On Tuesday morning (September 9, 2025), Yuxuan had the honor of presenting at the International Ultraviolet Association (IUVA) World Congress in Lisbon, Portugal. In this talk, Yuxuan shared our latest research on the design and application of Ultraviolet-Emitting Glass (UEG) for controlling biofilm growth
Ice Skating social!
TIMOTHY TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON D.C. TO ADVOCATE FOR SCIENCE
Timothy Onuh, Grace Cho, Rep. Jim McGovern, Hanna Cournoyer, and Andjella Jean-Jacques. Four UMass Amherst graduate students were recently introduced to the federal policy-making process and strategies to effectively communicate research to policy makers when they attended the Catalyzing Advocacy in
Biofilm Phosphorus Recovery
Lucca Mancilio’s project focuses on microbial communities for Phosphorus removal. This project was born from Lucca’s passion for conservation and sustainability, and his dream of cleaning up rivers like the polluted Tiete running through his hometown of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Green Labs Initiative at UMass
We go through tons of gloves every day at the lab, that’s no secret. It may be for a good cause, like researching new forms of recovering resources from waste streams, expanding accessibility to clean water, and wastewater-based surveillance of
Butler group at NEWEA 2024!
Past Projects
February 2023 – Dr. Butler is featured as a UMass Spotlight Scholar January 2023 – The Butler Research Group attends New England Water Environment Association Annual ConferenceOctober 2022 – Lauren Kelly selected at a UMass Rising ResearcherAugust 2022 – Dr.