Candidate and Dean’s Graduate Fellow in the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Her doctoral thesis focuses
on fungal bioremediation of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
contaminated soils. She received her M.S. from Duke University and her B.S. in Environmental
Engineering from The Ohio State University
research scientist and she manages the Duke Superfund Analytical Chemistry Core in
Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Cooper is interested in analyzing environmentally important
organic compounds in a variety of matrices including sediments, water, biological
samples, and polyurethane foam. She received her Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences from
Duke University. She earned her B.S in Plant Science and her M.S. in Plant and Soil
Sciences from the University of Delaware
an associate professor of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering in the Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Nicholas School of the Environment
at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. His research focuses on developing new
methods for trace analysis of organic and nanoparticulate contaminants in the aquatic
environment. Dr. Ferguson received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York
at Stony Brook in Coastal Oceanography. He received his B.S. in Marine Science and
Chemistry from the University of South Carolina
an associate professor in the Nicholas School of the Environment. Her research increases
the understanding of the fate and transformation of organic contaminants in aquatic
systems and indoor environments. Dr. Stapleton received her Ph.D. and M.S. from the
University of Maryland, and her B.S. from Long Island University Southampton College
professor in the Department of Biology and adjunct professor in the Department of
Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
His research focuses on fungal evolution, genetics and systematics. Dr. Vilgalys received
his Ph.D. in Botany from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He received
his M.S. in Botany from Virginia Tech and his B.A. in Biology from the State University
of New York College at Genesco
an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Her research focuses on characterizing
and engineering environmental microbiomes. Dr. Gunsch received her Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. She received her M.S. in Environmental
Engineering and Science from Clemson University and her B.S. in Civil Engineering
from Purdue University