Karen Noda Morishita is using analytic chemistry to quantify organic contaminants.
Karen Noda Morishita is using analytic chemistry to quantify organic contaminants.
Growing up in Brazil, Karen Noda Morishita witnessed the impacts of pollution in nearby creeks and rivers. As an undergraduate and graduate student, she remained passionate about the possibility of impacting the environment.
Now, in her environmental engineering doctoral program at the University of Cincinnati, she is contributing to important work on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to better understand how to improve the environment.
Recently, she was named Graduate Student Engineer of the Month by the College of Engineering and Applied Science.
Read more at University of Cincinnati
Photo Credit: Pixabay
