PeopleEnvironmental Engineering is, by nature, highly disciplinary. As a result, the researchers in our group come from a very diverse range of academic backgrounds (eg. chemistry, geosciences, civil engineering). You can learn more using the links below: |
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Peter Jaffé is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. His background is in chemical engineering, and he obtained a Ph.D. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1981. His research focuses on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that govern the transport and transformation of pollutants in the environment and the remediation of contaminated systems. Areas of current emphasis include: (1) biogeochemical dynamics affecting trace metals and radionuclides in sediments, wetland soils, and groundwater, including the design of remediation schemes; (2) biological and chemical processes affecting organic contaminants in porous media; (3) simulation and analysis at the watershed scale of soil contamination processes and nitrogen processing; and (4) carbon dioxide sequestration in deep aquifers and the potential effects of leakage on shallow aquifers and soils. |
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Contact: jaffe@princeton.edu, Phone: (609)-258-4653, Fax:(609)-258-2760 |
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Breege Mackle is a doctoral student in the EEWR Program. Her research focuses on the interactions between the various biogeochemical and physical processes governing the natural attenuation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons (CAHs) in tidal discharge wetland sediments. She has developed a non-steady state reactive mass transport model that couples the biodegradation and attenuation of CAHs with the spatially and temporally varying redox environment, effect of wetland plants and tidal forces acting on saturated wetland sediments. To study the impact of iron reduction on the attenuation of CAHs, laboratory experiments are being conducted. These experiments examine variations with depth in iron reduction and organic matter degradability in wetland sediments. |
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Luke MacDonald is a 5th year Ph.D. student studying the growth kinetics of iron reducing microorganisms and the cycling of heavy metals in contaminated wetlands. In 2003, Luke graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University with a B.S. in Biomedical Physics, and a Math minor. After a break from academics and a year-long stint as a carpenter in Orange County, NY, Luke switched fields to Environmental Engineering, a decision that grew out of a basic desire to help the environment and undertake scientific research. Luke is also a participant in the environmental policy program (PEI-STEP). Contact: lmacdona@princeton.edu
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Bernice Rosenzweig is a 5th year Ph.D. student. Her primary research interests are the biogeochemistry of urban ecosystems, numerical modeling of natural systems and the role of redox zonation in pollutant fate and transport. As a graduate student in the EEWR program she has worked on several projects including the development of a numerical pore-scale network model to investigate the effect of soil heterogeneities and structural features on the dual-utilization of oxygen and nitrate in the biodegradation of toluene and field monitoring of instream nitrogen in urban watersheds. She is currently studying the role of detention ponds in watershed nitrogen-cycling. Bernice is also a fellow in the PEI-STEP program. Her policy research is closely related to her dissertation project, focusing on the inclusion of stormwater detention ponds in watershed management plans for nitrogen control Contact: brosenzw@princeton.edu back to top |
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Jeff Paull is currently a fifth year doctoral student with the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Princeton University, where his research focus is on the application of vegetative processes for trace metal fixation in constructed wetlands. Degrees received include a BS (Comprehensive Science - 92') from Ashland University and two Master's Degrees (Environmental Studies - 02' and Civil Engineering - 03') from California State University, Fullerton. Specific focus of study at the Master's level was on wetland construction and sensitive habitat restoration. Jeffery has just finished a three-year tour as acting Director of the Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton Environmental Department, located in Southern California, and upon successful program completion, a return to federal government service is anticipated. Contact: jpaull@princeton.edu
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Hagar El-Bishlawi is a first year PhD student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. Her research interests lie in areas of water quality and bioremediation. She graduated in 2007 from Columbia University with a bachelors degree in Chemistry. As a graduate student, Hagar has worked on uranium bioremediation research and is currently working on a project involving the speciation of toxic trace metals in wetlands.
Contact: helbishl@princeton.edu
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Matthew Reid is a first-year Ph.D. Student. He is working on a research project involving the use of conservative tracers to quantify gas transport by wetland plants.
Contact: mcreid@princeton.edu
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Xin Li is a 2nd-year graduate student. Xin received her B.S. in Environmental Engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Her research focuses on the mechanism and kinetics of Dissimilatory Iron (III) Bio-Reduction (DIBR) Contact: xinli@princeton.edu
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Yaohui Bai is a visiting Ph.D. Student from Peking University, P.R. China. During his time at Princeton he has participated in several projects including field monitoring of nitrogen cycling in stormwater detention ponds and Uranium Bioremediation. He is currently working on a study on Dissimilatory Iron Bio-Reduction (DIBR) research.
