S.B. Chemistry, 2003, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington

• NSF IGERT fellow
• 2003 National Collegiate Gymnastics Association All-Academic Team

Research

I am currently working on a project to characterize the composition of natural organic matter in the Potomac River and Washington DC drinking water supply. Previous research projects include work on paleo-sea surface temperatures derived from marine sediment records, monitoring and tracking benzene derivatives near a Superfund site, and analysis of voting trends in speakership elections in the House of Representatives in the era prior to the Civil War.

Presentations

Dryer, D.J.; Korshin, G.V.; Joll, C.; Heitz, A. "Characterization of Proton and Copper Binding Properties of NOM from an Australian Drinking Water Source by Differential Absorbance Spectroscopy," Proceedings of the IWA NOM Conference 2008. Bath, UK, September 2008.

D. Dryer, J.P Sachs, “The Potential of Leaf Wax Lipids for Synchronization of Marine Sediments and Polar Ice Cores,” AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2002.

D. Dryer, A. Koutavas, J.P. Sachs, “Alkenone Paleotemperatures in the Eastern Tropical Pacific since the LGM: Magnitude and Timing of Deglacial Warming,” AGU Fall Meeting, Dec 2003.

• Currently working on an IGERT group project on the possible causes of the oxygen dead zone in the Hood Canal, Washington.
• Have done research in a wide range of academic fields: environmental engineering, oceanography, chemistry, and political science
• Plan to complete my international internship studying water quality in Southern Africa