People

Faculty

Christopher Higgins

Director, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

  • Impacts of nanomaterials on contaminant bioavailability
  • Environmental organic chemistry
  • Bioaccumulation processes and bioavailability of chemicals in sediments
  • In vitro and in silico assays of contaminant bioaccumulation
  • Chemical fate and transport processes in natural and engineered aquatic systems

Annette Bunge

Assistant Director, Professor Emeritus of Chemical and Biological Engineering

  • Dermal absorption
  • Exposure assessment
  • Pharmacokinetic modeling
  • Bioaccumulation processes and bioavailability of chemicals in sediments
  • In vitro and in silico assays of contaminant bioaccumulation
  • Chemical fate and transport processes in natural and engineered aquatic systems

James Ranville

Professor of Chemistry

  • Role of colloids and particles in environmental processes
  • Development and application of size separation methods
  • Isolation and characterization of natural organic matter
  • Characterization and ecotoxicology of engineered nanoparticles

Bettina M. Voelker

Professor of Chemistry

  • Biogeochemical cycling of toxic and nutrient metals
  • Photochemistry and free radical chemistry in aqueous environmental systems

Postdoctoral Researchers and Research Faculty

  • Kelly Roe

Graduate Students

Doctoral Students

  • Evan Gray
  • Ryan Marsico
  • Denise Mitrano
  • Robert Reed
  • Valerie Stucker
  • Jake Williamson 

Master’s Students

  • Bethany Baker
  • Stafford Johnson
  • Meghan McGuire

Undergraduate Students

  • Natash Albuquerque
  • Connor Campbell
  • Katie Dahl
  • Thomas Gately
  • Samantha Smith