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Hee Sun Moon was a post-doctoral researcher and visiting fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University from 2005-2009. Her research focused on biogeochemical process involved in uranium bioremediation and field monitorig of nitrogen cycling in urban watersheds. She received her Ph.D. in School of Civil, Urban and Geosystem Engineering from Seoul National University. Her Ph.D. research focused on a biological reactive barrier system using autotrophic denitrification for nitrate-contaminated groundwater. She received her MS and BS in the Department of Environmental Engineering at Ewha Womans University, where her research involved leaching characteristics of heavy metals from sewage sludge by sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. Contact: hmoon@princeton.edu |
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John Komlos is currently teaching in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Villanova University where he is a Visiting Assistant Professor. At Princeton, his research focused on biogeochemical processes involved in uranium bioremediation scenarios. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Montana State University while working for the Center for Biofilm Engineering. His Ph.D. research examined the impact of dual-species microbial interactions on simultaneous contaminant (trichloroethylene) biodegradation and biological plugging in porous media. He received his BS (Civil Engineering) and ME (Environmental Engineering) from Manhattan College where his Master's research involved modeling the bioaccumulation of organic contaminants in the food chain. Contact: john.komlos@villanova.edu
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Emma Bassein received her M.S.E. in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2008. While a graduate student at Princeton she studied the role of plants in the remediation of toxic trace metals in wetlands. Emma also has a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she majored in Earth, Atmosphere, and Planetary Sciences and minored in Chemistry.
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Junu Shrestha graduated with a Ph.D. in 2008. While at Princeton, her research focused on understanding biogeochemistry of riparian wetland sediments. She conducts field and lab experiments to study the effects of additional nitrogen on various physical and chemical compositions of sediments. Her research focused on understanding how additional nitrogen affects pH, humic material dissolution and redox conditions, and she also investigated the possibility of ammonium oxidation in iron reducing conditions.
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Juan Zazo was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. While at Princeton, his researched focused on application of vegetative processes for trace metal fixation in constructed wetlands. Juan received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in 2004, where he works as Assistant Professor in the Chemical Engineering Department. His Ph.D. research focused on treatment of industrial wastewaters using homogeneous Fenton´s treatment (Fe2+ and H2O2) and on the development of active carbon supported iron catalysts for the treatment of industrial wastewater with H2O2, which can be considered a heterogeneous-type Fenton process.
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Hyewon Lee was a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, where her research focused on the watershed-scale modeling of the hydrologic and nitrogen cycles in urban watersheds. She received her Ph. D in the Department of Environmental Science from the Ewha Womans University, South Korea. Her Ph.D. research examined three-dimensional hydrodynamics and water quality modeling to establish water quality management plans. She received her B.S. and M.E. from the Ewha Womans University, where her Master's research involved the environmental statistics of water quality data and surface water quality modeling.
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Andrew Altevogt was a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a scientist in Princeton University's Carbon Mitigation Initiative. His research focused on chemical transport and transformation in variably saturated porous media using numerical modeling, theoretical analysis and laboratory experiments to explore the coupling between fluid dynamics and chemical reactions at varied temporal and spatial scales. Andrew has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Environmental Engineering from M.I.T and a PhD. in Hydrology from UC Davis. He is currently working as a manager of the Climate Change Program of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
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Lucia Durrant is a Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, where her research focuses on biogeochemical process involved in uranium bioremediation. She received her Ph. D in the Biochemistry Department from the University of Surrey, Guildford, England. She received her B.Eng. and MS from the State University of Campinas-SP, Brazil, where she is currently a Professor at the School of Food Engineering. Her research focuses on biological processes that govern transformation and degradation of organic pollutants aiming application in the remediation of contaminated systems.
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Abigail Faulkner recevied her M.S.E. from Princeton in the EEWR program in 2005 and also possesses a B.A. in Engineering Sciences and B.E. in Environmental Engineering from Dartmouth College. While a student at Princeton, she studied the effects of carbon dioxide flux on soil biogeochemistry in the vadose zone. Her work was in the laboratory, using soil column experiments to elucidate changes in soil after saturation with carbon dioxide. Contact: afaulkne@princeton.edu
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Shangping Xu received his Ph.D. in 2005. During his time at Princeton, he studied the impacts of wetland plants on the biogeochemistry of wetland sediments. Specific topics of his research includes investigation of dynamics of both conservative tracer and redox species such as iron and sulfide in the rhizosphere, concentrating process in the rhizosphere due to plant transpiration and the evaluation of the uptake of bromide by plants and removal of Cr(VI) in sediments with the transpiration process being accounted for. He also developed a process-based model on the methane fluxes from rice paddy soils under support from the PEI-STEP program. He is currently working on the evaluation of various mitigation options on methane emissions based on the model that has been developed. He received B. S. and M. S. from Peking University of China along with an M. A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University. Shangping is currently an Assistant Professor of Geosciences at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. You can find out more about his current research at his personal webpage. Contact: xus@uwm.edu
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In 2004-2005, James A. Smith was one of Princeton University's Kenan Visiting Associate Professor of Engineering, visiting from the University of Virginia. During this time he worked in the Jaffe lab. You can learn more about his work at his personal webpage.
Contact: jas9e@virginia.edu
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Environmental Biogeochemistry Research Group
CEE Department, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
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