Vita

Education

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2015
M.S., Civil Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2011
B.A., Mathematics, The College of Wooster, 2009

Professional Experience

Aug 2021-present - Assistant Professor - Department of Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder

Feb 2022-present - Affiliated Professor - Materials Science & Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder

Aug 2015-July 2021 - Senior Environmental Engineer - Corona Environmental Consulting                                                                                              

Feb 2016-July 2021 - Research Engineer - Environmental Science, Policy, and Research Institute

Aug 2017- July 2021 - Visiting Research Professor - Department of Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Drexel University 

Jan 2010 - May 2015 - Research Assistant - Virginia Tech

Selected Honors and Awards

  • Paper selected as an American Chemical Society Editors’ Choice for scientific research of broad public interest: Using the Lead and Copper Rule Revisions Five-Sample Approach to Identify Schools with Increased Lead in Drinking Risks (2022). Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 9(1), 84-89
  • Paper recognized as one of the journal’s “High-Impact Articles” between 2015 and 2017: Increased lead in water associated with iron corrosion (2015). Environmental Engineering Science, 32(5), 361-369
  • The Inaugural Ut Prosim Scholar Award, 2016
  • Alumni Award for Outreach Excellence, 2016
  • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Presentation Award, Yale University, 2015
  • Graduate Student of the Year, Virginia Tech, 2015
  • Via Academic Preparation Fellowship, Virginia Tech, 2014