Members
Principal Investigator
Dr.
Jeffrey G. Catalano Professor of Geochemistry and Mineralogy Director of the Environmental Studies Program Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 USA Phone: +1 314 935-6015 Fax: +1 314 935-7361 Email: catalano@wustl.edu |
Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 2004
B.S. in Geology (Environmental), Cum Laude with Distinction, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999
Research Staff
Dr.
Elaine
D. Flynn Laboratory Manager Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Email: elaine.flynn@levee.wustl.edu |
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 Fang Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Email: yihang@wustl.edu |
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 Postdoctoral Researcher (Joining March 2024) Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Email: |
Ph.D., Earth Sciences (Geochemistry), University of Bern,
2024 (expected)
Graduate
Students
Gregory
Ledingham McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences Graduate Research Fellow Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Email: greg.ledingham@wustl.edu |
B.S. in Geological Sciences, Stanford University, 2018
Abigail
Knight Graduate Research Assistant Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Email: alknight@wustl.edu |
B.S. in Geology and Environmental/Physical Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 2019
Emily
Millman Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Graduate Fellow Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Email: emillman@wustl.edu |
B.S. in Chemistry (minor in Geology), Winthrop University, 2017
M.S. in Marine Science, University of Delaware, 2019
Emily Wright NSF Graduate Research Fellow Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Washington University in St. Louis 1 Brookings Drive Campus Box 1169 Saint Louis, MO 63130 Email: e.g.wright@wustl.edu |
B.S. in Geology, University of Puget Sound, 2022
Alumni
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 an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the Australian system) at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
Alison R. Beehr, A.M. 2012. Currently a Chemistry Analyst at Alcami Corporation, St. Louis, MO.
Karyn Blake, A.M. 2014. Currently a Chemist at the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene, Madison, WI.
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.
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.
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.