Grace Schwartz

Graduate Student

(B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University)

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Thesis topic: Biogeochemical transformations of trace element pollutants during the disposal of coal combustion by-products

 

 

 

Chuanjia (CJ) Jiang

Graduate Student

(B.S., M.S. Tsinghua University)

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Thesis topic: Aggregation, dissolution, and surface composition of soluble metal-based nanomaterials in the environment

 

 

 

Sarah Diringer

Graduate Student

(B.S., UCLA)

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Thesis topic: Mercury biogeochemistry in the Madre de Dios watershed and engineering controls to minimize mercury releases during gold mining and processing.

 

 

Jonathan Ticknor

Graduate Student

(B.S., M.S. University of South Florida)

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Thesis topic: Predicting mercury speciation and bioaccumulation in natural and engineered systems

 

 

 

Andrew Matsumoto

Graduate Student

(B.S., Gonzaga University)

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Thesis topic: Remediation of contaminated sediments

 

 

Ross Taggart

Graduate Student

(B.S., Duke University)

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Thesis topic: Environmental implication of nanotechnolgoy

 

 

Janie Cooper

Graduate Student

(B.S., University of michigan)

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Thesis topic: Geochemical fingerprinting of water originating from oil and natural gas extraction

 

 

 

Katarzyna (Kate) Kucharzyk

Postdoctoral Scientist

(Ph.D., Univ. of Idaho)

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Research expertise: Bioremediation of contaminants, environmental microbiology, perchlorate biodegradation, mechanisms of mercury biotransformations

 

 

Gretchen Gehrke

Postdoctoral Scientist

(Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan)

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Research expertise: Environmental and isotope geochemistry, trace metals biogeochemistry, environmental organic chemistry

 

 

 

Anh Pham

Postdoctoral Scientist

(Ph.D., Univ. of California, Berkeley)

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Research expertise: Environmental engineering, environmental chemistry, surface and colloidal chemistry, catalysts for degradation of contaminants

 

 

 

Sung-Woo Lee

Postdoctoral Scientist

(Ph.D., Univ. of Michigan)

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Research expertise: Microbial geochemistry, Environmental engineering

 

 

 

Lab alumni:

Tong Zhang, Ph.D. graduate
Current affiliation: WHOI

Andreas Gondikas, Ph.D. graduate
Current affiliation: University of Vienna

Amrika Deonarine, Ph.D. graduate
Current affiliation: U.S. Geological Survey

Boris Lau, Former Postdoctoral Scientist
Current affiliation: Assistant Professor, Baylor University

Lee Bryant, Former Postdoctoral Scientist
Current affiliation: GEOMAR

Amanda Morris, Former Postdoctoral Scientist

Yu-ting (Lusia) Liu, Former Postdoctoral Scientist
Current affiliation: Assistant Professor, Tunghai University

(photo credit: K. Kucharzyk)