PhD, 2016: Civil Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
10/2025-present: Research Associate, Civil Engineering Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
10/2024-07/2025: Physical Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
06/2022-11/2022: Water Quality Modeler, WSP in Canada, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
02/2020-12/2021: Postdoc Fellow, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
10/2016-07/2019: Research Fellow, ORISE Fellow hosted by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, GA, USA.
Frank Han is a Research Associate at the University of Calgary. He is an environmental modeler, programmer, and chemist. His research focuses on the development of open-source numerical models and scientific software. His aspiration is to develop powerful, comprehensive, and also easy-to-use hydrological and water quality modeling tools that can support research, decision-making, and environmental management.
Full list of publications is available at my Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RMrJCNkAAAAJ&hl=en
Han, Y. *; Du, X.; Farjad, B.; Goss, G; Faramarzi, M. * A Numerical Modeling Framework for Evaluating the Critical In-Stream Fate Processes on PAHs in Muskeg River Watershed, Western Canada. Science of the Total Environment. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157246
Han, Y. *; Knightes, C. *; Bouchard, D.; Zepp, C.; Avant, B.; Hsieh, H; Chang, X; Acrey, B; Henderson, M; Spear, J. Simulating Graphene Oxide Nanomaterial Phototransformation and Transport in Surface Water. Environmental Science Nano. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8EN01088A
Han, Y.; Yan, W*. Reductive Dechlorination of Trichloroethene by Zero-valent Iron Nanoparticles: Reactivity Enhancement through Sulfidation Treatment. Environmental Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b03997
About CAPE: We bring together observations, models, and data science to improve understanding and prediction of hydrological processes across scales from hillslopes to continents.
Land and Water Acknowledgement: We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on Treaty 7 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis, Tsuut'ina, Stoney, and Blackfoot. We thank these nations for their care and stewardship over this land and water, and we pay respect to the ancestors of these places.