Directory

Emma’s research interests include sustainable agriculture and nutrient management, water quality mapping, geospatial and statistical analysis, environmental hazard risk characterization and mapping, machine learning, and water quality prediction modeling. Emma’s undergraduate thesis, Assessing urban agricultural practices in desert cities, investigated how urban farmers’ practices align with sustainability efforts, which aided in the study and publication of Irrational…

I am interested in infectious and zoonotic disease research, especially research on pathogenic organisms transmitted via environmental routes. I am pursuing a PhD with Dr. Hamilton to further my knowledge of environmental microbiology and Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment. I hope to use my skills in support of advancing efforts to protect communities from infectious diseases….

I really like simulating how things work in nature using computers. I focus on understanding how nutrients/ pathogens or contaminants of concern move, and model water quality in watersheds. I’m also into hydrology, studying how water moves and behaves. Besides all this, traveling to new places, cooking, and listening to audiobooks are some of my…