Catherine Peters

Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Director of the Program in Geological Engineering

Office: E-417 E-Quad

Interdisciplinary Research Area: Energy and Environment

Research Area: Environmental chemistry and environmental risk assessment; reactions kinetics; reaction rates for a variety of environmental systems; geochemical reactions important for storage of CO2 in deep saline aquifers; time-scales operative for CO2 storage; contamination of water and soils with organic pollutants; non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs) containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons