UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
Undergraduate Classes Taught by Professor Sunderland:
ESE-161: Applied Environmental Toxicology (Syllabus 2019)
ESE-06: Introduction to Environmental Science and Engineering (Syllabus 2020)
ESE-169: Seminar on Global Pollution Issues (Fall 2020)
We enjoy hosting undergraduate researchers in our lab. Below are some example publications that have included undergraduate researchers. If you are a Harvard college student interested in working with our lab, please contact Professor Sunderland to set up a meeting.
Former Undergraduate Research Assistants
Nicole Nishizawa ('19)
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2017-2019; S.B. Thesis Student
Now: Sustainability professional,
New York, NY
Beverly Ge ('20)
Undergraduate Research Assistant 2018-2019
Now: Harvard College Class of 2020
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
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
Publications by Undergraduates
- 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].
Sunderland Lab
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Address: 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138
E-mail: bmathieu [at] seas.harvard.edu
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