Recent Graduates

Carrie Miller (millerc@uncw.edu)

• Joined PhD program in June 1999
  
• Previous Studies: BS degree in Chemistry from Widener University, Chester, PA in June 1999.
  
• Defended PhD dissertation in December 2005. Graduate, MEES Program, University of Maryland, College Park, May, 2006. Dissertation title: The role of organic matter in the dissolved phase speciation and solid phase partitioning of mercury.
  
• Current Position: Post-doc, Chemistry Department, University of North Carolina-Wilmington.
  
• Awards- 1999-2001: CBL Graduate Fellowship
  

Eun-Hee Kim (kim@cbl.umces.edu)

• Joined PhD program in Autumn, 1996 at the University of Maryland-Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, MD
• Joined the Mason group in Summer, 1999 at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences
• Completed PhD degree in December 2004. Dissertation title: The Importance of Physical Mixing and Sediment Chemistry on Mercury and Methylmercury Biogeochemical Cycling and Bioaccumulation Within Shallow Estuaries
• Currently a Post-Doctoral investigator in the Marine Sciences Department.
• Previous Studies: Earned MS Degree in Chemistry from Kyung Won University, Seongnam, South Korea in February, 1996.
• Papers:

Michael Rearick (rearick@cbl.umces.edu)

• Joined the MS Program in 2001
• Previous Studies: BS in Chemistry from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Completed MS degree in Summer of 2004. Thesis Title: In Situ Measurement of Sulfide in Natural Waters
• Now working for Los Alamos National Laboratories in New Mexico
• Papers:

Rearick, M.S., C.C. Gilmour, A. Heyes and R.P. Mason(2005). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 24: 3043-3047

Lindsay Whalin (lmwhalin@yahoo.com)

• Joined MS Program in Autumn 2002
• Previous Studies: Earned a BS degree in Earth Sciences with a focus in geochemistry from the University of California at Santa Cruz in June 2001.
• Completed MS degree in Spring 2005. Thesis title: The Investigation of Mercury Redox Chemistry in Natural Waters and the Development of a New Method for Incubation Experiments.
• Currently employed by Larry Walker Associates in California.
• Papers:

Whalin, L.M. and R.P. Mason (2005) Anal. Chimica Acta (In Press)

Christine Bergeron (cbergero@vt.edu)

• Joined MS program in June 2002
• Previous Studies: BA Biology from Assumption College, Worcester, MA, Junne 2001
• Completed MS degree in Summer 2005. Thesis title: The Impact of Resuspension on Mercury Cycling and the Bioaccumulation of Methylmercury into Benthic and Pelagic Organisms
• Currently in the PhD program in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Previous Graduates

Auður Ýr (Auja) Sveinsdottir (auja@skipulag.is)

• Joined the program in Autumn, 1999. Earned a MS from the MEES program in May 2002. Thesis Title: Methlymercury in Largemouth Bass and Forage Fish from Maryland Reservoirs
  
• Current Position:,Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) specialist, EIA Division, The National Planning Agency, Laugavegur 166, 150 Reykjavík, Iceland
  
• Papers:
  
  Sveinsdottir, A.Y. and R.P. Mason (2005). Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49: 528-545.
  

Joy Leaner (jleaner@csir.edu)

Guey-Rong Sheu (grsheu@ns1.mit.edu.tw)

• Joined the Ph.D. program in August, 1996 and earned a PhD. in the MEES program in December 2001. Dissertation title: Speciation and Distribution of Atmospheric Mercury: Significance of Reactive Gaseous Mercury in the global Mercury Cycle.
  
• Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mingchi Institute of Technology
  Taipei, Taiwan
  
• Papers:

Kelly McAloon (kmm41076@yahoo.com)

Lawrence, A.L., K.M. McAloon, R.P. Mason, and L.M. Mayer (1999) Environ. Sci. Technol. 33: 1871-1876.
McAloon, K.M. and R.P. Mason. (2003). Mar. Pollut. Bull. 46, 1600-1608.

Angie Ashley (aashley@aqua.org)

• Joined the program in August, 1996 and earned a MS degree the MEES Program in November, 1998. Thesis Title: Bioavailability of Organic and Inorganic Mercury to Benthic Invertebrates.
  
• Current position: National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, MD.
  
• Papers:

Janina Benoit (jbenoit@wheaton.ma.edu)

 




• Joined the program in August, 1995 and earned a PhD in the MEES Program in May, 2000.Dissertation Title: Sulfide Controls on Mercury Methylation by Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria.
  
• Current position: Chemistry Professor- Wheaton College
  
• Awards: 1995-97: CBL Graduate Student Fellowship; 1997-2000: US Environmental Protection Agency STAR Fellowship
  
• Papers:

Benoit, J.M., C.C. Gilmour, A. Heyes, R.P. Mason, and C.L. Miller (2003). pp. 262-297. In: Y. Cai and O.C. Brouds [eds.], Biogeochemistry of Environmentally Important Trace Elements, ACS Symposium Series # 835
Benoit, J.M., R.P. Mason, C.C. Gilmour, and G.R. Aiken (2001). Geochim. et Cosmochim. Acta, 65: 4445-4451.
Benoit, J.M., C.C. Gilmour, and R.P. Mason (2001). Environ. Sci. Technol. 35: 127-132.
Benoit, J.M., C.C. Gilmour, and R.P. Mason (2001). Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67: 51-58.
Benoit, J.M., R.P. Mason, and C.C. Gilmour (1999). Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 18: 2138-2141.
Benoit, J.M., C.C. Gilmour, and R.P. Mason (1999). Environ. Sci. Technol. 33: 951-957.
Mason, R.P. and J.M. Benoit (2003). pp. 57-99. In: P. Craig [Ed.], Organometallics in the Environment, John Wiley and Sons, NY.

Nicole Lawson (nikki_lwsn@yahoo.com)

• Joined the program in January, 1995 and earned a MS degree in the MEES Program in December, 1996.
  Thesis Title: Bioaccumulation of Mercury and Methylmercury in an Aquatic Food Web.
  
• Worked at a technician from 1996-2000
  
• Current Position: Working at home
  
• Papers: