Research Team 

Binbin Wang (CV)

Principal Investigator 

Research areas: Fluid physics; Particle-turbulence interaction; Virus-laden droplets; Seed dispersal; Droplet dynamics; Bubble dynamics; Jets and plumes; Mixing and transport; River and lake dynamics; Air-water gas exchange.

Postdoctoral scholars 

Dr. Jitae Do

Jitae obtained his PhD degree from Texas A&M University. His research is focused on the air-water interfactions and turbulence generation mechanisms. 

Dr. Ruichen Xu

Ruichen obtained his PhD from Hohai University, China. His research interests are in numerical simulation of water environmental pollution.  

Dr. Qingqing Sun

Qingqing obtained her PhD from Tianjing University, China. Her research is focused on hydraulic modeling and flow ecological interactions.

Graduate students

Xuchen Ying

Ph.D. student

Xuchen (Schützen) graduated from the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (USST) and is pursuing his doctoral studies at Mizzou. His research areas focus on Numerical Simulation, Particle Imaging Velocimetry, and Multiphase Flow. Beyond academia, his interests include swimming, hiking, and Bethesda Games. 

Mustahsin Reasad

Ph.D. student

Mustahsin Reasad got his bachelor's in mechanical engineering from Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology (CUET). His research interests are underwater acoustics, ADCP, bubble dynamics, and environmental engineering. Apart from academics he is a travel photographer and loves travelling, fishing, and hunting 

Sajih Bin Suja

M.S. student

Sajih earned his undergraduate degree from Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET) in Bangladesh. His academic interests include Computational Fluid Dynamics, turbulence, and multiphase flows. Outside of his research, he enjoys traveling, playing card games and is a passionate soccer fan, regularly following matches as a devoted supporter of Liverpool FC.

Mucyo Bangerezako

M.S. student

I am pursuing a MS degree in Civil Engineering Water Resources. I work full time as a Project Engineer at Allstate Consultants LLC, a cool local Civil engineering consulting firm that does a lot of work in the community. I received my undergraduate degree in General Engineering from College of the Ozarks in Branson MO. My family has been living in Columbia MO for 7 years, and I graduated from Rock Bridge High School in 2018! We are originally from Burundi, and my dream is to move back there in the future and use what I learned to support the country. In my free time, I enjoy road biking and mountain biking the many trails we have in Columbia. 

Undergraduate students

Grace McKee

Grace is in her junior year of her undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering. Originally from a small Missouri town near Kansas City, Grace seeks to investigate rural flooding through hydraulic modeling and explore accessible and effective infrastructure solutions. At the University of Missouri, Grace also serves as the president of the Concrete Canoe Team and as a member of ASCE. 

Chase Haertling

 I am from Ofallon, Illinois. I am a second year Mechanical Engineering major and a member of the STEM Scholars program here at Mizzou. Additionally, I am the Treasurer of my fraternity, Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Lab Alumni

Amir Erfan Zareei Shams Abadi

MS student (graduated 2024)

Position after leaving EFDL: PhD student at Mizzou

Huijie Wu

PhD student (graduated 2023)

Position after leaving EFDL: Postdoc scholar at Harvard University


Geng Li

PhD student (graduated 2022)

Position after leaving EFDL:  Assistant professor in Chongqing Jiaotong University

Farzad Farajidizaji (postdoc scholar, 2022-2024)

Emily Boyer (Undergraduate, 2024)

Nathan Weidt (Undergraduate, 2024).

Raihan Tayeb (postdoc scholar, 2021)

Donovon Moore (Undergraduate, 2020-2022, Position after leaving EFDL: graduate student at WashU). 

Christian Nelson (Undergraduate, 2020-2022). 

Alivia Rau (Undergraduate, 2020-22022). 

Amoni Madison (Undergraduate, 2020-2021).

Ziyue Zhu (Undergraduate, 2020-2021, Position after leaving EFDL: graduate student at U. of Virginia)

Cooper Bettis (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)