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[full CV]

 

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI  

  - Joint Ph.D.  in Environmental Engineering & Natural Resources and Environment, 2015

      With Graduate Certificate in Complex Systems, offered by Center for the Study of Complex Systems

                 Graduate Certificate of Science, Technology, and Public Policy, offered by Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

 

Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM

  - Complex System Summer School, 2013

 

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA                                                                                  

  - M.S. in Environmental Engineering, 2007

 

Tsinghua University, Beijing, China                                                                                                                         

  - B.E. in Environmental Engineering, 2005

 

Professional Experience

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 2015-present

    - Assistant Professor, School of Indistrial Engineering and Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering (joint appointments)

 

Camp Dresser & McKee (CDM, now CDM Smith), Bellevue, WA, 2007 - 2011

    - Laboratory Manager of CDM Environmental Treatability Laboratory (2008-2011)

    - Project Engineer (2007-2011)

 

Certification

- Licensed Professional Engineer (PE), registered in Michigan, 2012

- LEED® Green Associate, 2010

- 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER (Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Training), 2007

 

Fellowship & Awards

- The 3M Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Industrial Ecology, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2015

- The Samuel Trask Dana Award, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2015

- Dow Sustainability Doctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2014

- Student Paper Competition, 3rd Place, International Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology (ISSST), 2014

- Rackham International Research Award, University of Michigan, 2014

- Rosina M. Bierbaum Award in Climate Adaptation and Mitigation, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2014

- Second Place Poster Award, University of Michigan Energy Institute Symposium, 2013

- Best Poster Award, 3rd place, AEESP 50th Anniversary Conference, 2013

- First Place Poster Award, 7th International Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology, 2013

- Second Place Poster Award, Symposium on Industrial Ecology for Young Professionals, 2013

- Barbour Scholarship, University of Michigan, 2013

- ERM Foundation Sustainability Fellowship, ERM Group Foundation, 2013

- Rackham International Student Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2012

- Ayers Brinser Award, Outstanding Ph.D. student in Natural Resource Policy and Management; University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2012

- Climate Adaptation Fellowship, University of Michigan School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2011

- McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration or Sustainable Use Award, Water Environment Federation, 2011

- Quick Hit Awards, CDM, 2008 and 2010

- Technical Awards, Best Paper Honorable Mention, CDM, 2010

 

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