Research Interests:
My research explores the abiotic fate of agrochemicals in the aquatic environment.   I am currently interested specifically in the photochemical fate of pesticides identified by the USGS as emerging agrochemicals.   An upcoming research project will investigate the photochemistry of compounds such as nicosulfuron, a sulfonylurea pesticides, and prometon, a triazine pesticide.   This work involves a variety of analytical techniques such as UV-Vis spectroscopy, gas chromatography, liquid chromatography, mass spectrometry, and ion chromatography.   In addition, time is spent on developing data analysis and kinetic modeling skills.   
 

Education:
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Purdue University, 2006
Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 2005
B.S., Chemistry, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, 2001