Constant learning. Cool technology. Clean water.

I am an environmental engineering professor at Iowa State University who protects water from chemical threats and teaches others how to do the same.

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Background

I research water quality and environmental chemistry, developing new technologies to detect and mitigate chemical threats to clean water. I specialize in communicating complex science to everyone from grad students to grade schoolers.

Assistant Professor

Iowa State University

2022 – Present

Postdoctoral Fellow

Colorado School of Mines

2020 – 2021

 

Lecturer

University of California, Berkeley

2019

Staff Scientist

Green Science Policy Institute

2018-2020

PhD, Environmental Engineering

University of California, Berkeley

2013 – 2018

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Research and Publications

I advance fundamental science with practical applications. My research transforms wastewater from a pollution to a solution, investigates the policies behind toxic flame retardants, and reveals the hidden past of “forever chemicals.”

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Teaching and Presentations

I bring award-winning science communication skills to classrooms and conferences.

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