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Humboldt State University

  • Tested interactions of high ozone concentrations with indoor building materials for household mold disinfection

  • Surveyed extent of species and types of mold in building materials over time from New Orleans post-hurricane Katrina

Postdoctoral Fellow, The University of Texas at Austin (2002-2004)

  • Investigated effects of chemical disinfectants on building materials of office buildings contaminated with biological agents such as anthrax

Graduate Research, The University of Texas at Austin (1995-2002)

  • Identified dominant desorption mechanisms of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from manufactured gas plant (MGP) site samples.

         Ph.D. Dissertation:  Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Desorption Mechanisms from Manufactured Gas Plant Site Samples

         Master's Thesis:  Hydrocarbon Removal from Unsaturated Soil in Laboratory and Field Studies of Thermally Enhanced Soil Vapor Extraction

Undergraduate Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (1994)

  • Optimized and selected minimum-cost groundwater pumping strategies for bioremediation of sites containing chemicals of concern using models run on supercomputers.

Internship, NKK, Kawasaki, Japan (1993)

  • Conducted laboratory assessment of the impact of biocarrier size effects on oxygen transfer rates in air-fluidized-bed bioreactors used in wastewater treatment.