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Ph.D, Environmental Engineering: Colorado School of Mines                                                                                 In Progress

Advisors: Timothy Strathmann and Christopher Bellona

Thesis: Application of High Pressure Membranes and Hydrothermal Alkaline Treatment for PFAS Removal and Destruction 

M.S., Environmental Engineering: University of California, Berkeley                                                                                                           2016

B.S., Engineering Science: The Pennsylvania State University; Schreyer Honors College       2015

Honors Thesis: Secondary Mineralization of Ferrihydrite Under Reducing Redox Conditions: An Electrochemical Study

Graduate Research Assistant: Colorado School of Mines                                                   2020-Present

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Researching innovative technologies for treatment and destruction of PFAS

• Experience with membrane treatment, adsorption, and hydrothermal processes

• Integration of experimental data with modeling techniques

• Experience with analytical methods such as HPLC and LC-MS/MS

Research Engineer: Aquagga                                                     Summer 2023

• Construction, testing, and deployment of field PFAS destruction unit

• Optimization of system materials and design

Principal Engineer: Hazen and Sawyer                                                                                                       2016-2020

(Engineering, Assistant Engineer):

• Water and wastewater process engineering

• Performed data analysis, prepared technical reports, developed design documents

• Designed, assisted in operation, and evaluated results of three long term pilot tests

Research Assistant: The Pennsylvania State University                                                                                            2013-2015

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Developed novel electrochemical technique to model microbial reduction of iron

• Performed Mossbauer spectroscopy and data analysis 

CSM CEE Graduate Student Government Representative                                     2022-Present

CSM CEE Graduate Student Association President                       2022-Present

CSM AWWA/WEA Student Chapter President (Vice President)                                           2021-Present

Berkeley CEE Graduate School Government Representative                                                         2015-2016

Teaching Assistant: Colorado School of Mines; Water and Wastewater Treatment Processes                 Spring 2023

Grader: University of California, Berkeley; Aquatic Chemistry                                                           Fall 2015 Teaching Intern: The Pennsylvania State University; Intro to Environmental Engineering                                       Fall 2014

NWRI-AMTA Fellowship     2023-2024

RMSAWWA James B. Warner Scholarship             2023-2024

CSM Sussman Graduate Fellowship                                          Summer 2023

CSM Gavora Graduate Fellowship                                 Summer 2022

CSM CEE Graduate Fellowship                                               2020-2021

UC-Berkeley Tucker Graduate Fellowship                                                                                                   2015-2016

PSU College of Engineering Summer REU                                                                             Summer 2014

Schreyer Honors College Ambassador Travel Grant                                                                                   Spring 2014

Knights of Columbus Pennsylvania State Council Scholarship                                                                                              2011-2015

Griffin, A.M., Strathmann, T. J., Bellona, C. (2023) Rejection of PFAS and Co-Contaminants in Semiconductor Fabrication Wastewater by Nanofiltration Membranes. Water Research. Manuscript in Preparation

Huang, W., Komarneni. S., Gorski, C.A., Noh, Y.D., Doroski, A., Dong, Y., Ma, J., Griffin, A.M., Yang, D., Xue, X., Yang, H., Jiang, B. (2020) Few-Layer Clayenes for Material and Environmental Applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 12 (9). 11171-11179

Schaefer, M.V, Guo, X., Gan, Y., Benner, S.G., Griffin, A.M., Gorski, C.A., Wang, Y., Fendors S. (2017) Redox Controls on Arsenic Enrichment and Release from Aquifer Sediments in Central Yangtze River Basin. Geochemica et Cosmochimica Acta. 204. 104-119

Wu, T., Griffin, A.M., Gorski, C.A., Shelobolina, E.S., Xu, H., Kukkadapu, R.K., Roden, E.E. (2017). Interactions between Fe(III)-oxides and Fe(III)-phyllosilicates during microbial reduction 2: Natural subsurface sediments. Geomicrobiology Journal. 34. 231-241.

Wu, T., Kukkadapu, R.K., Griffin, A.M., Gorski, C.A., Konishi, H., Xu, H., Roden, E.E. (2016). Interactions Between Fe(III)-Oxides and Fe(III)-Phyllosilicates During Microbial Reduction 1: Synthetic Sediments. Geomicrobiology Journal. 33(9), 793-806.

Luan, F., Liu, Y., Griffin, A.M., Gorski, C.A., Burgos, W.D. (2015). Iron(III)-Bearing Clay Minerals Enhance Bioreduction of Nitrobenzene by Shewanella putrefaciens CN32.Environmental Science & Technology. 49. 1418–1426.  

Griffin, A.M., Higgins, C., Bellona, C., Strathmann, T. (2023) Impact of Carbon Chain Length and Wastewater Matrix on PFAS Rejection by High Pressure Membranes. American Chemical Society Conference, Indianapolis, IN

Griffin, A.M., Lieu, C., Higgins, C., Bellona, C., Strathmann, T. (2022) Development of a Treatment Train Approach for PFAS Removal and Destruction in Semiconductor Wastewater Streams. Semiconductor Research Corporation TECHCON, Austin, TX

Griffin, A.M., Lieu, C., Higgins, C., Bellona, C., Strathmann, T. (2022) Application of High Pressure Membranes for Removal of PFAS and Co-Contaminants from Semiconductor Wastewater Streams. RemTEC and Emerging Contaminants Summit, Westminster, CO

Griffin, A.M., Lieu, C., Higgins, C., Bellona, C., Strathmann, T. (2022) Development of a Treatment Train Approach for PFAS Removal and Destruction in Semiconductor Wastewater Streams. American Chemical Society Conference, San Diego, CA

Griffin, A.M., DeWolfe, J., Kocak, S., Stoner, M. (2019) PAA as a Pretreatment Alternative to Free Chlorine in a DBP Sensitive Application: Pilot Testing Results. AWWA WQTC Conference, Dallas, TX

Griffin, A.M., Hise, J., Selbes, M. (2019). Preoxidation Strategies for Reducing Disinfection Byproducts – Don’t Forget about Disinfection!. AWWA TRICON Conference, Ocean City, MD.

Griffin, A.M., DeWolfe, J., Kocak, S., Stoner, M. (2018) PAA as a Pretreatment Alternative to Free Chlorine in a DBP Sensitive Application. AWWA WQTC Conference, Toronto, ON

Griffin, A.M., DeWolfe, J., Kocak, S., Stoner, M. (2018) PAA as a Pretreatment Alternative to Free Chlorine in a DBP Sensitive Application. PA AWWA Conference, Hershey, PA

Wright, B., Rosenfeldt, E., Griffin, A.M. (2018) Strategies to Address the Regulatory Overlap of UCMR4 and EPA’s Cyanotoxin Health Advisory. NYWEA Watershed Conference, Saugerties, NY

Lambert, C., Seal, D., Zhang, W., Hise, J., Selbes, M., Griffin, A.M., (2017). Source Trace Analysis – Using a Hydraulic Model to Minimize Treatment Improvement Costs and Identify Low Cost Alternatives. AWWA TRICON Conference, Ocean City, MD.

Schaefer , M.V., Guo, X., Gan, Y., Griffin, A.M., Gorski, C.A., Wang, Y., Fendorf, S. (2014). Susceptibility of Groundwater As Concentrations to Changing Geochemical Conditions. American Chemical Society Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Gorski, C.A., Edwards, R., Griffin, A.M., (2014) Measuring and Controlling Reduction Potentials in Fe Oxide Suspensions. Telluride Science Research Center: Biogeochemistry and Redox Transformations of Iron Workshop. Telluride, CO. (Invited).