Current Members:
| Name | Role | Since | Research Topic |
| Satoshi Ishii | Principal investigator | Apr. 2015 | |
| Rae Dretzka | Research technician | May 2024 | Various topics |
| Hao Wang | Postdoc | Sept. 2024 | Nitrate removal |
| Janet Sanchez Sanchez | Postdoc | Sept. 2024 | Microbial source tracking |
| Lin Gao | Postdoc | July 2026 | Nitrate and N2O removal |
| Chang Liu | Ph.D. student (LAAS) | Jan. 2019 | Invasive earthworms |
| Soni Thapa | Ph.D. student (LAAS), co-advised by Dr. Kyungsoo Yoo | June 2025 | Forest soil microbiome |
| Kaitlyn Madden | M.S. student (WRS), co-advised by Dr. Chan Lan Chun | Jan. 2025 | Aquatic invasive species |
| Josh Egge | M.S. student (WRS) | Jan. 2026 | Microbial source tracking |
| Joe Peterson | M.S. student (BICB) | Sept. 2026 | Bioinformatics |
| Kanji Nakao | Visiting student from Hokkaido University, Japan | June 2026 | Microbial source tracking |
| Ellen Chinema | Undergraduate research volunteer (Health and Wellbeing Sciences) | Aug. 2026 | Microbial source tracking |
LAAS: Land and Atmospheric Sciences program; WRS: Water Resources Science program; MicE: Microbial Engineering program; BICB: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology program; MicB: Microbiology major; ESPM: Environmental Science, Policy & Management major
- Lab Alumni (Postdocs, Graduate Students, and Research Technicians):
- Ankita Sikdar Sarkar, M.S. (MicE), 11/2024 - 6/2026, Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at UMN
- Camila de Sousa Queiroz Almeida, Postdoc, 2/2025-2/2026, Currently at Federal University of the Jequitinhonha and Mucuri Valleys (UFVJM), Brazil
- Rodchill-Paul Jules, Research Technician, 5/2025
- Lien Tran, M.S. (WRS), co-advised with Dr. Chan Lan Chun, 9/2023 - 5/2025, Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Iowa State University
- Huan Jiao, Visiting student from Northwest A&F University, China, 8/2022 - 7/2024
- Niranga Wickramarathne, Postdoc, 2/2024-7/2024, Currently Assistantnt Professor at Austin Peay State University
- Liangning Lu, Visiting student from the University of Tokyo, Japan, 9/2023 - 2/2024
- Sumbal Imdad, Visiting student from Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan, 11/2022 - 6/2023
- Takamitsu Ohigashi, Visiting student from Hokkaido University, Japan, 5/2022 - 2/2023, Currently a postdoc at Tohoku University
- Reda Abou Shanab, Postdoc, 1/2022 - 9/2022
- Zhiyue Wang, Postdoc, 11/2019 - 8/2022, Currently Assistant Professor at University of Hawaii
- Ellie Hill, M.S. (WRS), 8/2020 - 5/2022, Currently at Montgomery & Associates
- Tammy Walsky, M.S. (WRS), 6/2019 - 8/2021, Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Cornell University
- Nour Aldossari, Ph.D. (LAAS), 1/2017 - 5/2021, Currently Adjunct Professor at Metro State University
- Nisha Vishwanathan, M.S. (MicB), 8/2017 - 12/2020, Currently pursuing a Ph.D. at U of MN
- Komei Nagai, Visiting student from Natl. Inst. Tech, Nagaoka College (Japan), 8/2019 - 12/2019
- Val Dooling, M.S. (CivE), 7/2017 - 12/2019, Currently at U.S. EPA
- Emily Anderson, M.S. (LAAS), 6/2016 - 8/2018, Currently at Geosyntec
- Sujin Yoem, Postdoc, 8/2017 - 6/2018, Currently at LG Chem, South Korea
- Jeonghwan Jang, Postdoc, 6/2015 - 2018, Currently Assistant Professor at Jeongbuk National University, South Korea
- Qian Zhang, Postdoc, 4/2015 - 6/2017, Currently Associate Professor, Xiamen University, China
- Kelly Duhn, Lab technician, Sp 2016 - Sp 2017, Currently at U of MN - Duluth
- Nora Powers, Lab technician, 4/2015 - 1/2016
- Mayumi Kobayashi, Visiting student from Hokkaido University, Japan, Currently at Chiyoda Corp.
- Lab Alumni (Undergraduate Researchers):
- Sophie Begnaud - Research Assistant, Su 2024 - Sp 2026
- Danlu Qin, ESPM - Research Assistant, F 2024 - Sp 2025
- Rae Dretzka, MicB - Research Assistant, Su 2024 - Sp 2025
- Dave Do, Biol - Research Assistant, Su 2024 - Sp 2025
- Kate Lind, Biol - Research Assistant, Su & F 2024
- Sydney Chen, BioC - UROP, Su & F 2022
- Bailey Atkinson, EEB - Honor thesis, F 2020 - Sp 2021
- Sophie Kowaliczko, MicB - Directed Research & LSSURP, Su 2018 - Sp 2020
- Luke Feeley, MicB - Directed Research & UROP, F 2017 - Sp 2020
- Bonsa Mohamed, North Star STEM Alliance, Su 2019
- Andrea Bugyis, NCED REU, Su 2019
- Marica Thomas, NCED REU, Su 2019
- Isabel Ricke, AnSc - UROP, LSSURP, & Thesis research, F 2016 - Su 2018
- Kim Hernandez, NCED REU, Su 2018
- Hannah Ebersole, ESPM - RAP, F 2016 - Sp 2018
- Sylvia Pham, BSE - Research Volunteer, Su & F 2016
- Chinwenwa "Esther" Iheme, North Star STEM Alliance, Su & F 2016
- Kaixian Yang, ESPM - UROP, Su 2016
- Christian Ortiz-Hernandez, LSSURP, Su 2016
- Mike Blazanin, EEB - MnDRIVE, F 2015 - Sp 2016
- Jessica Taylor, FWCB - MnDRIVE, F 2015 - Sp 2016
- Kai Larsen, BSE - UROP & Honor thesis, F 2015 - Sp 2016
