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2022
April 2022: Sheng Dong and Pengfei Yan win Geosyntec 2022 Groundwater Student Paper Competition.
June 2022: Pengfei Yan gave a presentation titled “Biotransformation of 6:2 fluorotelomer sulfonate in AFFF-impacted soil: microcosm and column experiments” at the 2022 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference in St. Louis, MO.
September 2022: Our group’s first research paper on PFAS biotransformation “Biotransformation of 8:2 Fluorotelomer Alcohol in Soil from Aqueous Film-Forming Foams (AFFFs)-Impacted Sites under Nitrate-, Sulfate-, and Iron-Reducing Conditions” is published on Environmental Science & Technology.
October 2022: Temitope Popoola and Sheng Dong presented posters on “Effect of Biological-Enhanced Back Diffusion on the Natural Attenuation of Trichloroethenes (TCE) in Low Permeability Media” and “Microcosm Sample Sequencing Data for Fluorotelomer Biotransformation by Soil Microorganisms”, respectively at RemTEC & Emerging Contaminants Summit in Westminster, CO.
2021
April 2021: Sheng Dong win the top Graduate Poster Presentation award for the College of Engineering at the 2021 Auburn Research Student Symposium.
March 2021: Pengfei Yan and Sheng Dong won the student poster competition at the RemTEC 2021 conference.
2020
August 2020: Two new students hired!
Spencer Cothran and Harry Vaslo join the lab as new graduate students.
August 2020: A New Grant from SERDP
The Cápiro lab receives a SERDP grant to: 1.) improve our fundamental understanding of the natural attenuation of chlorinated solvents in complex groundwater systems over long (i.e., > 30 years) time frames; 2.)identify conditions where transition from active to more passive remediation (i.e., monitored natural attenuation [MNA]) can be accelerated; and 3. develop predictive models and tools that can be used to support site transition decisions leading to more efficient and cost effective management of sites impacted by chlorinated solvents.
http://www.eng.auburn.edu/news/2020/10/natalie-capiro-dod-grant.html
May 2020: Jason Hnatko, PhD won third-place in the 2020 Geosyntec Groundwater Student Paper Competition.
2019
September 2019: New Postdoc joins the lab
Dr. Xiang Fu, recent Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University, joins the lab in a 1 year appointment as a postdoctoral fellow.
2018
August 2018: New Graduate Students, Welcome!
Pengfei Yan and Sheng Dong join the Cápiro lab as first-year PhD students.
June 2018: Dr. Cápiro signs offer to start position at Auburn University in January 2019.