treatment, and environmental analytical chemistry.

Undergraduate Students

Zhou Zhuang

Undergraduate research assistant Research interests: PFAS in biosolids, hydrothermal treatment, and environmental analytical chemistry.

Shenglan Xu

Undergraduate research assistant Research interests: PFAS in biosolids, hydrothermal treatment, and environmental analytical chemistry.

Shunbing Yang

Undergraduate research assistant Research interests: PFAS in biosolids, hydrothermal treatment, and environmental analytical chemistry.