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Principal Investigator<\/span><\/strong>
\nDr. Cayelan C. Carey<\/a><\/p>\n

Carey Lab Manager extraordinaire<\/strong><\/span>
\nAdrienne Breef-Pilz<\/a><\/p>\n

Analytical Chemistry Lab Manager extraordinaire<\/strong><\/span>
\nFrances Iannucci<\/p>\n

Research scientist<\/span><\/strong>
\nDr. Mary Lofton<\/a><\/p>\n

Postdoctoral research associates<\/span><\/strong>
\nDr. Rohit Shukla<\/p>\n

Graduate students<\/span><\/strong>
\nDominique Edwards<\/a>
\nKatie Hoffman<\/a>
\nDexter Howard<\/a>
\nMaria Popescu<\/a><\/p>\n

Undergraduate students<\/span><\/strong>
\nArwen Downum
\nMichael Kricheldorf
\nKat Myer
\nSean Kenny
\nErin Walters<\/p>\n

Lab Alumni<\/span><\/strong>
\nPostdocs<\/em>
\nDr. Amy Hetherington (2016), now Managing Director at VShift<\/em>
\nDr. Kaitlin Farrell (2017-2019), now Faculty at Odum School, University of Georgia<\/em>
\nDr. Alexandria Hounshell (2019-2021), now Research Scientist, NOAA<\/em>
\nDr. Ryan McClure (2020-2021), now Postdoctoral Researcher, Washington State University<\/em>
\nDr. Tadhg Moore (2020-2022), now Project Scientist, United Nations Water Monitoring Program<\/em>
\nDr. Freya Olsson (2022-2025), now Postdoctoral Researcher, Radboud University<\/em><\/p>\n

Graduate students<\/em>
\nRick Browne, M.S. (2013, co-advised with Dr. John Little), now Environmental Engineer, Kimley-Horne Associates<\/em>
\nAlexandra Gerling, M.S. (2013-2015), now Principal Scientist, Hazen and Sawyer<\/em>
\nKate Hamre, M.S. (2o14-2016), now Science Instructor, Portland<\/em>
\nJonathan Doubek, Ph.D. (2013-2018), now Associate Professor, Lake Superior State University<\/em>
\nRyan McClure, Ph.D. (2015-2020), now Staff Scientist, National Ecological Observatory Network<\/em>
\nNicole Ward, Ph.D. (2016-2021), now Natural Resources Program Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources<\/em>
\nMary Lofton, Ph.D. (2016-2021), now Postdoctoral Researcher, Virginia Tech<\/em>
\nWhitney Woelmer, Ph.D. (2018-2023), now Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Waikato<\/em>
\nAbigail Lewis, Ph.D. (2019-2024), now Postdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian Institution<\/em>
\nHeather Wander, Ph.D. (2019-2025), now Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Quebec at Montreal<\/em><\/p>\n

Undergraduate students<\/em>
\nChristina Urbancyzk (2013 REU student, Humboldt ’13)
\nKavya Mathur (VT ’15)
\nMariah Haberman (2014 REU student, Stanford ’15)
\nMariah Redmond (2014 REU student, Florida International University ’15)
\nElle Humes (VT ’17)
\nZach Gajewski (VT ’15)
\nMiranda Flood (VT ’14)
\nSpencer Klepatzki (VT ’16)
\nMadeline Ryan (2015 REU student, VT ’16)
\nKylie Campbell (VT ’18)
\nJoe Famularo (VT ’17)
\nKatie Krueger (2016 REU student, VT ’17)
\nCharlotte Harrell (VT ’16)
\nLeah Finegold (2017 REU student, Oberlin ’20)
\nBeatrice Scott (Barnard ’21)
\nClaire Vavrus (2018 REU student, U-Wisconsin ’19)
\nNiall Goard (VT ’19)
\nMiles Goodall (VT ’19)
\nArianna Krinos (VT ’19)
\nLaura Puckett (VT ’19)
\nAva Johnston (VT ’20)
\nAshley Mickens (2019 REU student, Miami of Ohio ’20)
\nJames Maze (VT ’20)
\nMitchell Turnage (VT ’22)
\nNick Ruszkowski (UVA ’22)
\nDexter Howard (VT ’20)
\nMikaila Reynolds (VT ’20)
\nRose Thai (VT ’21)
\nCaroline Bryant (VT ’22)
\nBeckett Geisler (VT ’22)
\nConnor Grasso (VT ’22)
\nJacob Wynne (VT ’22)
\nRyan Keverline (VT ’23)
\nSierra Tannheiser (VT ’26)
\nArpita Das (VT ’23)
\nGeorge Haynie (VT ’24)
\nEvelyn Tipper (VT ’25)<\/p>\n

Research Technicians<\/em>
\nBobbie Niederlehner (2013-2024)
\nBethany Bookout (2018-2020)
\nWentao Guo (2019)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Principal Investigator Dr. Cayelan C. Carey Carey Lab Manager extraordinaire Adrienne Breef-Pilz Analytical Chemistry Lab Manager extraordinaire Frances Iannucci Research scientist Dr. Mary Lofton Postdoctoral research associates Dr. Rohit Shukla Graduate students Dominique Edwards Katie Hoffman Dexter Howard Maria Popescu Undergraduate students Arwen Downum Michael Kricheldorf Kat Myer Sean Kenny Erin Walters Lab Alumni Postdocs Dr. Amy Hetherington (2016), now Managing Director at VShift Dr. Kaitlin Farrell (2017-2019), now Faculty at Odum School, University of Georgia Dr. Alexandria Hounshell (2019-2021),…<\/p>\n

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