People
Heileen (Helen) Hsu-Kim
Grace Schwartz
Ph.D. Student
(B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University)
Thesis topic: Biogeochemical transformations of trace element pollutants during the disposal of coal combustion by-products
Chuanjia (CJ) Jiang
Ph.D. Student
(B.S., M.S. Tsinghua University)
Thesis topic: Aggregation, dissolution, and surface composition of soluble metal-based nanomaterials in the environment
Sarah Diringer
Ph.D. Student
(B.S., UCLA)
Thesis topic: Mercury biogeochemistry in the Madre de Dios watershed and engineering controls to minimize mercury releases during gold mining and processing.
Andrew Matsumoto
Ph.D. Student
(B.S., Gonzaga University)
Thesis topic: In-situ remediation of contaminated sediments and impacts on microbial ecology
Ross Taggart
Ph.D. Student
(B.S., Duke University)
Thesis topic: Coal ash as a resource for rare earth elements and other strategic metals
Janie Cooper
Ph.D. Student
(B.S., University of michigan)
Thesis topic: Geochemical fingerprinting of water and seepage from oil, natural gas, and coal production sites
Gretchen Gehrke
Postdoctoral Scientist
(Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan)
Research expertise: Environmental and isotope geochemistry, trace metals biogeochemistry, environmental organic chemistry
Nelson Rivera
Postdoctoral Scientist
(Ph.D., UC Merced)
Research expertise: Environmental geochemistry and spectroscopy
Carol Johnson
Postdoctoral Scientist
(Ph.D., Virginia Tech)
Research expertise: Environmental geochemistry, nanogeosciences