ACES Graduate Learning Community

ACES Events & Resources

The American Cultures Engaged Scholarship program hosts various events for faculty and graduate students that focus on how to integrate community-engaged learning.

2019-20 Cohort: The ACES Graduate Learning Community

Cohort 2 Participants Emily Cook

Emily is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental engineering, working under Lisa Alvarez-Cohen in collaboration with David Sedlak. Emily researches methods to remediate groundwater contaminated with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of highly fluorinated, persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic compounds. Beyond her interest in and passion for environmental microbiology, water chemistry, sustainability, and engineering as a form of stewardship, Emily is highly motivated to build communities within...