Catherine Peters

George J. Magee Professor of Geosciences and Geological Engineering, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Director of the Program in Geological Engineering

Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~cap/

Office: E-Quad, E-417

Phone: 609-258-5645

Research interests: 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

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Affiliations

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    Civil and Environmental Engineering

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    High Meadows Environmental Institute

  • Geosciences

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    Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment

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    Princeton Materials Institute

  • Program in Sustainable Energy