Emily Lesher
Laboratory for Applied and Environmental Radiochemistry (LAER)
Division of Environmental Science and Engineering
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: (303) 384 2116
Fax: (303) 273 3413
emily.lesher@gmail.com
Education:
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado
- Pursuing a PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering, anticipated graduation: June 2011
- MSc in Environmental Science and Engineering, anticipated graduation: Dec. 2008
Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
- BA in Earth Sciences, 2002
Research Interests:
- Hyphenated analytical techniques (Fl FFF-ICP-MS) to measure metal speciation.
- Development of analytical techniques for detection of natural and engineered nanoparticles in the environment.
- Interactions between inorganic colloids and metals; transport implications.
- Interactions between metals and natural organic matter; transport implications.
- Remediation strategies for mining and milling related metal contamination.
Other Interests:
- Science education at the secondary and post-secondary level – formerly a high school chemistry and environmental science teacher at the Miller School of Albemarle, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Selected Conference Presentations, Published Abstracts, Papers:
Lesher, E, Ranville, J, Honeyman, B. Hyphenation of field flow fractionation with ICP-MS to Determine Pore-Scale Uranium (VI) Speciation. Oral Presentation (presented by Ranville) at the 5th Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry World Congress, Sydney, Australia, August 2008.
Lesher, E, Pace, H, Forth, J, Ranville, J. Hyphenated Techniques for Determining pH Dependent Pore-Scale Uranium (VI) Speciation. Oral Presentation at the 2008 WEF/AWWA Student Conference, Golden, CO, May 2008.
Lesher, E, Ranville, Honeyman. Optimization of Flow-Field Flow Fractionation-Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry for U(VI) Characterization. Poster presentation at Environmental Remediation Sciences Program (ERSP) PI’s meeting, Lansdowne, VA, April 2008.
Ranville, Lesher, Honeymen. Hyphenated Techniques for Determining pH Dependent Pore-Scale Uranium (VI) Speciation. Oral presentation (presented by Ranville) at Environmental Remediation Sciences Program (ERSP) PI’s meeting, Lansdowne, VA, April 2008.
Lesher, E, Pace, H, Forth, J, Ranville, J. Detection and Characterization of Natural and Engineered Nanoparticles in the Environment. Oral Presentation at the 2008 American Geophysical Union’s Hydrology Days, Fort Collins, CO, March 2008.
Lesher, E, Figueroa, L, Ranville, J, Characterization of Dissolved Organic Carbon in a Biostimulated Aquifer. Oral Presentation at the 2007 Geological Society of America Denver Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 2007.
Campbell, K M, Williams, K H, Lesher, E, Figueroa, L, Davis, J A, Long, P E (2007), A Comparison of Naturally-Occurring and Artificially Stimulated Uranium(VI) Bioreduction in Sediment from a Field-scale Experiment in Rifle, CO, Eos Trans. AGU. 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract B32A-05
Lesher, Emily. Landscape Development of the Santa Cruz Marine Terraces, California: a Test of Landscape Age. Senior Honors Thesis, Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College. 2002.