Meredith K. Sutton

Academic Degrees

• M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, USA, 2022
• B.S., Civil Engineering (Environmental and Water Resources), University of Virginia, USA, 2020

Employment History

• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, GRA, Jan. 2021 – Present
• University of Nebraska-Lincoln, GTA, Aug. 2020 – Dec. 2020

Area of Research and Professional Interest

• Influence of microplastics on nitrogen transformation in wetland environments
• Occurrence of microplastics in surface waterbodies and agricultural environments
• Use of citizen science in undergraduate education

Teaching Experience

• GTA for CIVE 327, Environmental Engineering lab, Fall 2020

Publications and Presentations

• Sutton, M.K., Miller, D.N., Messer, T., and Bartelt-Hunt, S.L. Influence of Microplastics on Rates of Potential Nitrification and Denitrification in Floating Treatment Wetland Systems, SETAC Europe 2022, Copenhagen, Denmark, May 2022
• Sutton, M.K., Miller, D.N., Messer, T., and Bartelt-Hunt, S.L. Impact of Polyethylene and Polystyrene Microplastics on Nitrogen Transformation in Floating Treatment Wetlands, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA, December 2021
• Sutton, M.K., Miller, D.N., Messer, T., and Bartelt-Hunt, S.L. Influence of Microplastics on Denitrification in Floating Wetland Environments, American Chemical Society Fall Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, August 2021
• Sutton, M.K., Miller, D.N., Messer, T., and Bartelt-Hunt, S.L. Occurrence and Fate of Microplastics in Agricultural Runoff from Land Application of Biosolids, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 2019

Service

• Civil Engineering Representative, ASUN Graduate Student Assembly, Jan. 2021 – Present
• Graduate Student Representative, First Generation Nebraska Advisory Board, June 2021 – Present

Honors and Awards

• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (2020)
• Othmer Fellowship (2020)
• Jefferson Public Citizens Research Grant (2018)