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ROUTES Spotlight: Kaleigh McAlaine
Kaleigh McAlaine is a fourth-year Environmental Engineering student with a minor in Marine Biology at Northeastern University and recently completed her co-op with ROUTES in December 2018. During her co-op, Kaleigh worked under the mentorship of ROUTES & PROTECT...
Project 5’s Long Chen Promoted to Associate Research Scientist
On December 1st, 2018, PROTECT Project 5’s Long Chen was promoted to Associate Research Scientist. After working under the leadership of Akram Alshawabkeh as a Post Doc since early December 2017, Long’s work ethic, leadership abilities, and accomplishments continue to...
Elevated Levels of Triclocarban Associated with Soap Use in Puerto Rico
Recent analysis from the CRECE Center, which draws on the PROTECT cohort to study the effects of in-utero exposure on child development, reveals strong correlations between the use of specific bar soap brands and urinary triclocarban levels. Triclocarban has...
PROTECT Welcomes New Team Members, and Celebrates our Recent Departures’ Contributions & Future
PROTECT welcomes Patrick Compton, a new Ph.D. student at Northeastern University studying Civil Engineering with a concentration in Environmental and Water Systems. Patrick graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2013 with a BS in Environmental Engineering and spent...
PROTECT Welcomes Eduardo Mateus & Alexandra Ribeiro to the Team
We are delighted to welcome Professors Eduardo Mateus and Alexandra Ribeiro as visiting scholars from the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE), Faculty of Science and Technology, NOVA University of Lisbon (FCT NOVA) in Portugal. They will be...
PROTECT Investigators Improve Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Peroxide for Groundwater Treatment
A recent study conducted by PROTECT’s Project 5 developed a cost-effective and simple approach to improving the electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), which is crucial for the treatment of contaminated groundwater. The study, published...