Affiliated Faculty
Department of Environmental Sciences, College of the Environment
Email: Ruth.Sofield@wwu.edu
Phone: 360-650-2181
Website: http://faculty.wwu.edu/harperr3/
Education
Ph.D. and M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
M.S. Environmental Sciences, McNeese State University
B.A. Biology, West Virginia University
Research Interests
The majority of my work has focused on the impacts of aquatic chemistry on metal toxicity in aquatic environments. My students and I have also done work on PAHs in groundwater and black liquor in pulp and paper mill effluent. Collaborations have included scientists from the government, private, and university sectors. I recently (Sept. 2011) returned from Eawag in Switzerland where I investigated the impacts of NOM on Ag Nanoparticle chemistry and algal toxicity.