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Emma Wells is aÌýPhD candidate researching risk management in drinking water utilities. She is particularly interested in microbial water quality and how organizations adapt toÌýchanging technologies and environmentalÌýthreats. Emma is co-advised by Dr. Amy Javernick-Will and Dr. Karl Linden. Her work is funded through the NSF Graduate ResearchÌýProgram Fellowship.Ìý

With a background in global health, Emma has worked as a program manager for an organization in rural Guatemala and as an ORISE fellow conducting global Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Through these positions, she witnessed the complex intersection of socio-cultural and environmental factors in development. She chose to pursue a PhD in Environmental Engineering at CU Â鶹ӰԺ to further understand this dynamic and gain skills for a career in water research. Outside of work, Emma loves skiing, mountain biking, and eating dark chocolate peanut butter cups.Ìý

Education:

MS Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado, Â鶹ӰԺ 2023

BA in Community Health and Sociology, Tufts University, 2016

Publications:

Wells E, Wolfe MK, Murray A, Lantagne D (2016) Accuracy, Precision, Ease-Of-Use, and Cost of Methods to Test Ebola-Relevant Chlorine Solutions. PLoS ONE 11(5): e0152442.Ìý

Fuller M,ÌýWells E, Furatian L, Douglas I, Lane K; Drinking water quality management progress in Ontario, two decades after Walkerton.ÌýJ Water HealthÌý1 August 2023; 21 (8): 1073–1085. doi:Ìý

Curran, K. G., Wells, E. F., Crowe, S. J., Oremo, J., Boru, W., Githuku, J., . . . Kioko, J. (2018). Systems, supplies, and staff: A mixed-methods study of health care workers’ experiences and health facility preparedness during a large national cholera outbreak, Kenya 2015. BMC Public Health, 18(723).

Ma, B.,ÌýSeyedi, S., Wells, E.,ÌýMcCarthy, D.,ÌýCrosbie, N.,ÌýLinden, K. (2022). Inactivation of biofilm-bound bacterial cells using irradiation across UVC wavelengths, Water Research, 217

Fagerli, K., Hurd, J., Wells, E. F., McAteer, J., Kim, S., Seal, L., . . . Quick, R. (2018). Evaluation of use, acceptability, and effectiveness of household water filter systems in Honduras, 2016–2017. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development,034.

Wilner, L., Wells, E., Ritter, M., Casimir, J. M., Chui, K., & Lantagne, D. (2017). Sustained use in a relief-to-recovery household water chlorination program in Haiti: Comparing external evaluation findings with internal supervisor and community health worker monitoring data. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development,7(1), 56-66.Ìý

Wolfe MK, Wells E, Mitro B, Desmarais AM, Scheinman P, Lantagne D (2016) Seeking Clearer Recommendations for Hand Hygiene in Communities Facing Ebola: A Randomized Trial Investigating the Impact of Six Handwashing Methods on Skin Irritation and Dermatitis. PLoS ONE 11(12):Ìý

Iqbal Q, Lubeck-Schricker M, Wells E, Wolfe MK, Lantagne D (2016) Shelf-Life of Chlorine Solutions Recommended in Ebola Virus Disease Response. PLoS ONE 11(5):Ìý

Kim S, Laughlin, M., Morris, J., Otieno, R., Odhiambo, A., Oremo, J., Graham, J., Hirai, M., Wells, E.... Quick, R. (2020) Impact of community health promoters on awareness of a rural social marketing program, purchase and use of health products, and disease risk, Kenya, 2014-2016. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development 10 (4): 940-950.