Zoe Harrold Email & Phone Number

Sparks, Nevada, United States

Policy, Grants, and Research Consultant

Reviewing and providing comments on California's High-DER Proceeding (HDER), Integrated Resource Planning (IRP), Wildfire Mitigation Plans (WMP), and Renewable Performance Standard Plan (RPS) proceedings with particular emphasis on promoting a progressive approach to electrical grid modernization.

Reno, Nevada

Project management, field and laboratory method development for biophysics research and microplastic environmental surveys.

Reno, Nevada

Experimental design, project management, and data analysis for detecting life at low temperatures and on icy worlds through the application of Atomic Force Microscopy and a prototype Nanomotion Detector. Oversee laboratory operations, equipment repair, and maintenance.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Investigating the bioavailability of mineral-bound iron to snow algae and associated bacteria in snow surface environments. Developed a NASA related K-6th grade outreach program.

Bozeman, Mt

Applied chemical thermodynamics to elucidate the energetics of isolate growth under conditions relevant to the low-temperature extreme environments. Evaluated the ability of a subglacial bacterial isolate to promote pyrite oxidation under both anaerobic and aerobic conditions at low-temperatures.

Researched microbe-mineral interactions (geomicrobiology) with a special focus on chemical modeling and the influence of microbial surface adsorption on trace metal activity and mineral dissolution rate. NSF Graduate Research Fellow (3 years)

Colorado Springs, Co

Co-taught course (EV211) Human Impacts on Biogeochemical Cycles

Durango, Co

Document and survey natural springs, and install water gauges for water rights claims.

Rochester, Ny

Researched trace metal loads and Pb isotopes in drinking-water reservoir to evaluate anthropogenic sources. Operated ICP-MS, rare gas mass spectrometer.

Summarized energy policy documents and prepared responses regarding the institution of GHG emission regulations and identified potential loopholes in legislature.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Geosciences/Earth Sciences

Bs, Environmental Science

Activities and Societies: UR Freshman Orientation Outing Treks (FOOT)