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Berkeley, CA, US

San Ramon, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Bay Area

Guide articles through the final stages of publication, including coordinating communication and timelines between vendors, authors, and PLOS and addressing queries related to article content and formattingWorked with an internal project team to release four new journals in 2022, including: relaying team needs to the larger stakeholder group, performing.

Investigated the microbial role in nutrient reduction from wastewater effluent at a 1.4-acre demonstration-scale subsurface treatment wetland using metagenomic techniquesDesigned protocols for and successfully attained soil samples from field-site for microbial analysesCoordinated with a team of researchers to collect influent, effluent, and subsurface.

Led a 35-student class through 6 laboratory sessions covering 17 laboratory techniques for monitoring performance indicators in a pond and wetland mesocosm system that modeled a typical natural water treatment systemAdapted the in-person wet laboratory curriculum for an online environment to accommodate remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemicPrepared.

As a designer, I made graphics that highlighted key elements of the science articles in the BSR Magazine, which is a graduate-student run science publication that is disseminated online, as well as across UC Berkeley and the surrounding community As the Art Director, I led the team of 8-12 graduate students in designing informative graphics and.

As the Sanitation sub-committee lead, I developed and carried out a sanitation alternatives analysis with the aim of reducing human exposure to feces in three remote Fijian villages. This sanitation analysis complemented the years of water infrastructure projects (largely the construction of source water tanks and pipelines) built by this EWB project group.

As a Resident Academic Mentor at the Bowles Hall Residential College, I counseled undergraduate students in academic and career decisions and served as a bridge between undergraduate residents and campus resources.To those ends, I developed and hosted workshops focused on career preparedness (e.g. “How to Choose Your Major,” “Applying for Summer.

Assisted in designing and monitoring 1-liter lab-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors for evaluating the effectiveness of anammox bacterial systems in removing excess ammonium in high strength wastewaters Evaluated the dominance of anammox bacteria in reactor biomass via a fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH) microscopy techniqueAwarded the.

Characterized the stability of anammox with zeolite minerals to improve biomass retention in anammox processes. Used spectrophotometric techniques to measure substrates and metabolites of anammox bacteria growth. Measured and analyzed anaerobic headspace composition via gas chromatography. Quantified and characterized anammox cells and communities using.

Characterized the relationship between caddisfly larvae and river water quality via multivariate statistical analyses (e.g. canonical correspondence analysis). Used standard limnological procedures to measure water parameters (e.g. DO, chlorophyll, etc). Extracted mitochondrial DNA from caddisfly larvae using standard chemical extraction methods.

Master'S Of Science, Environmental Engineering, 3.86/4.0

Bachelor'S Of Science, Environmental Engineering, 4.0/4.0

Activities and Societies: Tau Chi Alpha Environmental Engineering Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Phi Kappa Phi.