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 

Huijie Wu

Ph.D. student

Huijie Wu got his bachelor's degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Master degree from Beihang University. His research interests include fundamental turbulence mechanism in multiphase flows. He has been working on various flow measurement techniques, such as Particle Image Velocimetry, Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry, high speed camera, etc. 

Amir Erfan Zareei Shams Abadi

MS student

Erfan is currently pursuing his Master of Science in Environmental Engineering. He got his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Sharif University of Technology. His research interests are Particle Cloud Simulation in Fluids, Microplastic Pollution and Remediation, Fish Behavior in Stagnant Water, Application of image processing in Hydrology.

Mucyo Bangerezako

MS 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

Nathan Weidt

Grace McKee

Emily Boyer

Lab Alumni: 

Farzad Farajidizaji (postdoc scholar, 2022-2024)

Huijie Wu (PhD, 2023).

Geng Li (PhD, 2022). Position after graduation: Assistant professor in Chongqing Jiaotong University. 

Raihan Tayeb (postdoc scholar, 2021)

Donovon Moore (Undergraduate, 2020-22022). 

Christian Nelson (Undergraduate, 2020-22022). 

Alivia Rau (Undergraduate, 2020-22022). 

Amoni Madison (Undergraduate, 2020-2021).

Ziyue Zhu (Undergraduate, 2020-2021)

Cooper Bettis (Undergraduate, 2019-2020)