Former DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Doctoral Student 2014-2019

Thesis: Nanoengineering Graphene Oxide for Water Treatment Applications

Supervised by C.D. Vecitis

 

Now: Water Specialist, World Bank (Specializing in Latin America)

Doctoral Student 2010-2014

Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2016

Doctoral Student 2013-2017

Thesis: Hydroelectric Power and Indigenous Health in the Canadian North

 

Now: Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, Virginia Tech, VA

 

Doctoral Student 2020-2024

Thesis: The Exposure Divide: Mapping Disparities in Contaminants Across the United States

 

Now: Physical Scientist, US EPA Office of Water

 

Doctoral Student 2013-2018

Masters Student  2011-2013

Thesis: Modeling Exposures to Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFASs) in Aquatic Biota and Humans

 

Now: Vice President, Eastern Research Group (ERG), New York, NY

Doctoral Student 2012-2017

Thesis: The Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Mercury: Insights from Modeling Atmospheric Chemistry and All-time Emissions from Human Activity

Co-Advised by D.J. Jacob

 

Now: Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, IL

Doctoral Student 2014-2018

Masters Student  2012-2014

Thesis: From Source to Dose: Modeling Human Exposure to Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances

 

Now: Assistant Professor, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington DC

Research Fellow 2018-2020

Doctoral Student 2020-2024

Thesis: An Analytical Toolbox for Investigating the Bioaccumulation Potential of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Aquatic Ecosystems.

 

Now: Consultant, Ramboll

Doctoral Student 2012-2016

Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2017

Thesis: Environmental Origins of Methylmercury in Aquatic Biota and Humans

 

Now: Assistant Professor, School of Marine Science and Policy, University of Delaware

Doctoral Student 2018-2022

Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2023

Thesis: An Analytical and Statistical Toolbox for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Biogeochemistry and Source Attribution

 

Now: Assistant Professor, Civil and Urban Engineering, New York University

Doctoral Student 2017-2021

Thesis: The Microbiome of Atmospheric Particles

 

Now: Research Analyst, Gabelli Funds

Doctoral Student 2014-2019

Thesis: Fate, Transport and Detection of Poly- and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Natural and Engineered Environments

Co-advised by C.D.. Vecitis

 

Now: Research Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey New England Water Science Center

Doctoral Student 2016-2021

Thesis: Global Modeling of Persistent Pollutants in an Era of Changing Emissions and Climate

 

Now: Staff Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute, MA

Former MASTERS STUDENTS

Paheliya Aixilafu

Masters Student &

Research Assistant 2016-2017

Now: Unknown

Masters Student 2017-2018

Now: Regulatory and Compliance Specialist at Catania Oils

Elizabeth (Bess) Corbitt

Graduate Student 2010-2015

Now: Science Teacher, Louisiana

Research Assistant 2011

Now: Epidemiologist at MA Department of Public Health

Masters Student &

Research Assistant 2013-2015

Now: Senior Consultant, Ramboll

 

Sunderland Lab

Group Administrator: Robert Stanhope

Address: 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138

E-mail:  stanhope [at] seas.harvard.edu