Wendong Tao
Assistant Professor

Eileen Leon
eleon@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
• Area of Study: Ecological Engineering

Personal Statement
We (humans) are all damaging Earth with every single action; therefore, we have the power to stop this abuse and any small change in our daily activities can give some relief to our planet...

Graduate Research Topic
Ecological Engineering - Anaerobic Digestion for food wastes treatment

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Undergraduate School
Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaíso - Civil Biochemical Engineer

Jonathan Masih Das
jmasihda@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
• Area of Study: Water & Wetland Resource Studies

Douglas Mayer
djmayer@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: MS
• Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
• Area of Study: Ecological Engineering
• Undergraduate Institute: SUNY-ESF (Environmental/Sanita)

Graduate Research Topic
Ecological Engineering

Favorite Quote
Justice is what love looks like in public. - Dr. Cornel West

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Ehsan Mazinani
emazinan@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
• Area of Study: Ecological Engineering
• Undergraduate Institute: Islamic Azad University- South (Chemical Engineering)
• Previous Graduate Study: University of Tehran (Chemical Engineering)

Favorite Quote
"Forget the past" - Nelson Mandela

Anayo Ukwuani
atukwuan@syr.edu

• Degree Sought: PHD
• Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
• Area of Study: ERE Ecological Engineering
• Undergraduate Institute: University of Nigeria, Nsukka
• Previous Graduate Study: University Putra Malaysia (Civil Engineering )

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Personal Statement
Recent global environmental issues have deeply fascinated my interest in studying an environmental course at university level, which I believe will lead to designing a sustainable system to enhance the survival and existence of our ecosystem.

Graduate Research Topic
Resource/nutrient recovery

Favorite Quote
To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children, To leave the world a better place than what I've found… To know even one life has breathed easier Because I have lived…this is to have succeeded. __Ralph Waldo Emerson