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Riley begins in spring 2025

EducationÌý

PhD – Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MS – Environmental Engineering, °µÍø½ûÇø
BS – Physics, Wheaton College

Research Interests

My research focuses on helping people make decisions to reduce environmental health risks. I am particularly interested in understanding how drinking water quality varies across social, demographic, and spatial lines, and the ways in which technology fits within systems of governance and service delivery to combat these disparities. Specific focus areas include:

• Private well water quality in the U.S.
• Lead risks in schools, childcare centers, and low-income housing
• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
• Community and environmental health impacts of mining
• Point-of-use water treatment for reducing drinking water exposures

I am committed to interdisciplinary approaches that support both grassroots communities and policymakers in their risk management decisions. I aim to do this through a combination of quantitative risk assessment using data science and machine learning to help make sense of large and complex environmental data sets, and through community-engaged methods to accompany individuals and communities seeking solutions to environmental contamination.

Note to Prospective Students

If you are interested in working with me beginning in the 2025-2026 school year, please send me an email describing your research interests and goals and how they align with my work.Ìý