Jennifer Apell

Jennifer is an environmental engineer who studies the environmental fate of organic pollutants. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zürich’s Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Dynamics and is investigating the degradation of commonly used pesticides. Dr. Apell received her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she researched the transport and accumulation of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in aquatic systems. She received her B.S. and M.Eng. in environmental engineering sciences from the University of Florida with a specialization in water treatment processes.