ALUMNI
Doctoral Students

Doctoral Student 2014-2019

Thesis: Nanoengineering Graphene Oxide for Water Treatment Applications

Supervised by C.D. Vecitis

 

Now: World Bank Young Professional Program

Doctoral Student 2010-2014

Postdoctoral Fellow 2014-2016

Thesis: Toward an Improved Understanding of the Global Biogeochemical Cycle of Mercury

Co-Advised by D.J. Jacob

 

Now: Senior Research Scientist at Science Systems and Applications, Inc (SSAI), NASA (Goddard), Greenbelt, MD

 

Doctoral Student 2012-2017

Thesis: Hydroelectric Power and Indigenous Health in the Canadian North

 

Now: Assistant Professor, Virginia Tech, VA

 

Doctoral Student 2013-2018

Masters Student  2011-2013

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

 

Now: Environmental Epidemiologist, Eastern Research Group (ERG), New York, NY

Doctoral Student 2011-2017

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, 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: Lead Data Scientist, Mathematica Policy Research,

San Francisco, CA

Doctoral Student 2011-2016

Postdoctoral Fellow 2016-2017

Thesis: Environmental Origins of Methylmercury in Aquatic Biota and Humans

 

Now: Assistant Professor, 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: Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University/Carnegie Institution for Science

Doctoral Student 2016-2021

Thesis: The Microbiome of Atmospheric Particles

 

Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Doctoral Student 2013-2019

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

Co-advised by C.D.. Vecitis

 

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

Doctoral Student 2015-2021

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

 

Now: Staff Scientist, Stockholm Environment Institute, MA

Masters Students

Paheliya Aixilafu

Masters Student &

Research Assistant 2016-2017

Now: Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan, MI

Adela Chovancova

Masters Student 2017-2018

Now: Regulatory and Compliance Specialist at Catania Oils

Elizabeth (Bess) Corbitt

Graduate Student 2010-2015

Now: Science Teacher, Louisiana

Matthew Tumpney

Research Assistant 2011

Now: Epidemiologist at MA Department of Public Health

Amelia Valberg

Masters Student &

Research Assistant 2013-2015

Now: Project Coordinator at Hamilton Engineering & Surveying, Inc., Tampa FL

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow 2018-2019

Now: Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley

Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2021

Now: Postdoctoral Scientist, Université de Pau, France

Postdoctoral Fellow 2022-2023

Now: Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island

Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2012

Now: Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion), University of Wollongong, Australia

Postdoctoral Fellow 2017-2019

Now: Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI

Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2013

Now: Associate Professor, IIT Hyderabad, India

Postdoctoral Fellow &

Research Associate 2012-2017

Now: Associate Professor, Scripps Institute of Oceanography

Postdoctoral Fellow 2019-2021

Now: Environmental Consultant, Geosigma, Stockholm, Sweden

Postdoctoral Fellow 2011-2014

Now: Researcher/Curator at Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

Linjun Yao

NSERC Postdoc 2017-2019

Now: MA Department of Environmental Protection

NSERC Postdoc &

Research Associate 2013-2016

Now: Assistant Professor, Concordia University, Canada

Postdoctoral Fellow 2013-2015

Now: Professor, Nanjing University, China

Visitors

Pauline BĂ©ziat

Masters Student Intern 2018-2019

Now: Doctoral Student ETH, Zurich

Stella Braunschweig

Intern 2022-2023

Now: Masters Student ETH, Zurich

Lou Chevrollier

Student Intern 2019

Now: PhD Student, Aarhus University, Denmark

 

Maria Clara Alcala Orozco

Fulbright Student 2019-2020

Now: PhD student, University of Cartegna, Columbia

Visiting Professor 2019

Now: Distinguished Professor and Department Chair, Department of Bioenvironmental Systems Engineering, National Taiwan University

 

Visiting Professor 2018

Now: Research Director, CNR - Institute of Atmospheric Pollution Research, Division of Rende

Pritanjali Shende

Visiting Student 2020

Now: PhD student from IIT Hyderabad, India

 

Sunderland Lab

Group Administrator: Robert Stanhope

Address: 29 Oxford Street, Cambridge MA 02138

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