Principal Investigator
Jeffrey G. Catalano
- Phone: 314-935-6015
- Fax: 314-935-7361
- Email: catalano@wustl.edu
Professor of Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Director of the Environmental Studies Program
B.S. in Geology (Environmental), Cum Laude with Distinction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2004
Curriculum Vitae
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Research Staff
Dr. Elaine D. Flynn
- Email: elaine.flynn@levee.wustl.edu
Senior Scientist and Laboratory Manager
B.S. in Geology and Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude, Western Kentucky University, 2013
Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Washington University, 2018
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Yihang Feng
- Email: yihang@wustl.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher
B.S. in Geology and Geophysics, and Mathematics with certificate in Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2014
M.S. in Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2016
Ph.D. in Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2022
Dr. Yanting Qian
- Email: y.qian@wustl.edu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Earth Sciences (Geochemistry), University of Bern, 2024
Graduate Students
Emily Millman
- Email: emillman@wustl.edu
Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Graduate Fellow
B.S. in Chemistry (minor in Geology), Winthrop University, 2017
M.S. in Marine Science, University of Delaware, 2019
Emily Wright
- Email: e.g.wright@wustl.edu
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
B.S. in Geology, University of Puget Sound, 2022
Bavan Rajan
- Email: b.p.rajan@wustl.edu
Graduate Researcher
B.S. in Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, 2023
Alumni
Postdocs
Yun Luo, Postdoc 2009-2011. Currently Supervisor of Global Metrology at the Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, CA.
Fabien Maillot, Postdoc 2011-2014. Currently doing statistical analyses in Malta.
Steven Chemtob, Postdoc 2013-2015. Currently an Assistant Professor at Temple University.
Lyndsay Troyer, Postdoc 2014-2016. Currently a Science Editor at JoVE.
Nyssa Crompton, Postdoc 2015-2016. Currently an Assistant Professor at Joliet Junior College.
Olwen Stagg, Postdoc 2022-2023. Currently Senior Research Manager at UK Nuclear Waste Services.
Graduate Students
Andrew Frierdich, Ph.D. 2012. Currently a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Alison R. Beehr, A.M. 2012. Currently a Chemistry Analyst at Alcami Corporation.
Karyn Blake, A.M. 2014. Currently a Chemist at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI.
Ryan D. Nickerson, A.M. 2014. Currently an Engineering Geologist at the California State Water Resources Control Board.
Katherine Dye, A.M. 2015. Current working at the Ocean Research College Academy, Everett Community College, Everett, WA.
Margaret Anne Hinkle, Ph.D. 2015. Currently an Assistant Professor at Washington and Lee University.
Elaine D. Flynn, Ph.D. 2018. Currently a Senior Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis.
Tingying Xu, Ph.D. 2018. Currently an Assistant Professor at Oklahoma State University.
Kaushik Mitra, Ph.D. 2021. Corrently an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Jinshu Yan, Ph.D. 2022. Currently a Field Application Engineer at Picarro, Inc.
Robert Kupper, Ph.D. 2022. Currently a Senior Analytical Chemist at Albemarle Corporation.
Abigail Knight, Ph.D. 2024. Currently a Staff Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis.
Greg Ledingham, Ph.D. 2024. Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Undergraduate Students
Linden Huhmann, B.A., 2009. Currently a Web Developer and Data Engineer at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs after completing a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at MIT.
Alex Clark, B.A. 2010. Currently a Sr. Environmental Manager at Stella Jones Corporation.
Elizabeth Mitnick, B.A., 2013. Currently a Data Scientist at Splunk after completing a Ph.D. in Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.
Alison Tune, B.A., 2014. Currently an Earth Science and Ecology Manager at Running Tide after completing a Ph.D. in Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin.
Hayley Gadol, B.A., 2015. Currently an Environmental Chemist at Gradient after completing a Ph.D. at MIT.
Addie Nakatani, B.A. 2017. Currently Product Manager at Chorus Innovations, Inc.
Sydney Katz, B.S., 2018. Currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at Stanford University.
Annabelle White, B.A. 2019. Currently a GIS Analyst at Wildlife Works after completing a Master’s degree in Environmental Management at Duke University.
Kristen Riedinger, B.A. 2020. Currently in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Ph.D. program at MIT.
Eleanor Moreland, B.A. 2021. Currently in the Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences Ph.D. program at Rice University.
Andrew Guertin, B.A. 2021. Currently in the Geology Ph.D. program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Sarah Wilson, B.A. 2022. Currently a Laboratory Technicin at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, staring a Ph.D. in Land and Atmospheric Sciences program at the University of Minnesota in 2024.