Education

• California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

  • Ph.D., Environmental Engineering Science, June 1998

• California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California

  • Master of Science, Environmental Engineering Science, June 1994

• University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Bachelor of Civil Engineering, with Distinction, June 1992

Professional Experience

• The Ohio State University - Columbus, OH Jan.1998- Present

  • John C. Geupel Professor and Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science (10/03-present)

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Geodetic Science (1/98-9/03)

  • Research interests: Destruction and fate of organic pollutants in water systems, sonochemical destruction of pollutants, mechanism affecting destruction of pollutants by photoactivated periodate, sonochemical remediation

  • Teaching duties: Development of 1 senior and 2 graduate level courses: Treatment Plant Design Laboratory; Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes I; Hazardous Waste Site Remediation, Hazardous Waste Management

  • Advising: Graduate advisor to students in Civil & Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Environmental Science Graduate Program

• California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA Oct.1992-Dec.1997

  • Graduate Research Assistant - Studied degradation of pollutants with advanced oxidation processes (AOPs).

• 3M Company - Saint Paul, MN Apr.1990-June 1992

  • Technical Aide - Worked in environmental engineering dept.

• Professional Engineer, State of Ohio
  

Honors and Awards

• American Association of University Women (AAUW) 2003 Recognition Award for Emerging Scholars, 2003

• Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), 2001

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2001

• College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, 2001

• Highest score in Ohio in environmental engineering on the Principles and Practices of Engineering examination (PE), Autumn 2000

Professional Service

• Conference Session Chair/Technical Review Committee

  • The Second International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey CA, May 22-25, 2000. Session Chair for Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Destruction of Recalcitrant Contaminants session and Technical Review Committee member.

  • The 30th Annual Ultrasonic Industry Association Symposium, New Millenium - New Vision for Ultrasonics, Columbus, OH, June 12-13 2000. Session Chair for Sonochemistry Session.

  • 32nd Annual Ultrasonic Industry Association Symposium, New York, NY, October 20-22, 2002. Session Chair for Sonochemically Enhanced Processing Session.

• Manscript Review

  • Advances in Environmental Research

  • ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering

  • Environmental Science and Technology

  • Journal of Physical Chemistry (A and B)

  • Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

  • Water Environment Research

  • Water Research

  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

  • Chemosphere

  • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

• Proposal Review

  • National Science Foundation

  • United States Geological Survey

  • Hong Kong Research Grants Council

  • Environmental Protection Agency

  • U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation
    

• Professional Societies

  • American Society of Civil Engineers

  • American Chemical Society

  • American Water Works Association

  • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors

  • Chi Epsilon

  • Tau Beta Pi

  • Water Environment Federation