Rick Beckel
Master's of Professional Studies in Applied Science Leadership
Research: Exploring the opportunities and challenges of reuse in healthcare settings.
Advisor: Leonard F. Marquart
Years in NRT: 2024-2025
Benjamin Burnette
PhD Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
Research: Programmable materials used as catalysts to advance renewable energy.
Advisor: Paul Dauenhauer
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
Rolando Calderon-Oliver
PhD Chemistry
Research: Developing light triggered N-heterocyclic carbene systems for catalysis.
Advisor: Jessica Lamb
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
Kate Faber
PhD Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
Research: PFAS occurrence in the environment and interactions with proteins using fluorine nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Advisor: William Arnold
Years in NRT: 2023-2025
Alex Griffin
PhD Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Research: How people, plants, and soils affect nutrient cycling in terrestrial ecosystems with a focus on carbon and nitrogen.
Advisor: Sarah Hobbie
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
Sylvie Guezeon
PhD Public Affairs
Research: Equity in urban planning at the intersection between community-engagement, transit systems, and health.
Advisor: Edward Goetz
Years in NRT: 2023-2025
Mikala Hammer
PhD Earth and Environmental Science
Research: The formational history, geophysical expression, and utilization of manganese deposits in the United States.
Advisor: Joshua Feinberg
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
Jenn Hoody
PhD Mechanical Engineering
Research: Circularity of the food-water-energy nexus to reduce postharvest food loss among smallholder farmers, with particular focus on pre-cooling technologies and processes for applications within the Kenyan context.
Advisor: Natasha Wright
Years in NRT: 2023-2025
Frantz Joseph
PhD Environmental Engineering
Research: Biodegradation of Quaternary Amine Compounds.
Advisors: William Arnold and Paige Novak
Years in NRT: 2023-2025
Abby Matheny
PhD Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
Research: Photochemistry of cyanotoxins and algal organic matter.
Advisor: William Arnold
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
Kowsar D. Mohamed
PhD Natural Resource and Science Management
Research: Exploring equitable innovative methods for natural resource management by centering Afro-Indigenous knowledge, cultural design, and technology.
Advisor: Mae Davenport
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
McKenzie Pearson
MS Environmental Engineering
Research: Engineered biodegradation of PFAS.
Advisor: William Arnold
Years in NRT: 2024-2025
Mallory Prangley
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Research: Qualitative research on resiliency planning in rural communities with tourism-based economies.
Advisor: Frank Douma
Years in NRT: 2023-2024
Kristin Sako
MS Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy
Research: Analyzing and categorizing energy efficiency projects across the city of Minneapolis's built environment, specializing in healthcare systems.
Advisor: Elise Harrington
Years in NRT: 2023-2024
Jamie Schuberth
PhD Chemical Engineering
Research: I am developing systematic approaches to formulation engineering. The goal is to accelerate the incorporation of sustainable materials, such as bio-derived material or recycled material, into consumer products.
Advisor: Lynn Walker
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
Robin Sehler
PhD Soil, Water, and Climate
Research: Whole farm modeling, greenhouse gas emissions, and soil moisture - how an improved understanding and estimation of this major driver of soil carbon flux might improve agricultural carbon accounting.
Advisor: Joshua Gamble
Years in NRT: 2023-2025
Danielle Sindelar
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Research: Qualitative research on resiliency planning in rural communities with tourism-based economies.
Advisor: Frank Douma
Years in NRT: 2023-2024
Luc Wetherbee
PhD Chemistry
Research: Synthesis of chemically recyclable polyurethanes.
Advisor: Jessica Lamb
Years in NRT: 2024-2026
Xilin Yang
PhD Bio-products and Bio-systems Engineering
Research: Corporate sustainability and sustainable policy.
Advisor: Timothy Smith
Years in NRT: 2023-2025
Sarah Ziemann
PhD Civil, Environmental, and Geo-Engineering
Research: Plastic degradation in the environment.
Advisors: Boya Xiong and William Arnold
Years in NRT: 2023-2025