Meet the team
Dr. Katherine Graham is an assistant professor in CEE at Georgia Tech. She completed her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan and her MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering and Science at Stanford University. She is primarily interested microbial water quality, microbiology of the built and natural environments, and health risk assessment.
Jorja is a first year MS/PhD student studying Environmental Engineering. She earned her B.S. in Applied Mathematics at Arizona State University with a double minor in violin performance and chemistry. Her research background includes modeling emissions from wastewater treatment plants and discovering novel diagnostic tools for inflammatory bowel disease through metagenomic and metaproteomic analysis of the human gut microbiome. Her research interests include microbial biodegradation of environmental pollutants, wastewater surveillance, and characterization of the drinking water microbiome.
Jacob Phaneuf is a first year PhD student in Environmental Engineering from the Adirondack region of New York State. He completed his B.S. in Environmental Science at the University of California: Los Angeles and his M.S. in Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. His core research interests include the fate and transport of antimicrobial resistance genes, human health risks of impaired recreational waters, and environmental metagenomic applications for public health understanding. Outside of the lab and classroom, Jacob is a triathlete who also enjoys skiing, hiking, and traveling to new places.
Nithya Shree is an MS Environmental Engineering student from India. She finished her undergraduate degree in civil engineering at NIT Trichy in India. Her research focuses on microbiome changes in recycled water in sustainable buildings under extreme heat impacts, using methods like tangential flow filtration and biofilm sampling. She also has experience working with wastewater.
David Jernigan is an environmental engineering undergraduate student from the Oklahoma City metropolitan area. He is interested in hydrological and hydraulic modeling, specifically as they relate to sustainability and public health, and is assisting as needed for various graduate projects. Outside of the lab, David is involved with the Georgia Tech marching band, concert band, and winter guard programs.
Caitlyn Gibson (undergraduate, MS student) Noelle Watkins (undergraduate), Megan Clark (undergraduate, PURA award winner)
