UNDERGRADUATES

Professor Sunderland is the Director for Undergraduate Studies (DUS) for the program in Environmental Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).

If you are a Harvard undergraduate student interested in discussing the program or research experiences, please contact Professor Sunderland directly (ems [at] seas.harvard.edu).

Undergraduate Classes CURRENTLY Taught by Professor Sunderland:

ESE-161: Applied Environmental Toxicology (Syllabus 2019) - Next offered Spring '22

ESE-169: Seminar on Global Pollution Issues - Next offered Fall '23

Jordan Daigle ('22)

Research Assistant 2021-2022

Sarah Beckwith ('22)

S.B. Thesis Student 2021-2022

Jonas LaPier ('21)

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2019-2020; S.B. Thesis Student 2020-2021

Dean's Thesis Award for Best Engineering Design Project

Now: Fellow, Green Science and Policy Institute

Cecil Myers ('21)

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2018-2020

Harvard College Class of 2021

Daniel Chang ('20)

Senior Design Thesis 2019-2020

Honorable Mention, Dean's Award for Best Engineering Design Project

Now: Staff Water Resources Engineer at Aspect Consulting

Beverly Ge ('20)

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2018-2019

Now: Environmental Analyst at Eastern Research Group, Inc.

Nicole Nishizawa ('19)

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2017-2019; S.B. Thesis Student

Now: Sustainability professional,

New York, NY

Nakoa Farrant ('19)

Senior Design Thesis 2018-2019

Now: Doctoral Student UCSB

Alicia Juang ('18)

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2015-2018; S.B. Thesis Student,

Dean's Thesis Award; Hoopes Prize Winner

Now: Water Resources Engineer, ESA, Oakland, CA

Jessica Ewald ('17)

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2014-2017; S.B. Thesis Student

Dean's Thesis Award

Now: Doctoral Candidate,

McGill University, PQ

Harry Stone ('16)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

S.B. Thesis student 2015-2016

Now: Civil Engineer/Hydrologist at Bureau of Reclamation, Ephrata, WA

Jahred Liddie ('16)

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Independent study student 2015-2016

Now: Masters Student in Environmental Health, Harvard

Jahred's article about his work with us

Kurt Bullard ('17)

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2014

Now: Associate Consultant at Bain & Company

Alina McIntyre

Undergraduate Summer intern 2017

Now: Masters Student, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health

X.C. Hu, B. Ge ('20), B. Ruyle, J. Sun, E.M. Sunderland. 2021. A statistical approach for identifying private wells susceptible to PFAS contamination. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00264.
M. Li, A. Juang ('18), J. Ewald ('17), R. Yin, B. Mikkelsen, D.P. Krabbenhoft, P. Balcom, C. Dassuncao, E.M. Sunderland. 2020. Selenium and stable mercury isotopic analysis provide new insights into mercury toxicokinetics in pilot whales. Science of the Total Environment. 710:136325. [full text]
X.C. Hu, Jahred Liddie ('16), X. Zhang, A.K. Tokranov, P. Grandjean, J.E. Hart, F. Laden, Q. Sun, L.W.Y. Yeung, E.M. Sunderland. 2019. Tap water contributions to plasma concentrations of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a nationwide prospective cohort of U.S. women. Environmental Health Perspectives. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4093. [full text]

A.K. Tokranov, Nicole Nishizawa ('19), C.A. Amadei, J.E. Zenobio, H.M. Pickard, J.G. Allen, C.D. Vecitis, E.M. Sunderland. 2019. How do we measure per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) at the surface of consumer products? Environmental Science & Technology Letters. 6(1): 38-43. [full text]

Jessica Ewald ('17), J.L. Kirk, M. Li, E.M. Sunderland. 2019. Organ-specific differences is mercury speciation and accumulation of in juvenile and adult ringed seals (Phoca hispida). Science of the Total Environment. 650(2):2013-2020. [full text]

E.M. Sunderland, M. Li, Kurt Bullard ('17). 2018. Decadal changes in edible supply of seafood and methylmercury exposure in the United States. Environmental Health Perspectives. DOI:10.1289/EHP2644. [full text]

M. Li, A.T. Schartup, A.P. Valberg, Jessica Ewald ('17), D.P. Krabbenhoft, R. Yin, P. Balcom, E.M. Sunderland. 2016. Environmental origins of methylmercury accumulated in subarctic estuarine fish indicated by Hg stable isotopes. Environmental Science and Technology. 50(21): 11559-11568. [full text].