Principal Investigator
Dr. Lauren Pincus
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Assistant Professor of Chemistry
at the George Washington University Department of Chemistry 2024 - present
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Postdoctoral Associate, Princeton University, 2023-2024​
NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 2021-2023
Harry H. Hess Postdoctoral Fellow, Princeton University, 2020-2021
Ph.D., Yale School of the Environment, Yale University, 2020
B.A., Chemistry and Geology, Middlebury College, 2014
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Graduate Students
Brian Beukema
PhD Student
Fall 2024 - present
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After receiving a B.S. in geology from Western Michigan University with a focus in carbonate petrology, Brian worked for the Michigan Geological Survey as a research assistant on a project mapping per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination throughout the state. While Brian was employed there, he attended Georgetown University pursuing an M.S. in Environmental Metrology and Policy. There he gained experience measuring environmental contaminants and honing his analytical skills. His time at Georgetown culminated in a project measuring competitive adsorption of various PFAS onto activated carbon and biochar filters via HPLC-MS. Before coming to George Washington University, he was a member of the Trace Element Analysis Core at Dartmouth College where he utilized ICP-MS (and other hyphenated ICP-MS techniques) for elemental analysis of environmental and biological samples. His research interests revolve around instrumental method development, spectroscopy and spectrometry, and environmental contaminants.