Contact details

Location

Marston Hall

130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

Room 130

About

Personal Academic Website

Honors

  • 2020 UMass ADVANCE Faculty Mentor Award
  • CEE Research Award, awarded by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering 2019
  • Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science Award, awarded by Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors 2019
  • Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, awarded by University of Massachusetts College of Engineering 2018
  • Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, awarded by University of Massachusetts Center for Teaching and Faculty Development 2017
  • Student Centered Teaching and Learning Fellowship, awarded by University of Massachusetts Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, 2015
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, for five years of research support for the improved understanding of cross-kingdom biofilms,2015
  • Africasan Research and Technological Innovation Award, awarded by the African Ministers' Council on Water for the development and deployment of the Microbial Fuel Cell Latrine, 2015
  • Exceptional Merit Award, award in recognition of professional accomplishments by the Office of the Provost, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2014
  • ASCE ExCEEd Fellowship,a fellowship awarded to attend the ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) Teaching Workshop, 2012
  • NSF Environmental Molecular Science Institute Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2009
  • Bayer Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Notre Dame, 2008
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Notre Dame, 2007
  • Transatlantic Environmental Biotechnology Fellowship, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2007
  • Adeline Devor Penberthy Memorial Prize

Experience

  • Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2018 – present
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011 – 2018
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental College of Technology and Innovation, Arizona State University, 2010 – 2011

Teaching

  • Introduction to Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer - CEE 250 - Spring 2018, Spring 2019
  • Bioprocess Lab - CEE 697P - Fall 2016
  • Environmental Engineering Microbiology - CEE 497B/573 - Fall 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2019
  • Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering - CEE 671 - Fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019
  • Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Seminar - CEE 691/692 - Fall 2012, 2013, Spring 2017
  • Introduction to Environmental and Water Resources Engineering - CEE 370 - Spring 2012, 2014, 2016, Fall 2014