Natalie finished her Environmental Engineering PhD in 2019.聽 She聽earned a BS in Civil Engineering from University of Kentucky and an MS in Civil Engineering with Environmental Specialization from CU 麻豆影院.聽 She studied UV wavelength-specific molecular and cellular disinfection mechanisms and novel mercury-free UV sources for sustainable drinking water treatment in small US systems, as part of the . As a professional researcher after her MS, she studied microbial ecology of humidifiers and drinking water in Dr. Norm Pace鈥檚 Lab at CU 麻豆影院, and studied toxicity and microbial ecology of fracking flowback in Dr. Karl Linden鈥檚 Lab at CU 麻豆影院.聽 She has been a teaching assistant for Environmental Microbiology at two universities, and is interested in an academic career. Her engineering experience outside academia includes working for a small consulting firm, and for a city government in Kentucky.