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Claresta M. Joe-Wong

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Building 074, Room 0212R

M/S 74R316C

Phone: 510-486-5335

[email protected]

Curriculum Vitae

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Biography

I am a geochemist interested in understanding redox processes and other complex environmental reactions on a molecular scale. At LBNL, I am working with Ben Gilbert for my NSF postdoctoral fellowship on the mechanisms of iron-mediated photo-oxidation of dissolved organic matter. I obtained my Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences in 2019 at Stanford University, working with Kate Maher and Gordon E. Brown, Jr. I developed a model for kinetic isotopic fractionation during redox reactions and applied it to the reduction of chromium(VI), a common environmental contaminant. I earned my A.B. in 2014 at Princeton University, where I majored in chemistry and worked with Satish Myneni on the halogenation of natural organic matter along climate and salinity gradients.

Publications

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Education

  • Ph.D. in Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University,
    Thesis: Thermodynamic Controls on Redox-Driven Kinetic Stable Isotope Fractionation
  • A.B. summa cum laude in Chemistry, Princeton University,
    Thesis: Halogenation of Organic Matter along Climate and Salinity Gradients

Experience

  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 2019-Present

Awards

  • National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2019-2021
  • Harriet Benson Fellowship, 2018
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2014-2017
  • Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2014-2019
  • Princeton University Robert Thornton McCay Prize for Physical Chemistry, 2014
  • Princeton University Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, 2011-2012

Scholarly Service

  • Reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology, Chemical Geology, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Leadership and Teaching Experience

  • Maher Laboratory Manager, 2017-2019
  • Teaching Assistant, GS 170/270: Environmental Geochemistry, 2016-2017
  • Peer Tutor, General and Organic Chemistry, 2012-2014
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